George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an 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 into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" inaugural members. More about Babe Ruth
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At age seven, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a reformatory where he was mentored by Brother Matthias Boutlier of the Xaverian Brothers, the school's disciplinarian and a capable baseball player. In 1914, Ruth was signed to play Minor League baseball for the Baltimore Orioles but was soon sold to the Red Sox. By 1916, he had built a reputation as an outstanding pitcher who sometimes hit long home runs, a feat unusual for any player in the dead-ball era. Although Ruth twice won 23 games in a season as a pitcher and was a member of three World Series championship teams with the Red Sox, he wanted to play every day and was allowed to convert to an outfielder. With regular playing time, he broke the MLB single-season home run record in 1919 with 29.In total, we tracked 139 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Babe Ruth (BABE RUTH SIGNED AUTOGRAPH BECKETT (BAS) CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC AUTO HOF NY YANKEES) was sold in March 2022 for £6820.97 while the cheapest item (LINDA RUTH TOSETTI Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - BABE RUTH GRANDDAUGHTER) found a new owner for £0.01 in November 2023. The month with the most items sold (6) was June 2022 with an average selling price of £30.72 for an autographed item of Babe Ruth. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2014 with £4789.33 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was May 2014. In average, an autographed item from Babe Ruth is worth £19.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Babe Ruth were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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(10) JOHNNY VANDER MEER SIGNED Baseball Photo AUTOGRAPHED 4x6 PHOTO Babe Ruth | £18.51 | ||
Babe Ruth 2019 Baseball Edward Vela Signed Sketch Card #50/50 (NM) | £10.16 | ||
Babe Ruth Colon Collection Promo card Signed by Julia Ruth Stevens | £31.23 | ||
BABE RUTH TOM MEANY AUTHOR SIGNED BASEBALL BOOK | £3.95 | ||
Babe Ruth Yankees HOF Signed Check AUTO JSA LOA | £4462.15 | ||
Framed 1983 First Day Cover Babe Ruth Signed by Daughter Julia Ruth Stevens | £22.64 | ||
LINDA RUTH TOSETTI Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - BABE RUTH GRANDDAUGHTER | £1.42 | ||
ROGERS HORNSBY SIGNED AUTO AUTOGRAPH GOVERNMENT POSTCARD GPC W/BABE RUTH PSA/DNA | £755.42 | ||
Signed Babe Ruth Photo “Babe Bows Out” Nat Fein Pulitzer Prize 1948 Mounted | £399.60 | ||
YANKEES- LINDA RUTH TOSETTI AUTOGRAPH 2022 ALLEN & GINTER BABE RUTH TRADING CARD | £10.44 |