Babe Ruth Pitching | Game Footage From His Final Appearance In 1933
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- Babe Ruth pitching for the last time in his career on October 1, 1933. At 38 years old, Ruth pitched during the final game of the season & for the first time in 3 years. He pitched a complete game & homered in the 5th inning while earning the victory against Red Sox.
Babe only pitched 5 games for the Yankees, but he won all of them.
which is amazing bc he didn't exactly pitch well in them.
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I knew an older gent who was the nephew of Ossie Bluege, who played for the Senators from 1922-39. His uncle told him a story about the Yankees playing a weekend series vs. the Senators at the old Griffith Stadium. It seems that the Senators planned to take Ruth out after the game and make sure he got good and drunk. The plan appeared to be working as the next afternoon, the Babe was hung over and having a horrible game. Until, that is, he got up in the 9th and hit a HR that proved to be the game winner. After crossing home plate, he yelled over to the Senator dugout, "hey boys, where we going tonight?"
That trick was tried on Lawrence Taylor too... a bevy of cocaine wielding prostitutes showed up at his hotel room on a Saturday night. Needless to say LT got no sleep whatsoever that night/morning.
He had one of the best games of the season the next day 😂
Tremendous!
Cool video. Pretty sure that was Julio Franco's rookie season, too.
My Dad saw him play RF in Fenway Park in the 1920s. He said his outfield play was amazing back then. No one went from 1st to 3rd on the Babe with that pitcher's arm he had.
Interesting I never knew he had a great arm it seems like he would lob the ball on the mound. I wonder how he would track fly balls
Being from MA, you know that hits right for me 👍 Great share...never heard that!
Babe Ruth he a very accurate throw from rightfield and was top 5 in assists for 7 seasons.
His high was 21 assists.
61st ALL time in assists for LF
42nd ALL time in assists for RF
Had great accuracy and had very good range.
Led the was also top 10 base stealer twice.
He could do it all. But was not a very good fielding at CF.
But was very good at LF and RF.
@@dajarkman3682??
@@HankFinkle11 I don’t even know what I meant by that last sentence haha
Fantastic. The best player in baseball history--maybe in sports history. He's my favorite.
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@@BATMANZ899 What the fuck are you talking about?
I agree 100% with your assessment of Babe as the greatest player in MLB history. Had he remained a pitcher he would very likely have made it to the HOF as a pitcher. 94-46 win/loss with a 2.26 era is credible. In 1916 he won 23 games with a 1.75 era and in 1917 he won 24 games with a 2.01 era. 58 complete games in those two years. Tells me he probably pitched extremely well in the games he lost..
He'd probably be a designated hitter in todays game, maybe .250-260 hitter...any idea how fast he was throwing?, 85-90 MPH?
@@brucetowell3432 Can't judge the speed but I believe he had a great winning percentage. I also can't guess what he would hit today. How about Ty Cobb or Ted Williams?
No bat flip, no stare down, no homerun swagger around the basses and no 7-step congratulations at the plate... just pure.
I love after the first out the first baseman rolls the ball back to the mound. They probably used one ball unless it went in the stands.
Looks like his curveball grip. There is a video where he teaches kids his grips. He threw a curve & a knuckleball as well as a fastball. The curveball grip was 2 fingers with a "rollover the top" which this appears to be. All of his pitchers (as far as we know) came from the sidearm position. Although he may have alternated arm angles as needed. He was big on trick throws & would often use them from right field in order to throw behind the runner to get them out at 1B.
Babe Ruth was the greatest home run hitter of all time. His home runs were legendary, his name was a perfect match for his accomplishments that no Hollywood producer would have had the imagination to create, and his personality was as huge and as powerful as his swing ... and yes, he also had Hall of Fame pitching talent, that too.
If he had been a fictional character for a novel or a movie, critics would have complained that audiences would not find him believable, no one could be that LARGE and in so many different ways.
@@user-of9qq6op5u yes he did face good pitchers, he didn't play in a diluted major league with four times more teams in the league. He played against the top players. Take your hogwash elsewhere it won't fly here. yeah walter johnson, grover cleveland alexander, lefty grove were light weights, get lost punk
Absolutely. The man was truly larger than life. We are extremely lucky to be able to see this historic footage.
Yeah but he also played with a non juiced up ball and back then the fences with the exception of Yankee stadium were further away so there's that.
You do realize 'Babe' was a baseball nickname given to him for signing a professional contract at the, for the time, young age of 19 ? George Herman, his actual name, doesn't sound quite as sexy........
