May 25, 1935: Ruth smashes 3 homers in final hurrah | Society for American Baseball Research May 25, 1935: Ruth smashes 3 homers in final hurrah Pittsburgh Pirates 11 If you can help us improve this game story, contact us . May 25, 1935: Ruth smashes 3 homers in final hurrah This article was written by Jack Zerby The bedraggled Boston Braves were already in their familiar abode—the National League cellar—at 8-19 and 11 games out when they played their 28th game of the 1935 season. The venue was Pittsburgh’s bucolic Forbes Field; the opponents were the home-standing Pirates. But the Braves had Babe Ruth, a free agent newcomer to the National League, acquired at a high-mileage age 40 by Boston’s owner and erstwhile manager 1 Judge Emil E. Fuchs 2 when the Yankees cast the legend adrift on February 26.

Although the Braves already had a “new Babe Ruth,” as writers tabbed popular slugger Wally Berger 3 , “the Judge liked to take on long-shot comeback players,” 4 and Ruth became “a very big frog in a very small pond” when Fuchs signed him. 5 He’d departed Boston 15 years earlier, when Red Sox owner-theater impresario Harry Frazee sold him to the Yankees. The Yankees had scorned Ruth in spring training by re-assigning his uniform number and using his locker for firewood as prelude to release. 6 Fuchs brought him to Boston in the announced triple capacities of player, second vice president, and assistant manager, 7 but the VP and assistant managerial posts were public relations fluff. Ruth’s playing days were essentially over, but after banishment by the Yankees, taking his celebrity to Boston seemed a better option than retirement. As the early season progressed, his new pond tended to engulf the overweight, weak-legged Babe. He had lifted spirits and made Fuchs look like a genius with an Opening Day home run at Braves Field against Giants’ ace Carl Hubbell on April 16.

But through May 24 he was hitting just .153 with three home runs and five RBIs, three of which had come in the opener. Ruth’s curiosity value had resulted in his starting 22 of the team’s first 27 games, generally in left field, although manager Bill McKechnie often lifted him late for a pinch-runner or defensive replacement. This day in Pittsburgh, however, McKechnie had the Babe in his time-honored right field position, slotted third in the batting order in front of steady producer Berger. Pirate manager Pie Traynor started Red Lucas. The righty was in trouble before all of the recorded 10,000 in attendance had settled into their seats on a chilly Saturday afternoon. Boston shortstop Billy Urbanski walked and advanced to second on a sacrifice by second baseman Les Mallon, bringing up Ruth, slugging a paltry .305. But the Babe, seeing yet another new National League pitcher, responded with some of his old-time pizazz and lofted career home run No. 712 into the right field stands to give the Braves a quick 2-0 edge.

After Berger and first baseman Randy Moore both singled, Traynor yanked Lucas in favor of National League veteran Guy Bush, now toiling for Pittsburgh after 12 seasons with the Cubs. Bush induced a double-play grounder off the bat of left fielder Sheriff Lee to end the inning. Huck Betts, only two years Ruth’s junior at 38, was the Boston starter. He survived two hits and an error to hold Pittsburgh scoreless in the first, and then notched a perfect 1-2-3 second inning. Ruth batted for the second time in the Braves’ third. Facing Bush, who had hit him with a pitch in Game 4 of the 1932 World Series--with Ruth and the Yankees on the way to a demoralizing sweep of the Cubs--he retaliated with another homer to right. The shot, career No. 713, plated Urbanski again and upped the Braves’ lead to 4-0. Betts cruised through the third, but his 4-0 lead dissolved into a 4-4 deadlock in the Pittsburgh fourth on RBI hits by Gus Suhr and Tommy Thevenow and Earl Grace’s sacrifice fly.

Still in a groove, Ruth added another RBI with a single off Bush in the fifth to put the Braves back on top, 5-4. Pittsburgh responded in the bottom of the inning with three runs on four hits, including an inside-the-park home run by second baseman Pep Young. The rally chased Betts as McKechnie needed Ben Cantwell to record the third out. The Pirates now led 7-5. With that score intact and Bush still pitching, Ruth came up for the fourth time in the top of the seventh with one out and the bases empty. By now the crowd 8 was solidly on the Bambino’s side and rooted enthusiastically for more of his old magic. The Babe obliged. Career home run No. 714 came on a 3-1 count and bettered the earlier efforts, majestically clearing Forbes Field’s right field roof—for the first time in the ballpark’s 26-year history. 9 “The way he smacked it, you knew it was gone. The crowd just roared,” Paul Warhola, brother of iconic Pittsburgh pop artist Andy Warhol, remembered.

