Babe Ruth hits his first major-league home run 110 years ago this afternoon (May 6 1915)


Video: 'May 6th 1915: Babe Ruth Hits His First Home Run'

(Thursday, May 6, 1915; during World War I) — Rookie pitcher Babe Ruth, 20, hit the first of his 714 major-league home runs today as a player for the Boston Red Sox in the top of the third inning off Yankee right-hander Jack Warhop at the the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, New York.

Ruth, however, was the losing pitcher in the 4-3 defeat for the Red Sox.

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