You would have a better chance of hitting the lottery than "finding" a Babe Ruth rookie card. They are hard enough to find being sold at auction. A 1914 Babe Ruth rookie Baseball card, just the tenth card of its kind to be discovered sold at auction on May 5, 2008 for the price of $517,000. The card was produced by the Baltimore Sun Newspaper.
Babe Ruth was a rookie with the Boston Red Sox in 1914
1914 Baltimore Sun Newspaper Babe Ruth Rookie CardThe Babe Ruth Rookie card was produced by the Baltimore Sun Newspaper in 1914. A 1914 Babe Ruth rookie baseball card, just the tenth card of its kind to be discovered sold at auction on May 5, 2008 for the price of $517,000. In an auction held in 2007 the Babe Ruth Baltimore News card sold for $200,000.
A rookie Babe Ruth Baseball card can be worth a lot of money. One Babe Ruth baseball card in very good condition hit a record and was sold for $517,000. On a lower scale, Babe Ruth's rookie card sold for $150,800. It really depends on the condition of the card and how much people will bid for it.
Babe Ruth Rookie CardThe Babe Ruth rookie card was issued in 1914 by the Baltimore News. A 1914 Babe Ruth rookie baseball card, just the tenth card of its kind to be discovered sold at auction on May 5, 2008 for the price of $517,000. The card was produced by the Baltimore Sun Newspaper. In an auction held in 2007 the Babe Ruth Baltimore News card sold for $200,000
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he won it once because he was only a rookie once
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The 1914 Baltimore News series features Babe Ruth. This card is considered Ruth's rookie card. A copy sold in May 2008 by Robert Edward Auction graded an SGC VG 40 for in excess of $500,000.
A Wayne Gretzky rookie card or a Babe Ruth All-Star card or rookie card
Babe Ruth made $1,900.00 in his rookie year with the Red Sox in 1914. His last year with the Red Sox in 1919 he made $10,000.
Babe Ruth's first year in MLB was 1914. There was no Rookie of the Year award at that time nor any rules and regulations as to how much a player could play before he lost his rookie status. In 1914, Ruth had 10 at bats and pitched 23 innings which, by today's regulations, would not have caused him to lose his rookie status. Therefore, it could be said that 1915, when he pitched 217 2/3 innings, was his rookie season.
Babe Ruth's rookie season was 1915 as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He went 18-8 with a 2.44 ERA, 16 complete games, and 1 shutout. He got 92 at bats that season, hitting .315 with 4 home runs.