@@user-of9qq6op5u So you're saying skin color affect how you can pitch? That would kind of make you Ray Cyst
Gehrig just stands there when Ruth touches home after the HR, without really acknowledging him! Today that wouldn't go down so well! Love these old videos.
Lou did not have good relations with the Babe the last few years they were together with the Yankees.
@@thomaswolf723their wives had had an argument that unfortunately brought them into the fold. Women🙄
@Shinobi33 so it was the wives that did it? I didn't know that, I was always to believe it had something to do with the Babe being the Babe and Lou was laid back
@@trumpcard4182 no I read it was the wives arguing, but they made amends with each other before Gehrig passed away
@@Shinobi33I wouldn’t stereotype Lou’s wife like that, if you read up on Eleanor Gehrig, she’s seems like a extremely nice and loyal woman.
Let’s be real Gehrig was a man’s man, a class act, his wife the same…… Babe was the Babe and some of his wives, were just as low class (no offence) as he was!
Something tells me the Ruth side of it, where the culprits/ones to blame!
Play at 0.75 speed to get a better sense of the actual speed with which he ran, swung the bat and pitched. Very cool clip.
How?
@@ricknofzinger Lower right part of screen there is a six pronged symbol; click on it. The "pop-up" menu will show you Playback Speed. set it at 0.75.
@@ricknofzinger Bottom of screen...see the little wheel with the cogs to the right of the "CC"(Closed Captions), that's "Settings" left click that..
When Ruth reached home plate, he didn't even shake hands with Gehrig. They had a falling out.
or maybe at that time, with Ruth getting close to 700 home runs. “It’s déjà vu all over again” It’s almost like seeing Reggie strikeout. (it happens almost every day, so it’s routine)
@@MikeCee7 No, they had an actual falling out which was well-known.
They didn't care for each other at times. That's normal when you have immense talent on the same team both looking for admiration.
@@hughdismuke4703 i understand, but they had a famous rift that was only settled on Gehrig's retirement. According to the New York Post, one of the major reasons for the friction between the two stemmed from an off-hand comment by Gehrig's mother about how Ruth's second wife dressed her children to go to Yankees games.
@@MrAschiff baseball people always fight over the silliest things. 😆
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Great Footage! Notice, Lou Gehrig never Shook Babe's hand after Home Run?
I’m pretty sure they were openly feuding by then, no?
@@chrachrochris Yes, Babe knew he was coming to the End. & Lou was the New ⭐ of NY
Lou thought Babe had disrespected his wife, or perhaps it was the reverse. Either way, hard feelings sprouted up.
@@TRRyan That makes more sense than anything else! 👍🏻 Thank you
How did he have the stamina to pitch 9 innings AND hit a HR at almost 40 years old and that heavy? He was just an amazing athlete.
He was probably throwing 75 mph lol. It wasn’t like these were max effort 95 mph fastballs. The game was so much different back then. Granted that’s not a reason to take anything away from his accomplishments like some fans try to do.
@@randymarsh6931 True. But still, using his arm that much in any capacity would be taxing, not to mention batting as well. Even with the slower pitching, I still think it would be tiring and a lot of wear and tear on the arm. I still can't believe he did what he did with that body and while drinking so much and so often. I'm sure that's one reason his life was cut so short.
Fun to see the Babe pitch towards the end of his career. I had no idea he ever took the mound for the Yankees. Also, if you watch the video at .75x it looks MUCH better.
And he won the game, and hit one out, he was amazing at rising to the occasion.
My maternal Grandparents went on dates to the Stadium at that time. Wonderful post. thank you!
@@ahwien thanks for sharing. Attending Babe Ruth games must have been the ultimate fan experience of any era
He still had that pitcher's big at 38 and had to let it out with 1 last s hi it at the hill. All that body,all that flux, huge shoulders. Very scary to think about how wicked a southpaw that man would be. The Original Big Unit
I thought he got a piece of the gate for this game. Funny, I know the Yankees were not going to the post season in '33 but look at the attendance; today to see Babe Ruth pitch like that would pack the house I'm sure.
Ruth didn`t look like an Athlete, but he could do it all, Pitch, Hit, field, and he was a smart Player, and that`s why he was great.
It's like the coach said, "Don't act like it's the first homer you ever hit."
I would've never guessed Ruth took up pitching again this late in his career!
Look at his stats. He pitched a complete game many times after he turn to hitter. Every few years he would throw a game when needed.
With the Yankees he was 5-0 and won most of those 5 games with his bat
It was just the 2nd game pitched in 12 years.
