Babe Ruth

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9. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, New York Yankees (1928) Ruth went 10-for-16 with three doubles and nine runs scored. He homered three times in Game 4. Gehrig reached base 12 times in 17 plate appearances with four home runs and drove in nine runs. Gehrig's 1.727 slugging percentage is the best in World Series history.  Home run king Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees and Lou Gehrig, June 1927 in New York. (AP Photo)

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Historic shots from The Ring Magazine archives, including Babe Ruth, will be among the hundreds of items auctioned in the District later this month at the All-Star FanFest. (Hunt Auctions)

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2. Babe Ruth (1914-1935) began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. With a career .342 batting average, Ruth established many MLB batting records, including career home runs (714), RBIs (2,213), bases on balls (2,062), slugging percentage (.690), and on-base plus slugging (OPS) (1.164); the latter two still stand today. Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its ‘first five’ inaugural members

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This undated image provided by Lelands.com, shows New York Yankee's' Babe Ruth's 1927 World Series ring. The ring is part of Lelands.com 1st Annual Invitational Auction. Actor Charlie Sheen hasn't portrayed Babe Ruth in a film, but was the owner of two of the most prized items of Ruth memorabilia. Sheen on Monday, June 26, 2017 revealed himself as the owner of Ruth's 1927 World Series ring and the 1919 contract of Ruth's sale from the Red Sox to the Yankees which are part of the first Lelands.com Invitational Auction, which ends on Friday. (Michael Pascucci/Lelands.com via AP)

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This undated image provided by Lelands.com, shows New York Yankee's' Babe Ruth's 1927 World Series ring. The ring is part of Lelands.com 1st Annual Invitational Auction, which closes June 30, 2017. (Michael Pascucci/Lelands.com via AP)

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This undated image provided by Lelands.com, shows New York Yankee's' Babe Ruth's 1927 World Series ring. The ring is part of Lelands.com 1st Annual Invitational Auction, which closes June 30, 2017. (Michael Pascucci/Lelands.com via AP)

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FILE - In this April 20, 1932, file photo, New York Yankees' Babe Ruth takes a practice cut prior to the Yankees home-opener against the Philadelphia Athletics at Yankee Stadium in New York. Troy Kinunen, president of Memorabilia Evaluation and Research Services, said his company evaluated Babe Ruth's 1932 "called shot" jersey for a private collector. Authenticators used photos of old jerseys Ruth had worn to prove it was the real thing.His company maintains archives of the customizations that certain players’ jerseys usually go through. (AP Photo/File)

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Babe Ruth - his career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed The Bambino and The Sultan of Swat, he began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including career home runs (714), runs batted in (RBIs) (2,213), bases on balls (2,062), slugging percentage (.690), and on-base plus slugging (OPS) (1.164); the latter two still stand today. Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members. (AP Photo)