Babe Ruth played baseball.
Babe Ruth . With regular playing time , he broke the MLB single-season home run record in 1919 . The Major League Baseball single-season record for the number of home runs hit by a batter has changed many times over the years . Major League Baseball ( MLB ) is a professional baseball organization , the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx . 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 .