Ten New Babe Ruth Facts

Since the following narrative is a bit long, I am presenting these ten bullet points highlighting new facts about Babe Ruth's early life in Baltimore: Babe Ruth's grandfather was an inventor who held five patents.

Babe Ruth's first home was on the outskirts of Baltimore not in the vicinity of Camden Yards.

Babe Ruth did not grow up living over a saloon from birth; his father first owned a saloon when he was six years old.

The Baltimore branch of Jacob Ruppert's Brewery was seven doors from Babe Ruth's father's saloon on Camden Street [The Ruppert family owned the New York Yankees from from 1915-1945].

Babe Ruth was the product of a broken home; his parents divorced in 1906 when he was eleven years old.

Babe Ruth's mother, Katie, had a drinking problem; she may have been an alcoholic.

Babe Ruth's father, George, appears to have cared more about running a bar than caring for his family.

Babe Ruth's name first appears in the Baltimore Sun as a participant in a minstrel show at Saint Mary's Industrial School when he was thirteen years old.

Babe Ruth is listed in the 1915 Baltimore City Directory as a ballplayer living at 552 West Conway Street.

The bar fight that led to Babe Ruth's father's death may have been related to an earlier dope selling incident at his father's saloon.