What was Ruth like as a pitcher?

[steve B]

We have a pretty good thread running about ruth and if he could hit todays pitching.

This video came across my facebook feed, and it's interesting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAlNdz30TX4

And it made me realize that we talk a ton about Ruth as a batter, but not as much about his pitching.

The two things that come to mind right off, is that he has aalmost a sidearm motion, instead of the straight overhand. And not just when pitching to kids, the small bit of game film out there shows the same thing.

The other one led to a bigger question.
He demonstrates a knuckleball. Was Ruth a Knuckleball pitcher, or at least mixing it in with other pitches. Or was it just done for the film.


I think this film is part of a series he did showing baseball playing tips. I have one that if I remember it right shows him teaching batting.