10 “He was fat and old but he still had that great swing,” was sportswriter Robert W. Creamer’s retrospective take. 11 After rounding the bases in a 1935 version of his classic trot, Babe saluted the fans with a tipped cap, and then excused himself from the game. Sole access to the visiting clubhouse was through the Pittsburgh dugout. Enroute, he briefly plopped himself down at the end of the bench and told rookie Pirate pitcher Mace Brown, “Boy, that last one felt good!” 12 No. 714 had closed the gap to a run 13 , and the Braves tied the score, 7-7, later in the inning. But Cantwell faltered in the seventh, allowing three runs. Larry Benton pitched the eighth for Boston, yielding another run. Waite Hoyt finished up for the Pirates and was the winning pitcher in their 11-7 victory. It’s sometimes reported that this memorable game was the Babe’s last. It truly was his “last hurrah,” but he went on to play in five more games, without a hit in 13 plate appearances.

Throughout May, Fuchs, Ruth and McKechnie had come to the conclusion that Ruth’s retirement, sooner rather than later, was in the mutual best interest. He made it official in early June after pinch hitting in the first game of a doubleheader in Philadelphia on May 30--the same day his May 25 feats were noted without fanfare in a Sporting News “Highlights of the Week” column. Two weeks later the paper editorialized: “If the Babe saw the hand writing on the wall, as he indicated that he did, it is too bad that he did not announce his retirement the day after he made three home runs in one game in Pittsburgh, so he could have gone out in a blaze of glory, instead of waiting to make his departure along a trail of unpleasantness.” 14 Sources Cicotello, David and Angelo J. Louisa, Eds., Forbes Field (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2007). Fuchs, Robert S. and Wayne Soini, Judge Fuchs and the Boston Braves (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1998).

Dvorchak, Robert, “Ruth Had Final Hurrah At Forbes 75 Years Ago,” Post-Gazette.com, May 25, 2010 (Accessed March 27, 2014). Wood, Allan, “Babe Ruth,” SABR Biography Project, sabr.org. The Sporting News, May 30, 1935, 5. The Sporting News, June 13, 1935, 4. Retrosheet.org Notes 1 Fuchs owned the Braves from 1923 through 1935 and out of frugality assumed the field managerial reins as well for the 1929 season. Fuchs, Judge Fuchs and the Boston Braves, 68. The team finished 8th, at 56-98. For 1930, Fuchs plucked future Hall of Fame manager Bill McKechnie away from Cardinals’ owner Sam Breadon. Ibid., 83-84. McKechnie had managed the 1925 Pirates to a World Series victory.

He was still at the Braves’ helm in 1935. Baseball-Reference.com. 2 “He served briefly as a real judge [in New York City], but the name was his ever after.” Fuchs, 11. 3 Ibid., 84-85. The Braves acquired Berger from the Pacific Coast League Los Angeles Angels in late 1929. He hit 38 home runs and drove in 119 runs in his rookie 1930 season, kept slugging, and capably anchored center field to earn the acclaim of Braves fans with little else to cheer about. Babe Ruth plays his last Major League game | World History Project May 30 1935 Babe Ruth plays his last Major League game On May 25, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Ruth went 4-for-4, drove in 6 runs and hit 3 home runs in an 11–7 loss to the Pirates. These were the last three home runs of his career. His last home run cleared the roof at the old Forbes Field—he became the first player to accomplish that feat. Five days later, in Philadelphia, Ruth played in his last Major League game.

He struck out in the first inning and, while playing the field in the same inning, hurt his knee and left the game. Two days after that, Ruth summoned reporters to the locker room after a game against the Giants and announced he was retiring. He'd wanted to retire as early as May 12, but Fuchs persuaded him to stay on because the Braves hadn't played in every National League park yet. That season, he hit just .181 with six home runs in 72 at-bats. The Braves season went as bad as Ruth's short season. They finished 38–115, the third-worst record in Major League history, just a few percentage points fewer than the infamous 1962 New York Mets. Fuchs finally caved in under mounting debt and lost control of the Braves with just over two months left in the season. Baseball History in 1935 American League by Baseball Almanac Year In Review : 1935 American League Off the field... American political leader Huey Long was assassinated in Louisiana. Known as "The Kingfish", Long narrowly defeated for governor of Louisiana in 1924 and moved into office four years later.

