Babe Ruth Pitching photograph

Date1919

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth pitching. The caption (not shown) reads "Babe Ruth, named as baseball's greatest player of the past 50 years by sportswriters and sportscasters in the associated press mid-century poll, is shown in 1919, when he pitched for the Boston Red Sox. He went on to greater fame as an outfielder with the New York Yankees, earning the title "Sultan of Swat," exalted ruler of the four-base wallop."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0685

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-1311-88|BL-434-81|BL-3537-83|BL-10396-89|BL-330-78BL-6205-72-7

Dimensions4 x 7.25 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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