Please answer the following question: What key details about babe ruth can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: george herman '' babe '' ruth , jr. -lrb- february 6 , 1895 -- august 16 , 1948 -rrb- was an american baseball player whose major league career spanned 22 seasons , from 1914 through 1935 . nicknamed '' the bambino '' and '' the sultan of swat '' , he began his mlb career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the boston red sox , but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the new york yankees . ruth established many mlb batting -lrb- and some pitching -rrb- records , including career home runs -lrb- 714 -rrb- , runs batted in -lrb- rbis -rrb- -lrb- 2,213 -rrb- , bases on balls -lrb- 2,062 -rrb- , slugging percentage -lrb- .690 -rrb- , and on-base plus slugging -lrb- ops -rrb- -lrb- 1.164 -rrb- ; the latter two still stand today . ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in american culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time . he was one of the first five inductees into the national baseball hall of fame in 1936 . at age seven , ruth was sent to st. mary 's industrial school for boys , a reformatory where he learned life lessons and baseball skills from brother matthias boutlier , of the christian brothers , the school 's disciplinarian and a capable baseball player . in 1914 , ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the baltimore orioles but was soon sold to the red sox . by 1916 , he had built a reputation as an outstanding pitcher who sometimes hit long home runs , a feat unusual for any player in the pre-1920 dead-ball era . although ruth twice won 23 games in a season as a pitcher and was a member of three world series championship teams with boston , he wanted to play every day and was allowed to convert to an outfielder . with regular playing time , he broke the major league single-season home run record in 1919 . after that season , red sox owner harry frazee controversially sold ruth to the yankees , an act that , coupled with boston 's subsequent championship drought , popularized the '' curse of the bambino '' superstition...
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- hofdate is 1936- debutteam is boston red sox- birth date is 6 february 1895- debutyear is 1914- finalteam is boston braves- statlabel is batting -- loss record earned run average average home runs hits runs batted in win- statvalue is .342 714 2,873 2,213 94 -- 46 2.28- caption is ruth 1920 in his new york yankees uniform , in- death date is 16 august 1948- width is 256- name is babe ruth- death place is new york city , new york- birth place is baltimore , maryland- position is outfielder / pitcher- throws is left- debutdate is july 11- finalyear is 1935- bats is left- hofvote is 95.13 %- finaldate is may 30- image is babe ruth2.jpg