*RARE* 1928 GLASS PHOTO-LOU GEHRIG HITS HR,CROSSES HOME PLATE,BABE RUTH LOOKS ON For Sale

RARE

RUTH RUTH - LOU GEHRIG

GEHRIG DIDN\'T ALWAYS BAT 4TH

In 1929 the Yankees pioneered the regular wearing of numbers on baseball uniforms. Numbers were assigned by position in the batting order. In 1927 Lou Gehrig for the first time in his career had batted 4th in every game. Babe Ruth batted 3rd in every game. In 1928 Gehrig batted 4th in 132 games, 3rd in 22 games. Ruth batted 3rd in 132 games, 4th in 22.

They switched for games 123-144.

It\'s not clear whyYankee manager MillerHuggins switched them.

Here are their numbers before and after the switch:

BA - OBP - SLG - OPS

.333 - .473 - .737 - 1.211 *Ruth.377 - .468 - .641 - 1.109 *Gehrig

BA - OBP - SLG - OPS

.370 - .464 - .630 - 1.094 *Gehrig.322 - .462 - .704 - 1.166 *Ruth

Both seemed to have done slightly worse during the switch.

Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees September 3, 1928 - Game 1

Gehrig Bats 3rd Hits H.R. #23

Ruth Bats 4th Looks On

GAME IDENTIFICATION RESEARCH

BABE RUTH WATCHES LOU GEHRIG CROSS HOME PLATE

*1928 YANKEES UNIFORMS VOID OF NUMBERS*

*AS THIS IMAGE SHOWS*

IN RESEARCHING THIS GLASS \"MAGIC LANTERN\" NATIONAL STUDIOS, INC, NYC NEGATIVEWE COMPARED THE STANDING IMAGE OF RUTH TO OTHER PHOTOS. RUTH\'S STANCE IS VERY IDENTIFIABLE AS ONE CAN SEE FROM THIS IMAGE. LOU GEHRIG CROSSING HOME PLATE IMAGE WE COMPARED TO HOME RUN PHOTOS OF GEHRIG CROSSING HOME PLATE AFTER HITTING A HOME RUN. GEHRIG TROTTING ACROSS HOME PLATE IS ALSO VERY IDENTIFIABLE AS ONE CAN SEE FROM THIS IMAGE.

IDENTIFYING THE EXACT GAME PRESENTED A CHALLENGE. FROM THE NOTED FACT WE GATHERED FROM 1928 MLB BOX SCORE OF GAMES RUTH AND GEHRIG SWITCHED, WE WERE ABLE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO THIS SEPT 3, 1928 YANKEES RED SOX GAME. THE CLINCHER WAS THE MULTI COLORHIGHSTOCKING STIRRUPS WHICH WAS WORN BY THE BOSTON RED SOX AND THE CINCINNATI REDS IN 1928. THE YANKEES AND RED SOX PLAY IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, CINCINNATI REDS PLAY IN THE NATIONAL THEREFORE, THE TEAM IN THIS IMAGE CAN ONLY BE THE BOSTON RED SOX

*SEPTEMBER 3, 1928 GAME 1 VS BOSTON WAS THE YANKEES 129TH GAME PLAYED IN 1928 WHICH FALLS IN WITH THE FACT NOTED ABOVE FROM MLB WEBSITE, THAT RUTH AND GEHRIG SWITCHED BATTING ORDER FROM GAME NUMBER 123-144*

SPECIFICATION & CONDITION

\"MAGIC LANTERN\" GLASS NEGATIVE SLIDES

Two sizes of slides consist of two sheets of glass, one of which has the image on one side of it and the other which covers the image, and bound all around by a black paper tape. Such slides were produced by black and white photography.

STANDARD SIZE: 3 1/2\" X 4\"

THE PROTECTIVE GLASS IS CRACKED, THE IMAGE ON GLASS UN-CRACKED

PHOTO #1 ABOVE, IS THE POSITIVE IMAGE THAT WAS PRINTED IN 1992 (SEE BACK OF PHOTO #9 ABOVE)

PHOTO #2 ABOVE, IS THE UN-CRACKED NEGATIVE IMAGE

HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE

THE FACT THAT THERE EXIST VERY FEW PHOTO SHOWING RUTH WAITING FOR GEHRIG AT HOME PLATE AFTER HITTING A HOME RUN, IS HISTORIC WITHIN ITSELF.

GOOD LUCK IN FINDING ANOTHER

A ONE OF A KIND RUTH GEHRIG IMAGE THAT TRULY BELONGS IN THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

PAYPAL ONLY

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