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This day in baseball: Babe’s first professional homer

Posted: March 7, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: , , , , , , , , |2 Comments

Babe Ruth hit his first home run in professional baseball on March 7, 1914 in the last inning of a spring training exhibition game for the International League’s Baltimore Orioles. The homer was a 400-foot shot at the Cape Fear Fairgrounds in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

babe Ruth Orioles 1914

Ruth in 1914 (untoldentertainment.com)

2 Comments on “This day in baseball: Babe’s first professional homer”

  1. wkkortas says:
    March 11, 2020 at 11:25 am

    I was hoping for an inside-the-park job.

    Reply

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