Retrosheet, 408, 493
Reuther, Dutch, 320
Rice, Grantland, 80, 100, 103, 175, 266, 306, 308, 425, 439, 472–73
Richardson, Alice, 169
Richardson, Dr. Katherine B., 169
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 304
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 67, 69, 126, 420, 440, 445
Rickey, Branch, 170
Ridgely, Charles, xvii
right of publicity, 233–35
Riley, Father George, 284
Ring, Dr. A. M., 338
Ripken, Cal, Jr., xix, xxiii–xxiv
Ripken, Cal, Sr., xxiii
Riverside Enterprise, 128–29
Riverside Press-Telegram Press, 129
Rizzo, Mike, xxiv
Roach, Father Michael, 36
Robbins, Jhan, xxix–xxx, 410–12
Roberson, Abigail, 228
Robert Edwards Auctions, 366
Robinson, Bill “Bojangles,” 175, 471–72
Robinson, Eddie, 453–56
Robinson, Jackie, 91, 170, 353
Robinson, Ray, 414, 423
Rockefeller, John D., 194
Rockne, Knute, 62–63, 112, 261, 293–94, 381–82, 420, 445
Rogers, Adela, 65
Rogers, Will, 388
Rolph, Jim “Sunny,” 296
Roosevelt, Alice Longworth, 195
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 112, 174, 290, 430, 440
Roosevelt, Theodore, 2, 76, 97
Root, Charlie, 174, 233, 416, 435–37, 452, 459
Rosenberg, Leo, 105
Rosenblatt, Johnny, 200, 449
Rosenblatt, Steve, 449
Rosner, Max, 89–91, 114–15
Ross, Johnny, 457
Roth, Mark, 259
Rough and Ready (film), 254
Roy, George, 241
Rubinstein, Helena, 289
Ruel, Muddy, 21
Ruffing, Red, 328
Ruhl, Oscar, 442
Runyon, Damon, 80, 132, 217–18, 263–64, 271, 285
Ruppert, Jacob, xxix, 5, 15, 19, 24–25, 61, 100, 134, 136–39, 194, 251, 271, 278, 283–85, 342, 388–92, 408–10, 413
Russell, Bill, 306
Ruth, Anna (sister), 41, 160
Ruth, Augusta or Augustav (sibling), 39, 160
Ruth, Catherine Schamberger “Katie” (mother), xviii, xxviii, 3, 35–36, 39–41, 44–45, 48–54, 54, 147
death of, 154, 156, 465
divorce of, 49–53
Ruth, Clara Mae Merritt Hodgson “Claire” (second wife), 46, 58, 235, 242, 249
affair with Babe, 252–55, 260, 272, 274, 276–79, 283–84, 344, 348, 349
Babe’s decline and, 406–7, 410, 413–14, 417, 423–24, 438–45, 448, 451–52
Babe’s will and, 393–94, 465–66
birth of Julia and, 253
death of, 476
death of Babe and, 465–70, 473
marries Babe, 370–78, 389, 392
Walsh and, 419, 421–22
Ruth, Francis J. (great-granduncle), 36–37
Ruth, George Herman, Jr. “Babe”
affairs and, 57–58, 83, 207–8, 242, 248–50, 274–75
affair with Claire and, 58, 252, 254–55, 260, 274, 276–84, 370–72
airplane stunt and, 15–16, 196
All-Star Game (1933) and, 408
Al Smith and, xxi, 64, 196–97, 342
appetites of, 141–42
auto accident and, 22
awards and honors, 409, 456, 489
“Babe” nickname and, 154
“Babe Ruth Day” of 1947 and, 328–29, 444–47
Baby Ruth candy bars and, 226–36
back problems of, 334–35, 337, 359
bad boy persona and, 99, 102–3, 292–93, 302–3
Baltimore Orioles hire, 151, 153–54
barnstorming and, 13–14, 17, 24–28, 30–32, 57–60, 80, 84–92, 114–17, 119–24, 139–40, 115, 124–26, 161, 163–69, 184–92, 199–200, 202, 208, 218, 257, 260–61, 263–65, 318, 321, 323–25, 331–38, 353, 358–59, 361–69, 379–83, 399–405, 433–37, 458–61, 462–64, 490–92
baseball education of, 150–54
baseball life span of, 456
baseball seasons: (1914), 16, 18, 105, 153–54, 458; (1915), 156; (1917), 243; (1918), 159–60, 176, 302, 307; (1919), 161, 231, 424; (1920), 70, 77, 86, 161, 390, 391; (1921), 15, 19, 73–74, 105, 116, 204; (1922), 25, 71, 210–12, 250, 371; (1923), 122, 250, 252, 371, 391, 453–56; (1924), 181, 184, 256, 258–59; (1925), 121–22, 188–89, 269–70, 273–74, 278, 285, 293, 390, 392, 491; (1926), 16, 392; (1927), xxii–xxiii, 15, 18–22, 104–5, 112, 161–62, 192, 299, 303, 392, 458–59; (1929), 404–6; (1930), 392, 410; (1931), 392, 408, 410; (1933), 408, 410; (1934), 410–13; (1935), 415–18
