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On Sept. 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season, a record that stood until 1961. Take a look at the Sultan of Swat.
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Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hits his record-breaking 60th home run on September 30, 1927, off Tom Zachary of the Washington Senators. (AP Photo)
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George Herman "Babe" Ruth slides safely into second base in the first inning of the Yankees - Red Sox game in New York, April 14, 1931. Warstler is trying to tag him out, but is too late. (AP Photo)
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New York Yankees' Babe Ruth takes a big swing at New York's Yankee Stadium June 18, 1929. (AP photo)
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New York Yankee baseball players Cedric Durst and Babe Ruth score on Lou Gehrig's homer in the first inning of the second game of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals in Yankee Stadium in New York City on Oct. 5, 1928. The Yankees won 9-3. (AP Photo)
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Just a few days after sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series, New York Yankees stars Babe Ruth, left, and Lou Gehrig pose at an exhibition game during a postseason barnstorming tour, October 1927. The "Bustin' Babes" and the "Larrupin' Lou's" were the names of their respective barnstorming teams. (AP Photo)
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Home run king Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees is seen in New York, Sept. 27, 1927. (AP Photo)
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New York Yankees' Babe Ruth is safe at home in a game against the Washington Senators in Washington, June 25, 1925. (AP Photo)
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Coach Babe Ruth plunged right into his duties with the Brooklyn Dodgers in New York, June 19, 1938. The one and only Babe was hired back into big time baseball by the Dodgers as a coach and he's displaying some of the technique. (AP Photo)
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Home run king Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees is seen in 1927. (AP Photo)
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Home run king Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees, center, is seen with teammates Tony Lazzeri, left, and Lou Gehrig, right, June 1927 in New York. (AP Photo)
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George H.W. Bush, right, receives manuscript of "The Babe Ruth Story" from Ruth during ceremony on Yale's baseball field in West Haven, Ct., in 1948. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth at Rainbow Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, May 23, 1934, where he dropped in to cheer some of the young patients there, and is autographing a painted rubber ball. The Yankees were in town to play a series with the Cleveland Indians.. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth poses for the camera, date unknown. (AP Photo)
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George Herman "Babe" Ruth as he appeared in 1934 with the New York Yankees. Location unknown. (AP Photo)
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New York Yankees star Babe Ruth, left, poses with Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics before the season opener, April 17, 1934, at Shibe Park. Double X, as Foxx was known, was one of the few hitters who could challenge the Bambino homer for homer. Many call him the right-handed Babe Ruth. Foxx led the league in home runs four times and was a Triple Crown winner in 1933 and a three-time MVP. Ironically, Foxx finished his career the way Ruth started his: pitching. He joined Ruth in the Hall of Fame in 1951. (AP Photo)
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New York Yankee outfielder Babe Ruth shown in a posed pitching stance in 1933 at Yankee Stadium, New York, N.Y. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth the Yankee slugger, photographed as he smacked out his first home run in the Yanks, athletics game at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, April 12, 1932. Ruth Garnered two homeruns and Gehrig also poled two four hits as the yanks defeated the athletic. (AP Photo)
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The 1927 New York Yankees, often mentioned in the same breath with "one of the best teams of all time." Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth are, respectively, first and third from left in the back row. Manager Miller Huggins is at center, middle row. The batting order, better known as Murderers' Row, led nearly every offensive category in the league. The team finished at 110-44 (.714), 19 games ahead of the second-place Philadelphia Athletics. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth is shown lofting another home run into the right field upper deck at Yankee Stadium on the way to his 60-homer year of 1927. (AP Photo/National Baseball Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.)
