Okay, so I was watching this old baseball game the other night, and it got me thinking about Babe Ruth. Like, the guy was a legend, but I realized I didn’t actually know much about him beyond the basics. So, I decided to do a little digging, starting with a simple question: how old was Babe Ruth when he died?
First, I just did a quick search. You know, fired up the search engine and typed in the question.
My First Try…
- Opened my browser.
- Typed “how old was babe ruth when he died” into the search bar.
- Hit enter.
Boom! Right there at the top, the search results gave me the answer. It said he was 53 years old. born February 6, 1895, and he died August 16, 1948. Honestly, I was kind of surprised. I guess I always pictured him as being older when he passed, probably because all the pictures I’d seen were from so long ago.
But I didn’t stop there. I wanted to be sure, so I checked it.
Double-Checking
- I Scrolled through a few different websites.
- Checked a couple of biography pages.
I found his birthdate and the day died, It’s everywhere. Confirmed that he was born on February 6, 1895, and died on August 16, 1948. After that, to make it exactly correct, I calculated it, just opened my phone’s calculator and had a simple calculating, and it turned out to be correct.
So, yeah, that’s it. Babe Ruth was only 53 when he died. It felt good to actually learn something new, even if it was just a small fact. And it all started with a random thought during a baseball game. That is all I did today.
