The Babe Ruth Story is a 1948 baseball film biography of
Babe Ruth, the famed
New York Yankees slugger. It stars
William Bendix (New York Yankee batboy in the 1920s) as the ballplayer and
Claire Trevor as his
wife. It was rush released to news of Ruth's declining health, and makes no mention whatsoever of Ruth's first wife, Helen. Critics panned the film's heavy-handedness and direction, and it is said by many to be one of the
worst films ever made.