Mascot Fred Garland, holding bat, looks on. Babe Ruth stands in the dugout with a strained muscle in his left leg during a game at Cleveland July 19, 1929. Babe Ruth at bat in 1929. Col.
He was a worldwide celebrity, an international star, the likes of which baseball has never seen since," says broadcaster Ernie Harwell about Babe Ruth on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.