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George Herman "Babe" Ruth as he appeared in 1922 with the New York Yankees. Location unknown. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth pops one up in practice at New York's Yankee Stadium ca. 1920s. A large man of large appetites, Ruth was never exactly svelte, but he was not always the overweight figure depicted later in his career. In the prime of his career he looked trim and athletic, but his fondness for hot dogs -- and just about everything else -- remains an enduring part of his legacy. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth, pitching ca. 1916, was the leading pitcher on the championship Boston Red Sox team until his ability at the bat forced managers to put him in the lineup full-time. Ruth pitched for the Red Sox from 1914 to 1918, pitching in the World Series in 1916 and 1918, before joining the New York Yankees, where he became the Sultan of Swat. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth, vice-president and right fielder for the Boston Braves, sits in the dugout in Chicago before the game against the Cubs on May 21, 1935. (AP Photo)
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A Japanese pitcher tries to catch Babe Ruth off first base but the empire calls Ruth safe, Nov. 21, 1934, during an exhibition game in Meiji Stadium, Tokyo. (AP Photo)
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New York Yankees Babe Ruth slides safely past the tag of Detroit Tigers catcher Ray Hayworth at Yankee Stadium in mid-August 1934. That same month, the Babe announced what many already suspected: This would be his last season as a full-time player. With his glory days well and truly behind him, he had let it be known that he really wanted to manage. The Yankees, however, were committed to manager Joe McCarthy. The following season would see the Babe in Boston with the floundering Braves of the National League. He showed flashes of his old form, but by mid-season he and the team parted ways, his glorious playing days finally at an end. (AP Photo)
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New York Yankees players Babe Ruth, left, and Lou Gehrig shake hands at the Yankee training camp at St. Petersburg, Fla., March 14, 1933. Gehrig, first baseman, is signed up with the clubhouse, but Ruth has yet to have his salary approved by owner Col. Jacob Ruppert. The Babe says he will quit if he doesn't get $60,000. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth, just returning to the champion Yankees lineup, took time out at Philadelphia, PA September 21, 1932, to congratulate Jimmy Foxx of the Athletics, who succeeds him as home run king of 1932. Foxx hit his 54th homer during the game, which still leaves him six short of the Babe's 1927 record of 60.. (AP Photo)
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Lou Gehrig shakes hands with Babe Ruth after the New York Yankees slugger circled the bases for his first home run of the Yankee-Philadelphia Athletics game at Philadelphia, Pa., on April 12, 1932. (AP Photo)
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New York Yankee baseball players Cedric Durst and Babe Ruth score on Lou Gehrig's homer in the first inning of the second game of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals in Yankee Stadium in New York City on Oct. 5, 1928. The Yankees won 9-3. (AP Photo)
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Just a few days after sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series, New York Yankees stars Babe Ruth, left, and Lou Gehrig pose at an exhibition game during a postseason barnstorming tour, October 1927. The "Bustin' Babes" and the "Larrupin' Lou's" were the names of their respective barnstorming teams. (AP Photo)
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Coach Babe Ruth plunged right into his duties with the Brooklyn Dodgers in New York, June 19, 1938. The one and only Babe was hired back into big time baseball by the Dodgers as a coach and he's displaying some of the technique. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth at Rainbow Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, May 23, 1934, where he dropped in to cheer some of the young patients there, and is autographing a painted rubber ball. The Yankees were in town to play a series with the Cleveland Indians.. (AP Photo)
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New York Yankees star Babe Ruth, left, poses with Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics before the season opener, April 17, 1934, at Shibe Park. Double X, as Foxx was known, was one of the few hitters who could challenge the Bambino homer for homer. Many call him the right-handed Babe Ruth. Foxx led the league in home runs four times and was a Triple Crown winner in 1933 and a three-time MVP. Ironically, Foxx finished his career the way Ruth started his: pitching. He joined Ruth in the Hall of Fame in 1951. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth the Yankee slugger, photographed as he smacked out his first home run in the Yanks, athletics game at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, April 12, 1932. Ruth Garnered two homeruns and Gehrig also poled two four hits as the yanks defeated the athletic. (AP Photo)
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The 1927 New York Yankees, often mentioned in the same breath with "one of the best teams of all time." Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth are, respectively, first and third from left in the back row. Manager Miller Huggins is at center, middle row. The batting order, better known as Murderers' Row, led nearly every offensive category in the league. The team finished at 110-44 (.714), 19 games ahead of the second-place Philadelphia Athletics. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth pops one up in practice at New York's Yankee Stadium ca. 1920s. A large man of large appetites, Ruth was never exactly svelte, but he was not always the overweight figure depicted later in his career. In the prime of his career he looked trim and athletic, but his fondness for hot dogs -- and just about everything else -- remains an enduring part of his legacy. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth, pitching ca. 1916, was the leading pitcher on the championship Boston Red Sox team until his ability at the bat forced managers to put him in the lineup full-time. Ruth pitched for the Red Sox from 1914 to 1918, pitching in the World Series in 1916 and 1918, before joining the New York Yankees, where he became the Sultan of Swat. (AP Photo)
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New York Yankees Babe Ruth slides safely past the tag of Detroit Tigers catcher Ray Hayworth at Yankee Stadium in mid-August 1934. That same month, the Babe announced what many already suspected: This would be his last season as a full-time player. With his glory days well and truly behind him, he had let it be known that he really wanted to manage. The Yankees, however, were committed to manager Joe McCarthy. The following season would see the Babe in Boston with the floundering Braves of the National League. He showed flashes of his old form, but by mid-season he and the team parted ways, his glorious playing days finally at an end. (AP Photo)
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New York Yankees players Babe Ruth, left, and Lou Gehrig shake hands at the Yankee training camp at St. Petersburg, Fla., March 14, 1933. Gehrig, first baseman, is signed up with the clubhouse, but Ruth has yet to have his salary approved by owner Col. Jacob Ruppert. The Babe says he will quit if he doesn't get $60,000. (AP Photo)
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Babe Ruth, just returning to the champion Yankees lineup, took time out at Philadelphia, PA September 21, 1932, to congratulate Jimmy Foxx of the Athletics, who succeeds him as home run king of 1932. Foxx hit his 54th homer during the game, which still leaves him six short of the Babe's 1927 record of 60.. (AP Photo)
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