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When did Babe Ruth retire from professional baseball?
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Babe Ruth
When he joined the New York Yankees in 1920, Babe Ruth embarked on a home-run hitting campaign that would transform baseball and establish a record that would stand for nearly four decades.
Babe Ruth finished his professional baseball career after the 1935 season.12
Following his departure from the New York Yankees, he joined the Boston Braves in 1935 as a player and assistant manager, hoping to eventually secure a full-time managerial position. When that opportunity did not materialize, he retired from active play. Although he later served as a coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers for part of the 1938 season, his career as a professional player concluded in 1935.13