Babe Ruth Fielding
Has anyone ever seen film footage of Babe Ruth fielding? All I've seen is him hitting or mugging for the camera.
shareGood question. I've never seen any, but would certainly like to.
I've seen Ruth's swing, his home run trot, and him running the bases (even him attempting to steal a base), but I have never seen footage of him fielding a ball or making a throw to try and nail a runner.
It would be nice to see. Sadly, there is very little preserved quality baseball filmimg from before the 1930's, so the films that exist show Ruth in his later playing days when his weight was up and his speed down. So the public perception is that he was overweight and slow.
I've read that in the 1920's Ruth was an excellent outfielder, stocky but not overweight, with a suberb arm, good range, and decent speed.
what are his Fielding Statistics?
[errors, assists, etc]
also,
there's an internet rumor going around - that he could Pitch a little
marc
what are his Fielding Statistics?
[errors, assists, etc] - blackswan-545-352343
In the immortal words of Casey Stengel, you could look it up:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruthba01.shtml
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