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George Herman Ruth, Jr., also popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player. Ruth is one of the greatest sports heroes of American culture and the most celebrated player in American baseball history. He has been named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, and his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". He was the first player to hit home runs in one season, a record which stood for years until broken by Roger Maris. Ruth's lifetime total of home runs at his retirement in was a record for years, until broken by Hank Aaron.
