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

[clydepepper]

Babe n Lou (1).jpg

[ullmandds]

Happy anniversary george!

[wonkaticket]

Pete, are you taking the Jay angle now? Jay has is thumb we have your palm and Leon has his quarter. Nice card BTW.

[Runscott]

Here's an autograph of the guy who pinch-hit for him in that game:

[ullmandds]

ha ha...no new M.O. for me...I was merely cradling my babe...after giving him a bath!!!

[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.

[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?

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

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This photo also captures the first time the phrase "weapons of mass destruction" entered the English lexicon.