Babe Ruth Makes Home-Run Record (1927): Babe Ruth was known as the Home Run King and the Sultan of Swat because of his powerful and effective swing. In 1927, Babe Ruth was playing for the New York Yankees. Throughout the 1927 season, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig (who was on the same team as Babe Ruth) competed for who was going to end the season with the most home runs.
The competition lasted until September, when both men reached their 45th home run of the season. Then, unexpectedly, Gehrig slowed down and all that was left was for Babe Ruth to hit the incredibly high number of 60 home runs.
It got down to the last three games of the season and Babe Ruth still needed three home runs. In the second to last game, on September 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run. The crowd cheered wildly. Fans threw their hats in the air and confetti rained down on the field.
Babe Ruth, a man known around the world as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, had done the impossible - hit 60 home runs in one season. (Gehrig finished the season with 47.) Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record would not be broken for 34 years.
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