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Babe Ruth

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Baseball Player

The Resume

    (February 6, 1895-August 16, 1948)
    Pitched for the Boston Red Sox
    Played outfield for the New York Yankees
    Credited with saving the game of baseball
    First player to hit 60 home runs in a single season (1927)
    First player to retire with a record 714 home runs

Why he might be annoying:

    Famous for the 'curse of the bambino': The Red Sox won 5 world series titles before Ruth was traded to the no championship Yankees. Since then, the Yankees won 25 titles and Red Sox 1.
    He drank to excess.
    In 1961, Roger Maris broke his home run record, so the record keepers put the famous asterisk next to Maris' name, to keep Babe in the record books.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He saved the game of baseball.
    Attendance dropped after the black sox scandal, then got traded to the Yankees and people came out to see him hit home runs.
    Kids love him.
    He is left handed.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 115 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 40 Votes: 22.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 346 Votes: 43.93% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 174 Votes: 44.25% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 80 Votes: 41.25% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 58 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 49 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 113 Votes: 56.64% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 114 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 76 Votes: 60.53% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 75 Votes: 49.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 164 Votes: 46.95% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 155 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 250 Votes: 56.80% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 510 Votes: 44.90% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 596 Votes: 35.40% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 1008 Votes: 31.75% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 257 Votes: 43.58% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 385 Votes: 43.12% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 439 Votes: 42.60% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 897 Votes: 41.58% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 2735 Votes: 42.38% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 4223 Votes: 35.12% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 5578 Votes: 32.88% Annoying