Babe Ruth became a baseball immortal because of his hitting prowess (.342 average, 714 career HR, 60 HR in 1927), but the Babe was also the dominant left-handed pitcher of the pre-1920 era while playing for the Red Sox.
He sported a 94-46 W-L record and threw 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the 1916 and 1918 World Series ... a record that stood for 43 years. The Red Sox, winners of four World Series titles between 1912 and 1918, would not win another until 2004 ... finally breaking the curse of the Bambino.
Ruth - for the excitement and new style he brought to the game - and Kenesaw Mountain Landis - for the integrity and authority he exuded - are credited as the two most sigificant people in rehabilitating the national image of baseball in the aftermath of the Black Sox scandal.
The Bambino
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