“Babe Ruth”
(George Herman Ruth)
and wife Claire Ruth
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Hawthorne, New York

Inscription on left side of stone reads:
MAY
THE DIVINE SPIRIT
THAT ANIMATED
BABE RUTH
TO WIN THE CRUCIAL
GAME OF LIFE
INSPIRE THE YOUTH
OF AMERICA!

CARDINAL SPELLMAN

“If I’d tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around .600.”
     —Babe Ruth

U.S. postage stamp honoring
Babe Ruth, issued in 2000