Baseball great Babe (4)
I believe the answer is:
ruth
'baseball great babe' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for ruth that I've seen before include "Remorse in Book of Bible?" , "Old word for pity, or Bible book" , "Girl's name - compassion" , "distress once?" , "condolences?" .)