With 351 career home runs Babe Ruth retired from baseball today after suffering a torn labrum that effectively ended the 39 year old's career.
Ruth hit 714 in his career, and while THIS injury can't be blamed for his poor results, the list of injuries in his career were both long and time consuming. Not only failing to live up to high expectations, but failing to hit 500 home runs, 400 home runs, or even finish atop the leader boards. There is no other way to put it other than Ruth's career is a big disappointment, and we now officially have our first failure.