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When was Babe Ruth inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
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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 was chosen as one of the first five members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.1