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When Babe Ruth was seven years old his parents placed him in St. Mary's Industrial School (Baltimore), an institution for underprivileged boys, were he learned to play baseball. He began to play semiprofessional ball in Pennsylvania and was signed by the Baltimore Orioles (International League) in 1914. That same year he was sold as a pitcher to the Boston Red Sox of the American League. The Babe never had to hold a second job as many of the ball players of the day. He played baseball for a living and it paid him well.

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Babe Ruth liked to play Baseball, obviously, but he also liked to donate to kids and people in need. When he wasn't playing baseball, he was most likely found at a homeless shelter or reading books to the children, or using his money to buy things that people need. He also worked at a soup kitchen. He wasn't only a great ball player, but a great guy too.

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After retiring from baseball in 1935, Babe Ruth was briefly the first base coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1936). In 1946 he was the head of the Ford Motor Company's junior baseball program. He also a lot of charitable work, establishing the Babe Ruth Foundation, a charity for disadvantage children.

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He played allot of Golf and was hired as 1st base coach with the Dodgers in 1938. After one year he retired from baseball permanently. He did radio interviews, trips for the troops, but not much else.

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Babe Ruth was the best baseball players ever. he had the leading home runs. adn everbody knows him. who does not like him.

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Outside of Baseball Babe Ruth mad money through product endorsements. He was also hired to do radio shows by CBS, and NBC, and made a few movie appearances.

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Babe Ruth played baseball for a living. Although he was one of the highest paid players of his time, he also made money through endorsements.

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