@@erad67 Yeah, and because he was rusty on the mound and gave up 12 hits and struck out 0, yes zero, but he won the game by hitting a home run. Now THAT is funny.
@@hyzercreek How many guys could throw a complete MLB game in their late 30s, having thrown just 9 innings in 12 years, and only give up 5 runs? Not a great game of pitching, but still impressive.
At 00:58 - Ruth knows his time is short, so why not get on the mound, pitch 9 innings, get the win and top it off by hitting a home run! The man was simply incredible‼
For those fans who want to argue that Willie Mays was the greatest ballplayer of all time, I have a simple question: What were Mays' MLB pitching stats? That's right...he didn't have any. Meanwhile, Babe Ruth was the best left-handed pitcher in the AL in the 1910s and he certainly would have been considered a Cy Young candidate in 1916 if the award had existed then.
A complete game at age 38! Today's younger pitchers don't usually go more than 6 innings!
Pros nowadays have a lot more velocity, which leads to a lot more injuries. Makes sense.
the baggy uniforms made him look fatter and less in shape than he actually was. underneath the baggy uniform was a very strong solid dude. He was very tall as well.
Today he and Ohtani would be the same great hitters who also pitch.
today he probably wouldn't even be in the major leagues.
Ohtani's workload is incredible back then ruth could just show up and coast by on raw talent. These guys weren't training all year for baseball. Ruth was one of the few without a regualar job and he wasn't exactly known for a strong work ethic.
@@tommyfu9271 Ohtani's incredible workload has him missing his 2nd season as a pitcher and he is also a DH. Ruth, at least, had to play the field everyday.
@@citrusretna2088 ruth played against white farmers. ruth was just more talented than everyone but he didn't have to put in a lot of work.
Michael Lorenzen BEGGED the reds for years to let him play the field in addition to pitching. they were even using him as a defensive replacemnts in the outfield/pinch hitter. one September they gave him ten or so starts in center.
He got traded to the Angels. And after seeing what Ohtani had to do be a 2 way player immediately gave up interest in doing it.
Not sure what your point Ohtani getting hurt is- pitchers often get hurt.
It doesn't change about what I said about the amount of work he has to put in to do both at an elite level.
If Ohtani could only play against white people (mostly white people who happen to live near mlb cities) who had full time jobs he could just stroll out of bed and coast by on talent. But that's not the league he's playing in.
@@tommyfu9271Ruth used a Tree trunk as a bat and single handily changed the way the game is played. He hit more home runs than entire teams. The rest of the league was also playing against white farmers, yet, none of them even came close to his production. Lots of white players are putting up the same numbers Ohtani does. He is an outstanding player, but maybe the over-working is causing his arm issues. Not enough time to recuperate after a start
@@citrusretna2088
I already said Ruth was more talented than everyone.
But raw talent in pro sports isn't enough these days. These guys put in a ton of work nobody put in back then and Ohtani puts in more than all of them.
And no there aren't a "ton of white players " putting up Othanis numbers. I can think of exactly zero this year and that's without him pitching at an elite level which he's done the last 3 years.
He led the league in ops last year and he's doing it again this year. So where are these white players doing what he does?
I appreciate Ruth historically. He absolutely changed baseball. But if he played today he wouldn't do anything close to what he did back then and he wouldn't be close to Ohtani.
As for his bat- give him a modern bat but make him face today's pitchers-
Pitchers from all over the world not just white farmers (mostly from from certain sections of the US ) throwing pitches he never even had to see, facing multiple pitchers a game not worn down bushers and he's not doing what he did back then.
You don't think Ohtani could tee off on white farmers thrown slop plus Walter Johnson? Ha.
Too bad we don't have footage from, say, 1916 when he was at his peak as a pitcher at age 21. Would love to have seen his mechanics then, when he was 23-12 with a 1.75 ERA. I'm sure his pitching motion would've been tighter then than at 38.
@@jimcharles9705 i agree but it is truly a blessing that we have surviving footage of any pitchers from that time. You can find lots of great footage of Walter Johnson pitching, although, and older version of Johnson but still one who might’ve been in MVP form at that time
Fantastic video, Nice video, but what I don’t understand is: If Ruth was willing to pitch in 1933, then why didn’t he pitch (once every 5 days) since 1919? He could’ve still had the same home run total, since he was still in the lineup every day
Good way to shorten a career. Takes time to recover after pitching.
