Yankees' 1st Old Timers' Day - September 28, 1947 - Ruth, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Jimmy Foxx (20 HOFers!)
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- 🎥 The Historic First Yankees Old-Timers’ Day (1947) 🏟️
On September 28, 1947, Yankee Stadium hosted the first-ever Old-Timers’ Day, a star-studded tribute to baseball’s legends and a heartfelt farewell to the ailing Babe Ruth. The event featured a reunion of the iconic Murderers’ Row lineup, including Earle Combs, Bob Meusel, and Tony Lazzeri, along with non-Yankee greats like Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and Jimmie Foxx.
Babe Ruth, though too frail to play, he appeared for a roaring crowd of 25,085 in what would be his final public appearance at the stadium (though I believe he still was there for the retirement of his number). The game, filled with unforgettable moments-including Earle Combs’ inside-the-park home run-raised $45,000 for the Babe Ruth Foundation to support underprivileged youth.
This day also traced its roots to Lou Gehrig’s emotional farewell in 1939 and Babe Ruth Day earlier that year. The Yankees’ signature event became a cherished tradition, honoring the past and uniting fans with the legends who shaped baseball history.
Yankee greats there included Frank Baker, Herb Pennock, Bob Meusel, Earle Combs, Waite Hoyt, Lefty Gomez, and Red Ruffing. Philadelphia Athletics owner-manager Connie Mack managed a squad of non-Yankee former stars including Tris Speaker, Al Simmons, George Sisler, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove, Chief Bender, Cy Young, Ed Walsh, and Ty Cobb. Twenty current or future Hall of Famers played or attended.
I could not find a boxscore or record of the final. I do believe it was only a two-inning exhibition.
📖 Dive into this unforgettable moment in baseball history! ⚾
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At 75, I consider it a privilege to have gone to OT games at YS from '58 to '62 and still saw some of these players when they were very old, and I was very young. Even as a child, I always valued connecting with those who went before me in history, especially those who endured the tough times of the first half of the tragic twentieth century.
I salute you sir
At 86 I saw the babe play; quite the chess player also!
Born in 1960..... My father was a baseball fan and I heard many stories about these gentlemen. This video touched my heart... And may God bless these heroes.
Ole Ty Cobb finally got a number - 25. As a 65 year old die-hard Tiger fan, I never knew that. TH-cam is wondrous.
Wow, great video. I never knew that Cobb, the goat, was there too! Ty Cobb looked great! 👍. I want to look for one of those pictures and I would love to find one with Ty Cobb, mickey Cochrane, Cy Young, and Babe Ruth all together, although I don’t know if it exists.😂
BABE RUTH, BABE RUTH, BABE RUTH !!! Those of us who NEVER saw him play (or was even alive when he was) would do to see him play today !!!!
Babe Ruth - BASEBALLS GREATEST PLAYER !!! EVER !!!
I went to the Old Timer's games in 65 and 66. DiMaggio hit a home run the first year and a double in the gap the second year. The love for him by the fans was overwhelming.
What a gem. Home movie footage in living color of the legends of baseball beyond their prime, including the Babe, Cobb, Foxx, and others. Like it was yesterday. Thank you for sharing this.
Ruth not only elevated baseball, but the larger culture as well. People started buying newspapers to see if that "big SOB" hit a home run. People bought radios to listen to live baseball. Great footage of the gratest sports icon ever. Thanks for posting.
Babe Ruth was the first Superstar as we know it today. No name was bigger than his before he came along.
Videos like this remind of how much I loved this game. When I was 10-years old I would put on mt full Red Sox uniform with my pants just over my kneecap so my red sanitary socks would show. I would go outside by myself and pitch 9 innings throwing pitches against a brick wall which I drew a strike zone in black crayon. My arm hardly ever felt bad or tired or dead.
In 1975. I was at Mets old timers game. & I was fortunate enough to see Willie Mays
& Joe DiMaggio walking together from the dugout from centerfield,as they were being introduced.
Oh my word--this was so cool! To see live video of the greatest greats of the game all assembled in one day!! Cy young, Ty Cobb, Joe McCarthy, Connie Mack, George sisler, IN uniform!!!! How cool is that? We have all seen the images used in/on cards but here they are walking out onto the field!!!!🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯This is a great video!!! The Babe!!! Wow!
I'm 46 and seeing this just exemplifies how prestigious the game of baseball is. 1947 - the NBA was still in it's infancy one year in. The NHL and NFL had already nearly 30 years but MLB had 78 years. Although I am a Tigers fan and pay central homage to Ty Cobb it was a pleasure to see this with the clip of Ty Cobb with Ruth along with Speaker. Today's game is so watered down and generic but when Ruth played the distance of the walls were quite great in comparison to today's game. Ruth got it done with hot dogs and beer. Real baseball - real legend.
