[2] The statue contains an error in that Ruth is depicted with a right-handed fielder's glove, for wear on the left hand.

[3][4] Although he became famous as a New York Yankee, George Herman Ruth's roots are in Baltimore, where he was born, grew up, and learned how to play baseball.

Ruth was born on February 6, 1895, to hardworking parents who couldn't support a child that caused as much “mischief” as Babe.

At age seven, his parents decided to “straighten him out” by sending him to Baltimore's St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, where he could learn how to have more discipline.

Ruth is credited with changing the game of baseball in America, and his hometown wanted to present his accomplishments by dedicating a statue to him and his legend.