When the state legislature obstructed his program of economic and social reform, he established control of the state through extensive use of patronage. Long was responsible for the building of badly needed roads and bridges, the expansion of state-owned hospitals, and the extension of the school system into remote rural regions. He also increased the taxes of large businesses in Louisiana, especially those of the big oil companies. In September, he was assassinated by Dr. Carl A. Weiss, who was also slain by Long's bodyguards. Despite his untimely death, Long's administration continued to prosper for several years and the Long family remained an important political power in the state. In the American League... Jo-Jo White of the Detroit Tigers and Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees both tied an American League record after tallying five walks each in a single game. The Cleveland Indians set a new American League marathon mark (forty-one innings) on April 21st after playing in their third consecutive overtime game: fourteen innings against the St. Louis Browns and twenty-four and thirteen innings against the Detroit Tigers.

On August 31st, Chicago White Sox ace Vern Kennedy tossed the first no-hitter (5-0) ever at Comiskey Park as well as the first no-no in Major League Baseball since 1931. In the National League... Blondy Ryan of the Philadelphia Phillies tied a Major League record (for an individual) on April 21st after turning five separate double plays against the New York Giants. After collectively adding a sixth, the Phillies themselves tied the National League record (for a team) with six double plays. Cincinnati Reds catcher Ernie Lombardi tied the Major League record for most consecutive doubles after hitting four straight (off of four different pitchers) en route to a 15-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on May 8th. Pittsburgh Pirates centerfielder Lloyd Waner set a still-standing Major League record with eighteen put outs during a doubleheader sweep against the Boston Braves on June 26th. Around the league... Babe Ruth, who was recently released by the New York Yankees, signed a short-term contract with the National League's Boston Braves that included $20,000 and a substantial share in the team's profits.

The Cincinnati Reds hosted the Philadelphia Phillies for the first ever night game on May 24th. Under the lights, the home team prevailed 2-1 before a Crosley Field crowd of 24,422. On May 25th, Babe Ruth hit the last three homeruns of his career (712, 713, 714) during an 11-7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field. "The Sultan", who had a previously boasted a three-homer game in the American League (May 21, 1930), became the first Major League player ever to turn a "hat trick" in both leagues. In November, the National League temporarily assumed control over the bankrupt Boston Braves after several failed attempts to sell the club. Finishing the season with one-hundred fifteen losses, (a record that remained until the 1962 expansion New York Mets lost one-hundred twenty) the fledgling franchise had barely managed a winning percentage of .248, which remained a twentieth century low. "Don't know it all.

Give the other fellow credit for a little knowledge." - Lefty Grove 1935 American League Player Review Hitting Statistics League Leaderboard The Babe’s Last Game | Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia Athletics The Babe’s Last Game By Bob Warrington Hollywood has twice portrayed the life of Babe Ruth in major motion pictures. The first, “The Babe Ruth Story,” done in 1948, starred William Bendix as the Bambino. Generally regarded as a terrible film with Bendix horribly miscast in the lead role, the film sugar coated Ruth’s life beyond recognition. Hollywood’s second effort at telling the Babe’s life was filmed in 1992. Called, “The Babe,” it starred John Goodman as the Sultan of the Swat and received more favorable reviews, with Leonard Maltin calling it “agreeably sentimental.” Maltin also notes, however, that “facts are tampered with and often ignored” in both films. That is certainly true in how they overlook reality in depicting Ruth’s last game as a Major Leaguer. A Last Hurrah In 1935, Babe Ruth was forty years old, in poor physical shape, and playing out the string with the Boston Braves.

On May 25, 1935, with the team on a road trip and playing at Forbes File in Pittsburgh, Ruth hammered three home runs and a single, driving in six runs. The last, off pitcher Guy Bush, was the 714th of Ruth’s career and the first ball ever to be hit completely over Forbes Field’s right-field roof (added to the ballpark in 1925). Thanks to Hollywood, many people believe that was Ruth’s final Major League game—circling the bases in triumph one last time before going into the dugout, entering the clubhouse, and calling it a career. The scene, undoubtedly, provides a storybook conclusion to a fabled tale. Wouldst that it was true; but regrettably, it is not. Maybe Ruth should have called it a career at that point, but perhaps sensing that the old magic was back, he hung around for one more game. Final Stop After leaving Pittsburgh, the Braves next stop on their road trip was Philadelphia. There, they would play the Philadelphia Phillies at Baker Bowl. Like Babe Ruth, Baker Bowl’s days of glory had receded to the past.

