How The Great Bambino joined the NL
On February 26, 1935 the Boston Braves member of the National League would sign Babe Ruth to a contract from free agency. As part of the contract Babe would get a share of the team's profits on top of his salary.
The Debut
On Opening Day on April 16th in 1935 when Babe made his debut 25,000 fans would be in attendance to see the Braves beat the New York Giants 4-2. The Sultan of Swat would play a role in all 4 of the Braves runs this day. Ruth had himself a two hit day, one of which was a 430 foot 2-run home run.
Babe's 1935 season
The 1935 season would be Babe's 22nd and final season of his historic all time great career. As Ruth only appeared in 28 of the Braves 38-115 season. The Babe was a shell of his once all time great self as he hit just 6 home runs and only 13 hits in 72 at-bats. It seemed all the years of high living had really begun taking their toll on Ruth on his conditioning. Babe Ruth would hit his last career home run at Forbes Field vs the Pittsburgh Pirates. Babe wanted to retire as early as May 12th but team owner Emil Fuchs wanted Babe to hold off until he played in every National League ballpark. That decision caused Fuchs to lose control of the team. The Braves were sitting at 9-27 when Babe retired.
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