In six seasons in Boston, Ruth won 89 games, earned a 2.19 ERA and once led the league in shutouts.
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Turns out great pitching in Fenway Park runs in the family.
On Sunday, Julia Ruth Stevens threw out the first pitch at Fenway as the Red Sox hosted the Yankees. Stevens, 98, represents the last-living child of Babe Ruth, and the significance of having her at the ballpark as the two teams most synonymous with The Babe faced off wasn’t lost on a baseball-savvy crowd.
Stevens’ pitch might not have reached the plate without a roll, but as her dad had done in that very park, she inspired a standing ovation. A sweet moment for baseball, and a sweet reminder that Ruth’s legacy lives beyond baseball myths and metrics.
