Babe Ruth played baseball.
Babe Ruth . By 1916 , he had built a reputation as an outstanding pitcher who sometimes hit long home runs , a feat unusual for any player in the pre-1920 dead-ball era . 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 .