Can Anyone Identify This Baseball

[thecatspajamas]

It's got Ruth on it, so I would hope they would have sense enough to use a pre-1948 ball. But maybe that's where this is leading...

[thetruthisoutthere]

Corey Leiby of www.antiqueathlete.com wrote me the following:

It appears that after the last "5" in the model number their is a registered trademark symbol known as a rabol (an R in a circle.) If that is the case, there is no need to go any further because that was not used until the 1960's.

[BrandonG]

The stitching and hole punch size doesn't looks 40's. And the quality of the black stamping looks very 1960s-1970s to me.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by BrandonG

The stitching and hole punch size doesn't looks 40's. And the quality of the black stamping looks very 1960s-1970s to me.

Thank you, Brandon. That was my initial suspicion even though I know absolutely nothing about baseballs.

[Brendan]

Seems like an early 70's or late 60's baseball to me. I know Morales is a piece of crap, but my god, those signatures are horrific.

[mcgwirecom]

Yeah that registered trademark "R" in a circle is a giveaway. I was trying to look it up this AM when i saw the posting but couldn't find it in time and had to leave for work. i knew that was a fairly modern thing. Is that for sure that it started in the '60's?

[danc]

Great job investigating, TTIOT!

DanC