Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: George Herman Ruth , Jr. ( February 6 , 1895 â `` August 16 , 1948 ) , also known as `` Babe '' , `` The Great Bambino '' , `` The Sultan of Swat '' , `` The colossus of Clout '' , and `` The King Of Crash '' , was a very famous baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s in Major League Baseball .
Simplified: George Herman Ruth , Jr. ( February 6 , 1895 â `` August 16 , 1948 ) , best known as `` Babe '' Ruth and nicknamed `` the Bambino '' and `` the Sultan of Swat '' , was an American Major League baseball player from 1914 â `` 1935 .