batboys and, 323–28
bats of, xix–xx, xxiii, 21, 307, 463
birth and early childhood of, xvii–xx, xxviii–xxx, 35–43, 47–48
birth certificate of, xviii, xxviii, 413
birthday of 1927 and savings pledge, 131–32
blacks and, 60, 168–84
Boston Braves and, 415–18
bowling and, xxiii–xxiv
Brother Matthias and, 148–54, 161–63
Called Shot in 1932 World Series and, 233, 407, 451, 459, 475
celebrity of, xix, xxv–xxviii, 16–19, 59, 84, 92–93, 100–12, 117, 220, 367–69
celebrity of, and licensing rights, 216–17, 224–25, 228–29, 233–36
chemotherapy and, 447–48
childhood move to St. Mary’s and, 2–6, 45–55
Citizens’ Training Camps and, 257–58
court cases and, 73–74, 122, 129–31, 134–35
crowds and, 115, 117, 370–72, 428–29
daughter Dorothy and, 58, 211–13, 242, 350, 355–57, 373, 375–79
daughter Julia and, 373, 375–76
daughters adopted by, 375–77
death of, xxvii, 46, 442–48, 457, 465–75
death of father and, 158–60
death of Gehrig and, 414, 437–38
death of Helen and, 339–58, 372, 394–95
death of Huggins and, 407
death of mother and, 154–55, 351
death of siblings in childhood and, 39, 41–42, 44, 53–54
decline of, 408–10
diet and exercise and, 293
divorce from Helen and, 242, 283–85, 290–91, 343, 350–51, 357–58, 384–85, 394–95
divorce of parents and, 49–54
Dixon paternity suit and, 248–50, 252
as Dodgers coach, 426–27
drinking and, 23–24
early baseball field of, xxiv
early managers and press agents, 61
education of, 3–4, 97
egg-laying hen and, 187–93, 198–202
endorsements and, 130, 197, 210, 216–24
enigma of, 369–70
family background of, 36–38
farm and, 201, 205–7, 213–14, 242–48
fast living of, 104–5
father and, 47–48, 55, 156–58
FBI and, 257
films and, 104–5, 111, 222
films and, Babe Comes Home, 33–35, 55, 127, 128, 133, 134, 436
films and, Babe Ruth Story, 440–42, 451–53, 458, 266, 472
films and, Headin’ Home, 111, 228–29
films and, home movies, 239–42, 462–63
films and, instructional shorts, 116
films and, Pride of the Yankees, 437–40
films and, Speedy, 463
final autographed baseballs and, 473
final events of 1948 and, 455–58
final game as Yankee of, 413
final interview with, 457
final speech of 1948, 455–56
finances and, 101, 130–31, 211, 213, 218, 250, 291, 395
finances and, 1927 earnings, 218–19, 384–85, 387, 394
finances and, at death, 396–97, 444–45
finances and, Braves salary, 415
finances and, by-product money, 59, 105, 218–19, 224, 384, 288, 389, 419
finances and, divorce settlement with Helen, 291, 357–58, 394–95
finances and, life insurance value, 388
finances and, post-Walsh, 291–92, 444
finances and, Red Sox contract, 391
finances and, retirement, 427–28
finances and, total earnings, 389, 504–5
finances and, trust fund, 131, 292, 384–87, 393–94, 444–45, 501, 506–11
finances and, Walsh and, 59–63, 72–73, 130–32, 218, 292, 389, 392–96, 419–21, 501–511
finances and, Yankees contracts, 125, 127, 132–39, 208–9, 213, 384, 386–92, 407, 409–10, 460–62
fishing and hunting and, 127–29, 383, 462–63
Ford hires, for American Legion Junior Baseball, 448–49, 456
friendships and, 372
friendship with Gehrig, 102–3, 121–24, 130, 300–301, 437–38, 472–73
friendship with Gehrig, ended, 378, 413–14
friendship with Gomez, 320
friendship with O’Leary, 22
gambling and, 248, 255–56, 425–26
ghostwriting and, 59, 70–73, 80–81, 154, 267, 287–89, 385, 418–20
golf and, 424–25, 430, 443
grave of, 475–77
