The Baseball Life of Babe Ruth The baseball life of Babe Ruth began on February 6, 1895. On this As most boys started their baseball career throwing rocks at street signs. Ruth was throwing eggs and potatoes at truck drivers. The first organized baseball team that Ruth was on ,was at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. Ruth was on one of the forty teams that St. Mary's had. His team and all the other teams played from 3 to 4 games a day. Ruth main position at St. Mary's was outfield. He was one of the fastest boys who ever went to St. Mary's. He never really had to work as hard as