Babe Ruth Memorial (Baltimore, MD)
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Location
S Eutaw Street and W Camden Street (Street View)
GPS: 39° 17′ 5.98″ N 76° 37′ 14.48″ W
Also known as “Babe’s Dream”
History
Hailed as the first true American sports celebrity superstar by ESPN, Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore’s Pigtown neighborhood. Ruth was signed by Jack Dunn to the then-minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. The Babe got his nickname when Dunn, who had to become Ruth’s legal guardian to sign him, was seen by his team with the young baseball player. The Oriole veterans dubbed him ‘Jack’s newest babe’, and the name stuck. On July 9, 1914, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox. This statue was dedicated in 1998 and is by sculptor Susan Luery and New Arts Foundry in Hampden.
Notes
“Babe’s Dream” resides in a plaza south of Eutaw and Camden, in the northwest corner of Camden Yards. Also in the courtyard are a number of waist-high numerical sculptures commemorating famous ballplayers. The building to the immediate east of the plaza was once the Camden Street station and now houses the Babe Ruth Birthplace & Sports Legends Museum.
Nearby
Links
- Sculptor’s website
- Babe’s Dream Marker on the Historical Marker Database
- On Panoramio & Flickr