This was not Ruth’s last appearance at Yankee Stadium, though the team photo with him in uniform probably is. His last appearance was June13, 1948, for his number retirement, 2 months before he died, from which came the famous photo of Ruth standing at the plate, in uniform, extremely frail, leaning on his bat.
Have never seen any of this. Just fabulous footage. Thanks.
Babe Ruth is the worlds first Super Star !!! No other name before him could ever match the fame he achieved. No other baseball player could ever match what he accomplished !!!
Babe Ruth - BASEBALLS GREATEST PLAYER EVER !!!
This is amazing to see this in color. It reminds you of how lively those guys were, considering that most of us only know them from black and white photos.
Babe ruth got 60 homeruns in a season. Before he was an outfielder, he was also a pitcher.
これは・・これは・・凄いなー😳興奮が止まらない❗トリス・スピーカーとかジョー・スーウェルが動いているの初めて見た‼️
Great Video. Thanks for sharing.
This is heartwrenching 😢
Thats the first time I have ever gotten a good look at Yankee stadium original.or at least that version that I've never really seen
Pretty exciting event on MLB History! All these great iconic players mixing it up together and for charity! Great Players and Great Caring People.!!
❤️🙏🏽
Of all the greats, Babe was the best!
This is really an amazing video. Thanks for posting it. I’m surprised this wasn’t posted on TH-cam, by anyone else before, in the past almost 20 years
In the dead ball era and before they brought the fences in so the players could hit more home runs. Babe Ruth was hitting 60 home runs in a season. He did not need drugs or steroids, like those Chislers Bonds, Sosa and McGuire. If he were playing today he would hit 80 home runs in a season, and have over 1,000 life time home runs.
I went to an old timers game in 2007 in Clearwater. Bob Feller even lobbed 15 to 20 pictures over the plate at age 88. Fergie jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Wade boggs, and several other big names were also there. It's amazing to consider how good of an athlete's some of these people were to still be able to do that.
There’s a never-ending debate on whether to colorize black-and-white photos and motion pictures. Particularly for film noire, the argument is the director used black-and-white as an element to capture mood and add suspense - the shadows. Certainly, I respect how the filmmakers plied their trade.
Yet, I remember seeing, “The Wizard of Oz,” when Dorothy exited her house into Munchkinland in color for the first time: it was breathtaking!
That’s what this video did for me.
Absolutely excellent
Wow! True legends of the game that was still pure. Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby and other black ballplayers had integrated baseball earlier in 1947 and so it was fitting to honor the "elder statesmen" of the previous era, Babe Ruth chief among them.
Great video. Wally Pipp! I liked the photo op of Ty Cobb & Babe Ruth.
Thanks for watching!
Ruth and Cobb became pretty good friends after they retired.
@@todd4317 Probably was Cobbs only friend.😁
@@ge2623 You need to quit believing left wing propaganda . . . that myth was debunked many years ago.
3:14 is Al Simmons. Great hitter and power hitter. HOF
On Aug. 16, 1948, just two months after he appeared at Yankee Stadium to have his No. 3 retired by the Yankees, Ruth passed away at the age of 53.
Absolutely incredible footage- besides the iconic baseball players, the builder of the home in which I’m sitting as I type this- Yankee owner DELBERT EUGENE WEBB OMG 😮😮😮
What a shame that Lou Gherig couldn't be there. One of the greatest of all time.
He was dead, hard to attend when you're dead. Lots of other greats were dead as well, this was for Babe Ruth, all those great players and you say it's a shame, what a joke...
@rogeeeferrari yes, I know that. He was a great player who met a tragic end. That's why he was inducted to the HOF immediately after he retired, forgoing the 5 year wait.
@@rogeeeferrari👈😠
You need to CHECK yourself.
#BaseballBatToYourDome
Imagine meeting Babe Ruth the single greatest player in baseball history 🐐🐐🐐
Babe Ruth several seasons ,by himself hit more Home Runs ..then ANY ENTIRE TEAM did in both leagues ...Think about that ........Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb will always be ..the 1.2 All Time Greats ....all time greatest outfielders only question is who is the third one ?..
Amazimg number of Hall of Famers honoring the Sultan of Swat!
Met a guy years ago who played against Babe at a charity game. He said he was shocked how skinny his legs were. 😮
That's why they called the "Babe" old spaghetti legs ⚾️ ☺️
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Exactly!! 😆
Pidgeontoed too. lol.