@@scarbo2229 That’s funny I grew up being a fan of Tom Seaver, Steve, Carlton, Nolan Ryan, Phil Niekro, etc. Who all pitched into their 40s. Nolan even pitched some no-hitters After turned 40. & don’t forget Clemens (& I’m sure there are many more, I just don’t feel like researching it)
@@MikeCee7 All great pitchers for sure. I saw all of them and especially Bob Gibson in St. Louis. I think he almost made it to age 40 also. If we’re talking longevity, Satchel Paige was the most amazing, probably. Pitched well into his 50’s, I think, and still winning games in the majors. His young years he pitched crazy amounts, but obviously that’s a freak of nature. Pitching at that level is really hard on the arm for mere mortals, and it takes a few days to recover generally, so it’s usually not possible for pitchers to be in the lineup at another position every day.
9IP 12H 5ER and 0SO. That’s a funny way to pitch a complete game today.
Bartolo Colón was the BoSox starting pitcher that day. The Sox handed him the ball because Jamie Moyer had a touch of tendinitis.
The Bammer for the win!
Washington won the pennant that year, so having Ruth pitch was probably a way for the Yankees to draw some fans to this otherwise meaningless game. He was probably 50 pounds heavier than in his pitching prime with Boston 15 years earlier. Still, it is interesting to see him pitch.
That ball is getting SMOKED in 2024
Your balls will get smoked, junior. Knock it off.
True! People will smoke anything these days.
Don't be so sure about that.
Whatever, junior.
Are you the same guy who thinks Bruce Lee wouldn't have a chance in MMA? The same guy who thinks The Beatles were overrated? LOL. The Babe did what he needed to do at that time. He was by far the best baseball player of that ERA . . . with today's training, less hotdogs and cigars, The Babe would have been a superstar today.
Many people dont know Ruth also helped pitch a no hitter.
helped is generous lol.
@@tommyfu9271 if he didn't get thrown out for arguing the walk to the first batter it may never have happened.
Poetry in Motion
Hey, who is this guy? Reminds me of Shohei Ohtani.
Must of been fast as fuck in the 1933
He was 38 at the time and you have to figure he had lost his fastball by then. But just from his motion he does look like he's still bringing it to some degree. I'm thinking he REALLY must have been fast as fuck in 1918.
Ohtani looking at his future
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Babe Ruth knew two things: drinking, and playing drunk baseball.
no "drop and drive" for the babe
No Babe Ruth Award? Shouldn't they retro Cy Young Awards? Look at his pitching stats.
The MVP Award should be the Babe Ruth award. Thats what I call it in my OOTP sims
@@DashingFloridaManCam Great Idea!
The Babe really threw off his massive shoulders and with much less body movement as is common today.
Sidearm motion - easy on the arm, but every footage I've seen has him not opening his hips and landing pigeon-toed. How did he not mess up his knee?
Ya his form seemed like he was playing catch in the backyard
And not much mound height. His landing stride is real short...but the sidearm...Walter Johnson and more than today ever threw natural.
They did have to carry him off once for his knee, but it was for a sloppy slide at 2nd. I wouldn’t be surprised if it bothered him the rest of his life, due to his pitching style
Likely because he rarely pitched after he was 23 or 24.
He is pitching the whole game. The pitcher had a much different role than they do today. He was pitching to outs. Probably throwing 60 percent of his max even when he was regularly throwing.
This was a meaningless game. Ruth asked if he could pitch and why not? A gimmick that might sell tickets for the last game of the season, where the yankees were not in the pennant race. Contrary to popular belief, the yankees with ruth were really never much of a draw in NY. They averaged only 15K fans a game in 1927. In 1933, the yankees had less than 10K fans a game. The depression was hitting hard, and teams were feeling it. The last game drew 20K fans.
Mechanics not great no stride, opens up his front shoulder much to early, not really a pitcher at that time, he was much better earlier in his career.
I was thinking these probably weren't the same mechanics he used when he was a legit pitcher.
So much wasted motion, but that was standard for the time.
Probably had a fastball of 80mph
No telling how fast those pitches could have been! People assume that just because these guys were around a hundred years ago they couldn't through fast ..these guys of this era were TOUGH
@@ericparnell4628 there is a way actually using pixel frame and multiplication. And just using my athletic eye, I can tell it's going about 78-82mph
Whitey Ford probably threw 87 or so. Look at the tape.
That was a curve ball at 80mph.
80 lol
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Ruth is so damn over rated . He was like an adult playing in a tee ball league
Runs like a fairy.
You would know, LOLOLOLOLOL
Runs like user-db6pt7r