George Herman Ruth bronze plaque

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Ruth, as pitcher of his team, allowed only one hit and the Greys shut out Toronto 9-0. His later career made Babe Ruth a monumental figure in baseball history. This plaque commemorates both the extraordinary career of Babe Ruth and the important contribution made by Toronto to the game of baseball from "Little League" teams to the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League. 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The lanky 19-year-old rookie, playing for the Providence Greys in the International League, connected with a pitch off Ellis Johnson of the Toronto Maple Leafs, sending the ball over the fence in right field and scoring three runs for his team. Ruth, as pitcher of his team, allowed only one hit and the Greys shut out Toronto 9-0. His later career made Babe Ruth a monumental figure in baseball history. This plaque commemorates both the extraordinary career of Babe Ruth and the important contribution made by Toronto to the game of baseball from "Little League" teams to the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League. [plaque removed] </h1> <span id="facebook_like_button"> <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://openplaques.org//plaques/6576&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=90&action=like&font&colorscheme=light&height=35" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:75px; height:20px; text-align:right;" allowTransparency="true"> </iframe> </span> </div> <div class="plaque"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8"> <div class="card" id="photos"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-lg-8"> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-sm-4"> <div class="card"> <a href="/plaques/6576/photos"> <img class="card-img img-rounded w-100" src="/assets/NoPhotoSqr-fbc25e3d53bc55e73e8e0fb94589695452948eab15e038709227395ebb172054.png" /> <p class="card-text"> How to add yours </p> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> </div> <div class="row"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4"> <div class="card" id="location"> <div id="plaque-map" data-latitude="43.6271" data-longitude="-79.3905" class="mini" data-zoom="17" data-view="one"> </div> <div class="card-block"> <p class="card-text"> Hanlan's Point ferry dock, Toronto Island, <a href="/places/ca/areas/toronto_on/plaques">Toronto, ON</a> <br/> <a target="_blank" href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=&layer=c&cbll=43.6271,-79.3905&cbp=11,0,0,0,0"><i class="fas fa-link"></i>Google Streetview</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/43.6271/-79.3905"><i class="fas fa-link"></i>OpenStreetMap</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="card" id="details"> <p class="card-text"> by <a href="/organisations/toronto_historical_board">Toronto Historical Board</a> in 1985 </p> <p class="card-text"> Colour: bronze </p> <p class="card-text"> Wikimedia: <i><input type="text" readonly value="{{Open Plaques|plaqueid=6576}}"/></i> <button name="button" type="button" id="copy-wikimedia-tag" class="button"><i class="fas fa-clipboard"></i></button> </p> <p class="card-text"> Flickr: <i><input type="text" readonly value="openplaques:id=6576"/></i> <button name="button" type="button" id="copy-flickr-tag" class="button"><i class="fas fa-clipboard"></i></button> </p> </div> <div class="card" id="subjects"> <h6 class="card-header">Subject</h6> <a href="/people/3986"> <div class="card card-inverse vcard person" typeof="foaf:Person vcard:VCard" about="#person" style="min-height: 8rem; background-color: #999;"> <img class="card-img w-100" src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Babe_Ruth2.jpg?width=250" /> <div class="card-info"> <span class="card-title fn"> George Herman Ruth<br/> <small>(1895-1948)</small> <small><i class="fas fa-mars"></i></small> <small>baseball player</small> </span> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card" id="see-also"> <h6 class="card-header">See also...</h6> <div class="row" data-masonry='{"percentPosition": true }'> <div class="col-sm-3 col-lg-2 mb-2"> <div class="card plaque text-center"> <a href="/plaques/4512"> <div class="card photo"> <img class="card-img img-rounded w-100" rel="foaf:depiction" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7405/8719260208_3bc87d476b_m.jpg" /> <div class="card-info"> <i class="fab fa-creative-commons"></i> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/95121642@N04/8719260208/">Brian Cooper on Flickr</a> </div> </div> </a> <div class="card-footer"> <i class="far fa-compass"></i> <small class="text-muted">New York, NY, United States</small> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-3 col-lg-2 mb-2"> <div class="card plaque text-center"> <a href="/plaques/6572"> <img class="card-img-top img-responsive w-100" src="/assets/NoPhotoSqr-fbc25e3d53bc55e73e8e0fb94589695452948eab15e038709227395ebb172054.png" /> <div class="card-img-overlay"> <h7 class="card-title">Babe Ruth at Hanlan's Point Near this site, in Maple Leaf Park on September 5, 1914, th...</h7> </div> </a> <div class="card-footer"> <i class="far fa-compass"></i> <small class="text-muted">Toronto, ON, Canada</small> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=\"bronzeplaque\" about="#this" typeof="op:Plaque"></div> <script> function copyTextToClipboard(text) { var textArea = document.createElement("textarea"); textArea.style.position = 'fixed'; textArea.style.top = 0; textArea.style.left = 0; textArea.style.width = '2em'; textArea.style.height = '2em'; textArea.style.padding = 0; textArea.style.border = 'none'; textArea.style.outline = 'none'; textArea.style.boxShadow = 'none'; textArea.style.background = 'transparent'; textArea.value = text; document.body.appendChild(textArea); textArea.select(); try { var successful = document.execCommand('copy'); var msg = successful ? 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