The ballpark, widely ridiculed for its deteriorating condition, was near the end of its life as the home of a Major League baseball team. The Phillies would finally abandon it mid-way through the 1938 season, moving down Lehigh Avenue to become tenants of the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park. But, there was one more moment of drama to be played out at the old place, mixing both acclamation and pathos. Babe Ruth would provide it on May 30, 1935. The Braves were scheduled to play the Phillies in a Memorial Day doubleheader. Ruth was inserted in the line-up, batting third and playing leftfield. Coming up to bat in the first inning, Ruth faced Phillies’ pitcher Jim Bivin. 1935 was Bivin’s only year in the Major Leagues, and he played the entire season with the Phillies. He compiled an unenviable 2-9 record for a woeful team that would finish the season in seventh place with a 56-93 record. Bivin, nevertheless, would have the singular distinction of being the last pitcher ever to face Babe Ruth in a Major League game.

At the plate, Ruth grounded out softly to Phillies first baseman Dolph Camilli as the Braves went down without scoring any runs in the inning. Ruth took his customary place in the outfield for the bottom half of the inning. Phillies’ second baseman Lou Chiozza hit a soft fly to leftfield. Ruth came in trying to make the catch, but the ball dropped in front of him and rolled past to the wall. A run scored, but Chiozza, trying for an inside-the-park home run, was thrown out at the plate when Braves shortstop Bill Urbanski retrieved the ball and got it back to Braves catcher Al Spohrer in time for the tag out. The Phillies wound up scoring three runs in the inning and would go on to win the game 11-6. Rich Westcott, in his book, “Philadelphia’s Old Ballparks,” describes what happened after the first inning ended: “As the inning ended, Ruth tucked his glove in his pocket, turned, and ran to the clubhouse in centerfield.

The fans, sensing that the end of a glorious career might have arrived, rose and gave Ruth a standing ovation.” On June 2, 1935, Ruth was given his unconditional release by the Boston Braves, and he announced his retirement from baseball. Although it is not recorded in any contemporary histories of the game, one might wonder if Babe Ruth paused just briefly to take one last look around Baker Bowl before entering the clubhouse. You see, it was at this same ballpark 20 years before that Ruth had made his first appearance in a World Series game. Playing then for the Boston Red Sox, he appeared as a pinch hitter in the first game of the 1915 Series. In a similarity touched with irony, Ruth grounded out to the Phillies first baseman, just as he would do 20 years later in his last Major League at-bat in the same ballpark. The Occasion Commemorated So, despite Hollywood’s attempts to portray Ruth’s last Major League game in triumphal terms at Forbes Field, it was actually shrouded in pathos at Baker Bowl that the Babe’s fabled career came to an end.

The Pennsylvania state historical marker erected for Baker Bowl, which was sponsored by the A’s Society and stands at Broad Street and Huntingdon Avenue, correctly notes that the ballpark was the site of “Babe Ruth’s last Major League game.” 1935 Boston Braves Fielding Stats by Baseball Almanac Support 1935 Boston Braves Fielding Stats The 1935 Boston Braves fielding stats seen on this page include fielding data for every player who appeared in a game during the 1935 season. Fielding percentages, fielding assists, fielding putouts, errors, double plays and more fielding stats are included for every player on the 1935 Boston Braves broken down by games played at each position. Every player's name links to their career statistics. NOTE: You can easily SORT the fielding stats on the table by simply clicking on the title of the fielding stat. Example, click PO (putouts) and the fielding stat sorts from least to greatest. Click it again, greatest to least. "I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." - Babe Ruth Please consider sponsoring this page which is available.

