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Lot 336

1938 Brooklyn Dodgers Team Signed ONL (Frick) Baseball with 1B Coach Babe Ruth (25 Autos.) – JSA LOA

Starting Bid
$1,500

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Among the most historically significant team-signed baseballs in existence, this circa-1938 Brooklyn Dodgers team ball carries 25 total signatures — most remarkably including Babe Ruth, who served as the team's first base coach that season. Ruth's presence in Flatbush was brief but legendary, and his signature here, appearing prominently on a panel of the Official National League (Frick) Spalding ball, represents one of the most coveted autographs in all of American sports memorabilia.

 

The ball is dated to the 1938 season based on the Ford C. Frick facsimile, precisely coinciding with Ruth's only managerial/coaching role in baseball after his playing career ended. Additional signatories include a galaxy of Dodger names from the late 1930s, with the ball's surface showing honest vintage toning consistent with 85+ years of age.

 

Ruth's large, bold signature — penned in the distinctive hand of the Sultan of Swat — dominates its panel even through the aged leather. Accompanied by a JSA Letter of Authenticity. 

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