Earliest-known Bambino jersey to be featured

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July 5, 2012

Earliest-known Bambino jersey to be featured

The Cooperstown Crier Thu Jul 05, 2012, 08:57 AM EDT

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has received, on loan, the earliest-known uniform top worn by Babe Ruth, a circa-1920 New York Yankees road jersey, which was purchased via auction in May. The loan is from the purchaser of the shirt, a passionate baseball fan whose wishes are to remain anonymous, according to a Hall of Fame media release.

The releases said, the road gray jersey features “NEW YORK” across the chest in blue lettering, with Ruth’s name and initials written inside the collar in faded pink script — “Ruth, G.H.,” – George Herman Ruth.

“We are thrilled to have this valuable piece of baseball history on display in Cooperstown, so fans everywhere can enjoy another relic from The Bambino’s career,” Jeff Idelson, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, said in the release. “The jersey’s new owner wants to share this piece of history with baseball fans and historians alike, and we’re equally excited to provide a home to display this vintage item for fans around the globe.”

The Ruth jersey is on display in Babe Ruth’s locker in the Babe Ruth Gallery. The jersey is expected to remain on display through Hall of Fame Weekend 2013, but will be off display from July 24 to Aug. 9, 2012.

Ruth was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the Yankees during the off season before the 1920 season. In his first year with New York, he hit 54 home runs — more than every team in the major leagues except the Philadelphia Phillies. Ruth was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class in 1936.

A “Bustin’ Babes” jersey that the Bambino wore in 1927 and 1928 when barnstorming against the “Larrupin’ Lous” is the earliest Ruth jersey in the Hall of Fame’s collection. Additionally, the Cooperstown shrine has numerous artifacts on exhibit related to Ruth’s storied career, including a silver crown presented to Ruth after his 59-home run season of 1921, the bat from his record-setting 60th home run in 1927, and the ball from his final career home run (May 25, 1935).