Babe Ruth Circling the Bases After Home Run
Description
A slide of a black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth approaching home plate from third base after hitting his second of three home runs at Forbes Field on May 25, 1935. The photograph is from behind home plate on the first base side of the field and shows the scoreboard on the left field wall. Two other members of the Boston Braves are standing near home plate. Les Mallon stands in front of umpire Beans Reardon, and Wally Berger is near the left-handed batter's box. An unknown player is standing near the right-handed batter's box. Guy Bush of the Pittsburgh Pirates stands on the pitcher's mound with catcher Earl Grace. Information written on the physical slide reads, "1935 3HRs in game" See ruthba01_126, and ruthba01_351.
Player(s)
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948; Mallon, Les, 1905-1991; Berger, Wally, 1905-1988; Bush, Guy, 1901-1985; Grace, Earl, 1907-1980
Team(s)
Boston - NL; Pittsburgh - NL
League(s)
National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Picture Date
May 25, 1935
Subject
Hall of famers; Base running (Baseball); Home run (Baseball)
Source
Unknown
Stadium
Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Location
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Folder Name / Binder
Slides A-Z: Ruth
Photographer
Unknown
Media Type
Slides (photographs)