Babe Ruth

Character Key Number: 
318
Display Name: 
Babe Ruth
Sort Name: 
Ruth, Babe
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

Mentioned in both The Sound and the Fury - where Jason Compson has a particular animus against him - and The Reivers George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr., played baseball for the New York Yankees from 1920-1934. During that time he was probably the most famous athlete in the U.S.