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Babe Ruth Bat
Babe Ruth was a Hall of Fame baseball player who spent the better part of his career with the NY Yankees. He had a career batting average of .342 and hit 713 homeruns which is 3rd all time, but a record until passed by Hank Aaron in 1973, almost 40 years after he retired. In 1999, a poll had Babe Ruth as the 3rd best athlete of all time behind Muhammod Ali and Michael Jordan.
During the 1927 season, Ruth was part of the famous Murders Row for the NY Yankees. That was coined toi the first 6 batters of the Yankees which included Earl Combs, Ruth, and Lou Gehrig. Players would say you couldnt get the first 6 out and they would just crush you. The team would go to the World Series that year and sweep the Pittsburgh Pirates.
That year was shadowed by one man, Ruth. Ruth hit an amazing 59 homeruns in 1923. His power was unheard of and Ruth set out to break that record. 4 years later, Ruth would accomplish that. In 1927, Ruth hit 60 homeruns. He said he did even though the pitchers wouldnt pitch anything good to him. His 60 homeruns stood as a record until 1961 when Roger Maris hit 61 homeruns.
This baseball bat is the bat Ruth used that 1927 baseball season. They beleive he hit every homerun with this bat. It is located at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory in Louisville, Ky. It is a Louisville Slugger bat and for every homerun, Ruth carved a notch in the bat around the Louisville Slugger logo which you can still see today.
Babe Ruth Bat
Babe Ruth was a Hall of Fame baseball player who spent the better part of his career with the NY Yankees. He had a career batting average of .342 and hit 713 homeruns which is 3rd all time, but a record until passed by Hank Aaron in 1973, almost 40 years after he retired. In 1999, a poll had Babe Ruth as the 3rd best athlete of all time behind Muhammod Ali and Michael Jordan.
During the 1927 season, Ruth was part of the famous Murders Row for the NY Yankees. That was coined toi the first 6 batters of the Yankees which included Earl Combs, Ruth, and Lou Gehrig. Players would say you couldnt get the first 6 out and they would just crush you. The team would go to the World Series that year and sweep the Pittsburgh Pirates.
That year was shadowed by one man, Ruth. Ruth hit an amazing 59 homeruns in 1923. His power was unheard of and Ruth set out to break that record. 4 years later, Ruth would accomplish that. In 1927, Ruth hit 60 homeruns. He said he did even though the pitchers wouldnt pitch anything good to him. His 60 homeruns stood as a record until 1961 when Roger Maris hit 61 homeruns.
This baseball bat is the bat Ruth used that 1927 baseball season. They beleive he hit every homerun with this bat. It is located at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory in Louisville, Ky. It is a Louisville Slugger bat and for every homerun, Ruth carved a notch in the bat around the Louisville Slugger logo which you can still see today.