1915 World Series Game 5 Baker Bowl PSA 1 Ticket Stub - Ruth's First W.S.

• Sold For: $1,135
• Year: 1915
• Auction: 2014 December
• Lot #: 307
• Auction Category: Post-1900 Baseball Memorabilia

The Fall Classic has long been defined by images of Babe Ruth setting the standard with three home runs in a single game, repeating that incredible feat two years later, then delivering what legend reports to have been a “called” shot in 1932. But the Sultan of Swat had begun his October resume in 1915, long before his tenure that established the Bronx Bombers as a well-oiled machine. Encapsulated and Graded PR 1 by PSA, this Baker Bowl ticket stub was issued in Philadelphia for Game 5 of the 1915 World Series, Ruth’s first of 10 October showdowns. One of two at its tier with only one graded higher, the “LOWER GRAND STAND” voucher features printed seating and event details and ornate finery in the background. The bright-red game “3” indicator denotes the third game at that particular site, which was the fifth and final game of the series. Hall of Famer Harry Hooper homered in the top of the ninth to give the Boston Red Sox their fourth straight win and the series title. Limited to a pinch-hitting appearance in Game 1, Ruth was happy, nonetheless. For that World Series had capped off a year during which he turned 21 and was suddenly free of the restraints of the St. Mary’s institution in Baltimore. For his efforts, Ruth received a winners’ share check for $3,780.25, which was more than his annual salary at the time. He took the financial windfall and his wife, Helen to Baltimore, where he used the money to buy his father a new saloon on the corner of Lombard and Eutaw streets. The offered ticket is a priceless and rare keepsake from the start of the most prolific career in both sports history and American culture.