There have always been rumors that Babe Ruth was mixed race.
Those rumors just didn’t come out of thin air, they came from Ruth’s own teammates, opponents, friends, foes and media.
You don’t get a nickname like N*gger lips just because.
There was also the fact Ruth was at the time 10x better than everyone else in MLB in pitching and hitting. For a big man he was extremely athletic and the fact his records at the time he was retired were so ahead of his closet competitor it makes sense he was part black.
Even to this day he is in the top 5 of a lot of statistical categories and it took players MANY more years to surpass him.
- 1st on all-time slugging % with 0.690
- 1st on all-time OPS with 1.164
- 1st on all-time OPS+ with 206
- 2nd on all-time on-base % list with .474
- 2nd on all-time RBI list with 2,213
- 2nd on all-time At bats per home run list with 11.76
- 3rd on all-time home run list with 714
- 3rd on all-time bases on balls list with 2,062
- 4th on all-time runs list with 2,174 (Tied with Hank Aaron)
- 7th on all-time total bases list with 5,793
- 9th on all-time batting average list with .342 (Tied with Dan Brothers)
Twitter user Antonine Hardy provides evidence that Ruth was black and his most credible evidence is certified racist Ty Cobb thought he was black.
Hardy also shows how Ruth unlike almost any celebrity or white person at that time was kind to black people especially black children.
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