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Braves owner, James Gaffney abandoned the former ballpark in Boston's South End Grounds and in 1915 for $600,000 built Braves Field on the old Allston Golf Club < click here for more info>. Braves Field was the last and largest of the first wave of concrete-and-steel ballparks built between 1909 and 1915 and seated 40,000 fans. It was also known as The Bee Hive (or National League Park, formally) from 1936–1941, a period during which the owners changed the nickname of the team to the Boston Bees. The Red Sox played the 1915 and 1916 World Series at Braves Field since the seating capacity was larger than Fenway Park. The Braves lost to the Cleveland Indians in the 1948 World Series. The 1936 All Star game was played at Braves Field. In 1916, the distance to center field was 550 feet, while the distance to the foul poles were 402 feet to left and 375 feet to right.

The dimensions all but eliminated conventional home runs. The only home runs hit here before 1925 were inside-the-park jobs. After the advent of the lively ball, baseball became a game of over-the-fence home runs, and in 1928 the fences were moved in and subsequently tweaked for years thereafter. On May 1, 1920, the Braves played the Brooklyn Dodgers in a 26 inning game, the longest game in baseball history. Casey Stengel managed the Braves from 1938 to 1943. In 1935 the Boston Braves acquired Babe Ruth. After playing mediocre baseball and realizing that his hopes for managing the Braves would not happen, Babe retired from baseball on June 2 after playing his last game at Braves Field. In 1948, there was hope in Boston of a streetcar series between the Red Sox and the Braves, but the Red Sox, tied with Cleveland at the end of the regular season, lost to the Indians in a one-game playoff at Fenway. The Braves made it to the World Series but lost to Cleveland, four games to two.

After years of declining attendance, the last game at Braves Field was played on Sept 21, 1952, an 8-2 loss to Brooklyn before only 8,822 fans. The Braves moved to Milwaukee and then onto Atlanta. Boston University bought the property on July 30, 1952 for $430,000 and converted it to Nickerson Field. The newly formed Boston Patriots played football at Nickerson field from 1960 to 1962. Braves Field. Note the Commonwealth National Guard Armory in the background and the Charles River to the left Fans leaving Braves Field on Gaffney Street The Boston Public Library has many pictures on Braves Field and the Boston Braves. < click here > to view them. Babe Ruth played his last game 80 years ago today — in a different world | MLB | Sporting News Babe Ruth played his last game 80 years ago today — in a different world May 30, 2015 9:32pm EDT May 30, 2015 9:14pm EDT May 30 marks the 80th anniversary of Babe Ruth's final game.

Here's what the baseball world, and the world at large, looked like back then. Babe Ruth (Sporting News Archives) Published on May. 30, 2015 May. 30, 2015 On May 30, 1935, Babe Ruth decided he'd had enough. The Yankees had released baseball's first true superstar on Feb. 5, leaving him to struggle through his final days with the Boston Braves — a franchise in such dire straits that, by season's end, the National League had to take over the bankrupt team. After hitting three home runs in a heroic performance on May 25, Ruth had gone hitless for five straight games. He was hitting .181 on the season. PHOTOS: Legendary images of Babe Ruth According to PhiladelphiaAthletics.org , Ruth tried to exit this midseason game against the Phillies without ceremony. The slugger who claimed to have once called his shot grounded out in the first inning. In the field, a ball dropped in front of him, got past him. Then after the third out, he left through the center field fence. The Philadelphia crowd gave him one last standing ovation.

Saturday marks the 80th anniversary of The Babe's swan song — a song that, if not for the final cheer, would have ended on a sour note. A former moneymaker who couldn't draw the crowds necessary to save the Braves from bankruptcy. The unbeatable batter, suddenly, an easy out. But it's worth remembering just how incredible Ruth's career was compared with his peers. It's worth remembering how much in the baseball world, and the world at large, has changed since Ruth left the game. Because the incredible thing is that he hasn't really left at all; his legend and his numbers still loom. At the time, though, Ruth did not represent a milestone to make. He represented an unreachable peak. MORE: Unraveling the mystery of Ruth's called shot | A-Rod ties Ruth's mark The baseball world in 1935 After Ruth's final season, his statistics looked like outliers against the list of MLB's all-time leaders. He completed his career with 714 home runs. The closest vier for the home run crown? His teammate, Lou Gehrig ... with 378.

