Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY, October 1, 1933 – In last game of season Ruth shows he still has it has a pitcher

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY, October 1, 1933 – In last game of season Ruth shows he still has it has a pitcher



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A 38-year-old Babe Ruth is pitching the season finale for the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox. Ruth got the complete game win throwing 9 innings of 12 hit ball and giving up 5 earned runs while striking out none.

“I lost eight pounds in that game” panted the big man “No regular pitching job for me. The outfield has it licked. About one game a month is all I want to pitch. I’ve got a sore arm and a headache. Say Doc” to Doc Painter, Yankee trainer “this ointment you have been rubbing into me don’t smell so good. Does anyone have an aspirin for my headache?”

It was the only pitching appearance that year for the Babe, who was as everyone knows an accomplished pitcher earlier in his career with a 94-46 record and a career 2.28 ERA.

And to no one’s surprise the Great Bambino also helped his pitching cause at the plate by hitting his 34th home run of the season off Boston’s Bob Kline.

The Yanks would finish the season with a very respectable 91-59 record, unfortunately it was only good enough to finish in second place and seven games behind the Washington Senators.

The Red Sox meanwhile ended the season with yet another miserable record, a common occurrence for them during the 1920s and early 30’s, of 63-86. Boston finished in 7th place, it was the 11th year in the row that they would end up in 6th place our worse. In fact they have had yet to reach the .500 mark, or even come close to it, after they sold Ruth to the Yankees before the 1920 season.

-Ron A. Bolton

Info Source – The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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