- Movie Goof (factual errors): The movie depicts Babe Ruth saying that he had a better year than the president in 1922. He actually made that quote in 1930, as he was talking about Herbert Hoover.
- Movie Goof (factual errors): Contrary to popular belief, Babe Ruth did not hit three home runs in his last game in 1935. While the three-homer game against the Pittsburgh Pirates did occur, Ruth actually retired in between games of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies a few days later. Babe grounded out in his final at-bat.
- The transportation scenes were filmed at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illionis. The museum's Frisco 1630 steam locomotive and the observation car "Inglehome" were used. The museum's 1859 Chicago horse car was moved to Chicago's Webster Street for a cameo role as a Baltimore horse-drawn tram in the segment about Ruth's childhood days.
- Movie Goof (anachronisms): Babe Ruth and "Jumpin Joe" Dugan are shown as teammates while on the Boston Red Sox in the movie. But Dugan didn't play for the Red Sox until 1921, when Ruth was already with the Yankees.
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