Ruth's career slugging percentage: .690, a full 50 points above Jimmie Foxx in second place. And true to his free-swinging style, Ruth also had 1,330 strikeouts — 531 more than the next-in-line Jimmie Dykes, 574 more than everyone's favorite baseball thumper, Rabbit Maranville. Though, to be fair, Adam Dunn retired with 1,040 more strikeouts in 502 fewer games. There are home run kings who strike out, then there are strike out kings who hit home runs. The great gap between Ruth and his peers upon retirement also — at least in part — reflected a much different game and level of competition. Only 16 teams played in the league at the time, and, notably, without black players. That whitewashing, and that the live-ball era was only 15 years old, contributed to the novelty of Ruth's power. But you have to do something right to get a candy bar named after you .

The world beyond baseball in 1935 While Ruth remains one of the most recognizable names in American sports, it's easy to forget just how many eras have passed since his retirement. So here's some context. On that same day, Kelly Petillo won the Indianapolis 500 with a time of 4:42:22. The fastest race on record today? Tony Kanaan's 2:40:03 in 2013. Ruth's final time afield occurred just five months after Amelia Earhart had become the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. Today, the Honolulu International Airport handles about 20 million passengers a year. Also 5 months old in late May 1935: tighty whities. Men's briefs were still a new thing. Think about that. Then think about Ruth wearing them. You're welcome. 1935 was the year of the Dust Bowl, the year of Fred Astaire's "Cheek to Cheek," the year that "Mutiny on the Bounty" starring Clark Gable won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was the year, perhaps to Ruth's relief, that Alcoholics Anonymous would be founded.

1935, so long ago that it predates John Goodman's birth by 17 years — the John Goodman who played, arguably, the most laughable representation of Ruth in cinematic history. Who failed to do what we all seemingly fail to do: to put such an outrageous outlier career in proper perspective. Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home...

May 25 in History November 2, 1934 - Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan September 30, 1934 - Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3 September 24, 1934 - 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium August 10, 1934 - Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player July 17, 1934 - Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland July 13, 1934 - Babe Ruth hits home run number 700, against Detroit January 15, 1934 - Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut) December 29, 1933 - Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds October 1, 1932 - World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers September 28

, 1932 - New York Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3 August 21, 1931 - Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of Browns May 21, 1930 - New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers March 8, 1930 - Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee General Manager Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" August 11, 1929 - Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers off Willis Hudlin of Cleveland August 1, 1928 - Babe Ruth hits home run number 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace September 30, 1927 - Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th home run, off Tom Zachary September 29, 1927 - Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games September 20, 1927 - New York Yankee Babe Ruth

 hits record 60th home run of season off Tom Zachry September 11, 1927 - Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers August 22, 1927 - Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers July 12, 1927 - Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 home runs June 11, 1927 - Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th of 60 home runs April 15, 1927 - Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 home runs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke) March 2, 1927 - Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year) October 6, 1926 - Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yankees beat Cards 10-5 August 29, 1925 - After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him May 26,

 1925 - Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery April 17, 1925 - New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery April 9, 1925 - Babe Ruth rushed to hospital April 5, 1925 - Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer October 23, 1923 - Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform October 11, 1923 - Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a World Series game August 30, 1922 - Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922 May 25, 1922 - Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump March 6, 1922 - Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract October 9, 1921 - Babe Ruth's 1st World Series homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays October 2, 192

1 - New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th home run August 28, 1921 - Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games July 12, 1921 - Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs June 13, 1921 - Yankees' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8 June 10, 1921 - Babe Ruth becomes all time home run champ with number 120, Gavvy Cravath June 8, 1921 - Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM September 29, 1920 - Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54 May 1, 1920 - Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee home run and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds January 5, 1920 - Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees January 5, 1920 - New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth January 3, 1920

 - New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000 December 26, 1919 - Yankees and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth September 27, 1919 - Babe Ruth's 29th home run is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season) September 24, 1919 - Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey September 20, 1919 - Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 home runs September 8, 1919 - Babe Ruth hits his 26th home run off Jack Quinn in New York, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 home run mark of 25 July 5, 1919 - Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times July 8, 1918 - Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleveland, prevailing rules reduce Babe's Hhome runR to

 a triple May 7, 1917 - Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0 April 11, 1917 - Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox October 9, 1916 - Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings October 9, 1916 - Babe Ruth pitches and wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1 May 6, 1915 - Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st home run, loses to Yankees 4-3 in 15 July 12, 1914 - Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox July 11, 1914 - Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3 July 10, 1914 - Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles April 22, 1914 - Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win

Question: Who in May 1935 for Boston Braves played his last career baseball game?
Answer: Babe Ruth