Babe Ruth · every age

What was Babe Ruth doing at 24?

Sent to reform school at 7, hit 60 home runs at 32

1. c. 1919

   Hit 29 home runs, a single-season record, at 24

   He was being used more as an outfielder than a pitcher by now.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Jan 1920

   Sold to the New York Yankees

   Boston's owner took $100,000 and a loan. Red Sox fans later called the decades of losing that followed a curse.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Irwin, La Broad, & Pudlin (1920), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source