Her name was Jackie Mitchell, 17 years old, 130#, "lefty". The strikeouts happened at an exhibition game in Chattanooga, TN. on April 2, 1931.
AnswerIt was stunt. Neither Gehrig or Ruth took the at bat seriously. It was a gag. AnswerBabe Dedrickson ZahariasANOTHER POSSIBILITY-
She threw one of every pitch to get them to full count, and then lobbed it so high that they were so used to swinging the Baseball bat like a baseball bat that the last thing they'd think of was swinging it like a driver at a Golf-ball on a golf-tee.
Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth with 4 pitches. 1 pitch was high for a ball. Then the following 3 pitches were strikes. The following batter was Lou Gheric and was struck out on 3 pitches
Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants in the first inning of the 1934 All-Star game.
After striking out Ruth and Gehrig, Hubbell struckout Jimmie Foxx to end the first inning and then struckout Al Simmons and Joe Cronin to start the second inning.
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Babe Ruth struck out 86 times on average in a 162 game season.
The story you are referring to is the girl that stuck out Babe Ruth, not Mickey Mantle. The Girl that struck out Babe Ruth was Jackie Mitchell, a 17 year old pitcher who faced the New York Yankees on April 2, 1931 in an exhibition game. She struck out the Babe, and in the following at bat Lou Gehrig.
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Jackie Mitchell of the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Ruth and Gehrig in an exhibition game in 1931.
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No. Babe Ruth struck out 1,330 times in his career. Reggie Jackson is the major league leader in strikeouts with 2,597.
Babe Ruth is black
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr.
George Herman Ruth.... aka "Babe Ruth" or "The Babe."
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"The Babe" Babe Ruth was born George Herman Ruth.