runs (12), most total bases in a season (457), and highest slugging percentage for a season (.847). While with the Red Sox, Ruth married 18-year-old waitress Helen Woodford, whom he had known less than three months. In 1929, Ruths wife died in a fire. At the time, they had been separated for three years. Her tragic death allowed him to marry Claire Hodgson, a former model and actress. With Claires daughter from a previous marriage and Ruths adopted daughter (with Woodford), they became an immediate family. Ruth and Hodgson remained together until Ruths death....
