American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935 (1895-1948). Classic vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 inch photograph signed. no place, no date. 5½x3½ inches; faint staining at lower left, crease at lower right with minor loss to emulsion.
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Classic vintage glossy 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Ruth taking a mighty swing while wearing his pinstriped New York Yankees pants, neatly signed in fountain pen. In fine condition. Provenance: Edward C. Tillman and, by descent. Edward Charles Tillman (1890-1956) was a dentist practicing in New York during the 1930s and 1940s whose patients included Babe Ruth. American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees.
Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members..