Babe Ruth is arguably the greatest American athlete who ever lived, but Chicago Cubs All-Star outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong seems willing to believe that the New York Yankees legend is about as real as the Tooth Fairy.
Crow-Armstrong recently appeared on Let’s Be Honest, the podcast hosted by Kristin Cavallari, and revealed an “unpopular opinion” he seems to embrace, claiming that The Great Bambino never actually walked the face of the Earth.
“This is gonna be crazy,” Crow-Armstrong prefaced. “Babe Ruth never existed is one that I like. I heard some pitcher with the Mariners. I think he did some podcast on Zoom when he was like going down the rabbit hole with somebody about how Babe Ruth never existed.”
The 24-year-old Crow-Armstrong then pivoted to questioning the level of competition during Ruth’s era.
“It’s like we always talk about how like the game is evolving and people might as well have been like underhanding the ball to that guy and he’s regarded still as one of the best players ever,” Crow-Armstrong continued.
“And you might as well dive further into it and be like, well, maybe he just never existed.”
Pete Crow-Armstrong thinks it’s possible that Babe Ruth never existed pic.twitter.com/Zo8uehc3TM
— Talkin' Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) August 3, 2026
Ruth is widely regarded as the greatest player in baseball history, with his elite hitting and sheer power at the plate. He was a career .342 hitter, and his 714 home runs stood untouched for decades until Hank Aaron broke it in 1974.
Even with limited film on Ruth, there has never been a doubt in the baseball world that the Sultan of Swat was real.
If PCA wanted a more debatable subject involving Ruth, he could ask folks around Chicago about the Baseball Hall of Famer’s famous “called shot” in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series against the Cubs.
