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Babe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ jersey sells for record £18.1m at auction

Ruth, infamously traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees in 1920, was wearing the jersey while playing for the Yankees during Game Three of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.

He notoriously “called the shot” while batting by pointing towards centre field, before hitting a home run off Cubs pitcher Charlie Root.

The Yankees won the series 7-5 and it was Ruth’s final home run in a World Series.

Ruth, widely regarded as the best baseball player of all time, won the World Series seven times.

He retired in 1935, and died in 1948 at the age of 53.


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