Hall of Fame and, 172, 489
hitting power of, xx–xxi, xxx, 19–22, 28, 64, 70, 125, 151, 208, 295–315, 318, 325, 397, 408, 437
home runs and, career, 302, 403, 413, 417
home runs and, career record beaten by Aaron, 180–81
home runs and, distances, 490–92
home runs and, final grand slam of 1934, 412
home runs and, final of 1935, 416–17
home runs and, first professional, 154, 458
home runs and, season record of sixty, 15, 19–23, 104–5, 162, 187, 299–300, 407, 460, 490
home runs and, season record, 75th anniversary, 236
home runs and, season record, beaten by Maris, 476
home runs and, three-home-run game in World Series, 407
100th-anniversary book on, 55
100th birthday of, 235–36
illnesses, cancer and, 46, 328–29, 442–48, 453–56, 467
illnesses, gastric crisis and, 267–73
impact of, on baseball, xxi–xxii, xxiv–xxvi, 302–3, 314, 450–51
interviewed by boy reporter, xxix–xxxi, 410–12
locker of, xxi, 453
major-league debut of, 100th anniversary, xx
management ambitions of, 410–12, 424, 426, 456
management offer to, at Newark farm club, 409–10
marriage to Claire Hodgson and, 372–75, 392, 439–40
marriage to Helen Woodford and, 154–57, 121, 137–38, 242–43, 245–48, 250, 268–69, 281–84
memorabilia auctioned, 366–67
military and, 257–59
MVP and, 122
myths about, xviii, 17, 365–66
Negro Leagues and mixed-race teams and, 60, 86–87, 176–77
New York City Police and, 290–91
night games and, 404
old-timers of 1923 game of 1948 and, 453–56
orphanage and hospital visits and, 107, 112–13, 168–70, 184–85, 197–98
orphan story and, 55, 98
personality of, 62–63, 100
photos of, xxvii, 110–14, 169–70, 260, 368–69, 401, 402, 431, 433–34, 453–55
photos of, Dunsmuir, 365–66
photos of, Fein’s “No. 3 Bows Out,” xxi, 455
photos of, with father, 157, 160
pitching and, xxiv, xxix–xxx, 116, 152–53, 307, 310
pony ride in Sioux City, 239–42, 259–60
portraits of, 110–14, 171–72
portraits of, Baltimore Harbor statue, 8
portraits of, Garretto caricature of, xxvii
portraits of, Walsh cartoon, 64–65
Providence Grays and, 16, 18, 154
public persona and, 100, 110–12, 411–13
radio and, 106, 295–99
real estate and, 224
recordings of, 110
Red Sox and, xxiv, xxix–xxx, 101, 105, 171–72
Red Sox and, major-league debut of, 154
repentance of, 289–91
retirement of, 177, 396–97, 417–18, 420, 422–30, 441–43
sister Mamie and, 8, 465–66
size of, xviii–xx, xxiv, 21, 259–60, 323–25
social skills of, 165–66
sportswriting and, 75–81, 83–85, 266, 274–77, 285–87
spring training of 1925 and, 268–69
statistics of, xxiv–xv, 116, 307, 408, 489–99
St. Mary’s and, 5–12, 45–46, 93–96, 98–99, 103, 142–49, 150–54, 160–62
St. Mary’s release to Orioles and, 16–17, 151, 369
suspension of 1922 and, 21–22, 25, 60, 202–5, 208, 257
suspension of 1925 and, 274, 285, 293
travels to Cuba, 61
travels to Japan, 403–4, 413–15, 429–30
travels to Mexico, 442
vaudeville and, 61, 106, 126–30, 205–7, 218, 224, 383
Walsh and, 24–25, 58–73, 109–11, 420, 439–42
Walsh article on, 427–28
Walsh ends contract with, 418–21
Walsh on, after death, 474
will of, 465, 467, 469
World Series: (1915), 156; (1916), 116; (1918), 116; (1921), 105; (1922), 179, 436; (1923), 101, 453; (1926), 22, 124–25, 134, 491; (1927), 14–15, 24, 28–30, 110, 121, 173–75; (1928), 338, 341–42, 407, 437; (1932), 233, 267, 415–16, 459
World’s Fair and, 421
World War II and, 429–31
Yankees buy, from Red Sox (1920), 78, 389–91
Yankees’ profits from, 388–92
Yankees retire No. 3 and, 453
Yankee Stadium 25th anniversary and last visit of, xxix, 453–56
