Babe Ruth played baseball.
Babe Ruth . In 1914 , Ruth was signed to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles but was soon sold to the Red Sox . The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston , Massachusetts . The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx . An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball , farthest from the batter . In baseball , the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher 's mound toward the catcher to begin each play , with the goal of retiring a batter , who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk .