1933 Ruth rankings

[bbcard1]

I think I am in the minority, but I always preferred the 181. I just think the pose reflects him where he was at the time as an aging slugger who had seen and been a part of a lot o history.

[iowadoc77]

I have 144 and 181 and am hugely partial to the whole body pose. Classic card IMO. But to each their own.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I think I am in the minority, but I always preferred the 181. I just think the pose reflects him where he was at the time as an aging slugger who had seen and been a part of a lot o history.

I think if I had all four, I would appreciate exactly that. But having none, I am definitely feeling the need for one of the other three.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

[Peter_Spaeth]

Green is my favorite, then red. The face is too small on 144 for my taste/old eyes.

[jmb]

I like them all for different reasons, but 53, 181, 149, 144.

[frankbmd]

Oops!!!

I thought this was the "Why is Ruth in the Hall of Fame?" thread.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

oops!!!

I thought this was the "why is ruth in the hall of fame?" thread.

lmao!!!
.
.

[nat]

I'm always partial to action shots rather than portraits. These are baseball players, let's see them playing some baseball.

That said, I wouldn't complain about getting my hands on any Ruth card. Good luck on the hunt.

[ullmandds]

I have owned the yellow and the green background...and I think my favorites are the yellow and red type batting pose. I have never loved the double printed number 144 ... while colorful he is kind of far away and cartoonlike .

[Leon]

In honor of this thread I have changed my avatar, at least for now .

[yanksfan09]

Aesthetically, I like 149 and 144 about even. 149 and 53 are same image but I just like the look of the red more although the yellow is the tougher card.

So for me all of those 3 are pretty even and 181 would be 4th for me. 181 is nice in itself but I like the other images more.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Leon

In honor of this thread I have changed my avatar, at least for now .

COOL! Your avatar is sporting the same cap David Wells wore that day!
.
.

[ajquigs]

I'm partial to 181. I like the way his image fills the card and for me it captures his essence perfectly.

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I thought this was the "Why is Ruth in the Hall of Fame?" thread.

I know we probably don't want to go down this road again so soon, but I want to add quickly that I think he belongs in the HOF. I acknowledge there is a pro-Yankee bias at times, and people will point to his middling stolen base percentage (51%) and low saves total (4). Still, a close look at the numbers suggests he was one of the elite hitters of his day (to avoid arguments about different eras I'm limiting "his day" to the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries) and it's always been very challenging for starting pitchers to compile big save totals. Measured by some of the more nuanced metrics (wins, earned run average) he was actually quite effective as a pitcher.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I think I am in the minority, but I always preferred the 181. I just think the pose reflects him where he was at the time as an aging slugger who had seen and been a part of a lot o history.

Same. +1.

[Steve D]

Isn't the #53 in a short-printed series?

My preference has always been for the #144, then #53 and then #181. The #149 is a rehash of the #53 (except for the color), and I've never particularly cared for the red background.


Steve

[pokerplyr80]

The #144 batting pose is one of my favorite cards in the hobby. Just a classic image. It's currently the only Ruth I own. I will add the yellow #53 eventually and hopefully a 1916 RC some day. But the 144 just has a classic, iconic look in my opinion. My order would be 144, 53, 149, and 181, with the last three a very distant second, third, and fourth.

[TUM301]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

I think I am in the minority, but I always preferred the 181. I just think the pose reflects him where he was at the time as an aging slugger who had seen and been a part of a lot o history.

I`m with Todd on this one, always liked the green #181 Ruth out of the set. I think the pose just captures Ruth at this stage of his career the best of the 4 cards. My 2 cents.