Yankee Stadium exhibition game of 1942 and, 430–31
Yankee Stadium opening and, 250–52
Yankee Stadium stampede and, 404–6
Ruth, George Herman, Sr. (father), xvii, 3–7, 35–36, 39–46, 53–54, 142, 246
Babe buys saloon for, 156–59
Babe sent to St. Mary’s, 6–7, 11, 46–48, 98–99, 147
death of, 158–60, 465
divorce of, 49–53
marries second wife, Martha Sipes, 156–59
Ruth, Gussie (sister), 44, 160
Ruth, Jacob A. (great-grandfather), 36, 37
Ruth, John Antone, Jr. (uncle), 38–39, 41, 42, 43–44
Ruth, John Antone (grandfather), 35–39
Ruth, Julia (daughter). See Stevens, Julia Ruth
Ruth, Mamie (sister). See Moberly, Mary Margaret Ruth
Ruth, Martha E. Sipes (stepmother; later Strohmann), 156–58, 160
Ruth, Mary Ellen Woodford “Helen” (first wife), 28–29, 58, 59, 71, 78, 112, 134, 137–38, 205–7, 208, 212–14, 332, 338, 359, 371, 373–74, 389
Babe’s affairs and, 250, 255, 260, 277–79, 281–84, 371
daughter Dorothy and, 212
death of, 212, 245, 339–55, 372, 377, 394
farm and, 214, 243, 245
marital problems and, 242, 278, 283–85, 290–91, 344, 348–51, 376
marriage to Babe and, 154–57, 159, 245–48, 253, 268–71
nervous breakdown and, 272–73, 278–79, 338
separation payments and, 384–85, 393–95
will of, 355, 378, 394–95
Ruth, Mary Strodtman (grandmother), 36, 38
Ruth, Nellie (cousin), 42
Ruth, William E. (brother), 45, 49, 53–54, 160, 465
Ruth, William (uncle), 53
Ruth’s All America Baseball Team, 409
Ruth’s Cafe, 156–58, 160
Ruth’s Home Run Bar, 225–33, 292
Ruth superstar effect, 391–92
Ryan, Rosy, 61
Sacramento, 358–59
Sacramento Bee, 336
Sacramento Senators, 334, 336
Sacramento Union, 358
Sacramento Valley League, 336, 338, 352
Salvotti brothers, 316
Samuel, Brother, 471
Sandburg, Carl, 374
San Diego, 381–83
San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, 397
San Diego Evening Tribune, 381
San Diego Padres, 327
San Diego Sun, 224, 382–83
San Diego Union, 224, 381, 383
San Francisco, 296–97, 318–19
San Francisco Baseball Old Timers Association, 326
San Francisco Bulletin, 298
San Francisco Call, 117, 242, 295, 315, 353
San Francisco Chronicle, 76, 297, 315, 318–19, 327–28
San Francisco Examiner, 260, 293, 295, 297, 300, 321, 352
San Francisco Giants, 219, 312
San Francisco Seals, 315, 317–22, 326, 336, 338, 352–53, 363
San Joaquin Valley, 382
San Jose, 361–69, 379–80
San Jose Mercury Herald, 361, 365, 379
San Jose Mercury-News, 364, 367
San Jose News, 361, 362, 363
Santoro, Al, 297, 299–300, 318
Saturday League, 199
Savage, Connie, 61
Schafer, Henry, 220
Schamberger, Pius (grandfather), 35
Schamberger family, 38, 155
Schleupner, Dotty, 43
Schnering, Otto Y., 216, 226–27, 230–34, 236
Schu, Rick, 312–13
Schwalenberg, Greg, xix
Scott, Dudley, 240–41, 259
Scott, Frank, 422
Scranton Republican, 435
Scranton Times, 280
Scranton Truth, 154
Scully, Vin, 100–101, 428
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 113
Seay, Dick, 86
Seidenman, Sig, 457
Selkirk, George, 415
Sennett, Mack, 134
Sewell, Joe, 410
Shahan, Jonathan, 158
Shawkey, Bob, 410
Sheehy, Pete, xxviii, 468
Shepherd, Pete, 400
Shieber, Tom, xx, xxiv
Shor, Toots, 465
Shore, Ernie, 153, 489
Silvera, Charlie, 328, 452
Simon, Brother, 161
Sing Sing Black Sheep, 492
Sinn Fein, 69
Sioux City, 32, 239, 259–60, 456
Sioux City Journal, 29, 239
Sipes, Benjamin “Doc,” 156, 158–59
Slade, Gordon, 321
Slocum, Bill, 80
Smart Set, The, 109
Smelser, Marshall, 42, 246, 415, 473
Smith, Al, xxi, 64, 112, 196, 252, 342, 420
Smith, Chino, 86, 114
Smith, Dave, 408
Smith, Earl, 180
Smith, Francis Marion, 319