100 years ago today, Babe Ruth made his Major League Debut

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by SteveMitchell

A treasury of baseball info, Baseball-Reference.com provides the box score to Babe Ruth's major league debut: http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...91407110.shtml

Attendance for the game was "not given" and the contest was completed in one hour, thirty-three minutes. There were 16 hits, 10 strikeouts and 2 walks (plus 5 errors) in just 93 minutes - clearly demonstrating that a 4-3 dead ball era game could be exciting! Of course, ballplayers in 1914 had the advantage of playing without batting helmets, batting gloves, arm and foot protectors (to be constantly adjusted and/or removed), and perhaps a dozen or fewer balls were used in the course of the entire event.

Trivia question: Only two pitchers in history have pitched for at least ten years without ever having a losing season. On a technicality, the Babe is the first one, who is the second?

[packs]

Tim Hudson.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by packs

Tim Hudson.

Correct!

[packs]

Haha I'm a big fan of his. Babe's not bad company to keep.

[tedzan]

Oct 1, 1932....Wrigley Field....Root vs Ruth....you know the rest of the story



1932 Sanella Margarine



1934 BB mag cover



"Hey Mom, look what I got for a penny at the candy store"......Spring of 1949


1951....you don't see this "Babe" too often





Even in retirement, the Babe is still hitting the ball 200 yards






1948....the Babe in Hollywood







A must read for all Babe Ruth fans (and if your looking for a fair treatment of Cobb)






TED Z
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[glchen]

Ruth

[Bosox Blair]

Probably didn't seem like a big deal to pinch hit for the Babe in 1914...here's a couple Duffy items:

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by glchen

Ruth

Great card, Gary.

By the way, if any of you can suffer through the Ken Costner movie, "For Love of the Game", there is a short trivia test on Perfect Games and if you get all the answers correct, a vintage Babe Ruth short talkie follows...worth the price of the DVD!!

[robw]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Trivia question: Only two pitchers in history have pitched for at least ten years without ever having a losing season. On a technicality, the Babe is the first one, who is the second?

Sabathia never had a losing record until this year....maybe he can come back to be #3!!

[Forever Young]

I have posted these photos from my collection before but I figured if a double post was ever justified, this would be it.

Post by Weingarten's Vintage.

[LincolnVT]

Beautiful stuff Ben. I should also add early Babe Ruth type 1 photos to the "what is hot" string listed on the home page.

[e107collector]

Ben,

That top picture you have of Babe Ruth pitching is unreal!! Never saw that pose before.

Thanks for sharing

Tony

[tedzan]

Babe Ruth hit a drive that bounced off the old scoreboard in Right-Centerfield (added in this photo). Had the ball cleared this scoreboard,
it was projected that it would have traveled 600+ feet.
And, it would have been the only FAIR ball ever hit out of Yankee Stadium. Subsequently, this old scoreboard was replaced with the new
gigantic one behind the bleacher seats.


....................................... .................................................. ........... ..................... Ruth




TED Z
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[LincolnVT]

Agreed Tony....it puts the m 101 to shame. Early and rare Ruth is where it is at!!!

[MattyC]

Transparent.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by e107collector

Ben,

That top picture you have of Babe Ruth pitching is unreal!! Never saw that pose before.

Thanks for sharing

Tony

Thank you Tony. It is certainly one of my most prized possessions.

Any yes... early Ruth AND early Gehrig is where it's at... at least for me Ethan.