Mildred, which is Babe's real name. Got her nickname " Babe" when she would play babseball with the neighborhood boys. The boys thought she hit like BAbe Ruth and so the nickname stuck.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias was born on June 26, 1911 and died on September 27, 1956. Babe Didrikson Zaharias would have been 45 years old at the time of death or 100 years old today.