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Yeah, Babe Ruth was famous for his stocky upper body, but his legs were surprisingly skinny compared to the rest of him. If you look at old photos, especially ones where he’s in uniform with high socks, you can see how his lower body didn’t really match his barrel-chested, heavyset frame.
It’s kind of funny because despite those skinny legs, he had incredible power-his swing was all about technique, hip rotation, and raw strength. He wasn’t the fastest guy, but he had a powerful stride and great balance, which helped him generate those legendary home runs.
@@billyrock8305 indeed and perfect timing. And those wrists and forearms.
Saw Ernie Banks hit 500th HR at Wrigley
Nice. Except you had to sit through a Cubs game.
Amazing footage. We know most of these players only through their baseball statistics.
Ask any historian (or pretty much anyone who knows the history of the game) who would be on your All-Century-Team. Babe Ruth (and Lou Gehrig) will ALWAYS be on everyones list !!!
In the beginning of the video >>pan left, you see the grand stands--431 ft to Rf. Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle routinely hit Moon Shots.
The Sultan of Swat - greatest baseball player of all time.
There will NEVER be another Babe Ruth !!! EVER !!!
This was NOT Babe Ruth's last public appearance. That was the following year celebrating Yankee Stadium's 25th anniversary. He passed away 2 months later.
Good ole days.No doo rags,no gold chains,no long pony tail hair,no spitting on the umpire,no me me me everybody dressed well and had fun
Impressive
Baseball is not the huge thing it was back then. The country came to a stop for the world series. People huddled around radios. Ships at sea listened to the game. Baseball still is important but not like then. In my opinion.
Going woke didn't help MLB . . .
Baseball is still and will continue to be.... The greatest game ever !!!!
The boys of summer
A real life Field Of Dreams!
R. I. P.
BABE #3⚾ RUTH
YANKEE STADIUM
CY⚾YOUNG
TY⚾COBB
JIMMIE ⚾FOXX
HOME RUN BAKER
and all the rest that have passed away.
Great video. Thanks for posting. One mistake though. At 2:31, it shows that George Sisler died in 1937 and it should read 1973. The last two numbers just got switched.
That would have been one hell of a story.
Dang, thanks for the heads-up and for watching!
@@TheBreakBrothers "If you make it they will come".
Hard to believe they saw those uniforms as classic. lol
Old baseball after WW2, way back before cellphones, internet, and social media.
Assemble of Goats
Very cool! And interesting AI pronunciations of Larry "Mc-Fye-ail" and George "Sice-ler"...
AI
Its an AI voice, not a real person.
@@albundy6008 THAT makes it even WORSE! Hire a REAL person!!!
@@BluesImprov👈😠
Don't tell people what to do. I do that. Not you.
@3:14 The guy in the grey suit to the right is Howard Cosell
If you look at the photo at 0:09 , you'll see that famed podcaster Joe Rogan was a baseball player for the Yankees back in the day (bottom row, 2nd from right)
Jamie, pull up that picture of me on the Yankees in 1947.
John Goodman looks just like him in the 92 movie, the babe.
Babe ruth is the best baseball player in the mlb to make history.
Babe put the Yankees on the map
Babe put baseball on the map🎉
Baseball already on the map, but Ruth changed the game and took it to a new dimension.
@@lindamarsella4743 The Babe took Baseball to a whole other level when he came along. BASEBALLS GREATEST PLAYER EVER !!!!
today Feb 6, 2025 is Babe ruth's 130th birthday---if you enjoy baseball--think of the man often--
I'm assuming there's no footage of the game itself?
Ray Schalk, catcher not pitcher. Great footage, too bad didn't have a baseball fan help with editing and narration.
Ruth hitting 500ft homers without steroids, weight training and the ball was softer dead ball era unbelievable .
The Day after the Super Bpwl should be a holiday to celebrate Babe's brthday---
All I can think now is
“Up at the mound is ol’ curly. He’s a 47 year old alcoholic, he’s the greatest athlete alive!”
You should let someone else do your thinking.
☝️😆👍
It'd be sooooo much better if this were narrated by a real person and not one of the ElevenLabs AI voices.
Imagine if Lou Gherig was there too....😢
Wow and I love to watch that whole thing is there any way to do that? Where can you watch this complete game
The footage is outstanding but could you not take the time to their name pronunciation correct?!
石ころのような個性もあれば、ダイヤモンドのような個性もある！全てはやってみないと、見てみないと分からない！令和7年2月2日
Connie Mack was born in 1862, not 1896 😉
You are 100% right, not sure how we missed that in the double-check. Good catch!
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George Sisler died in 1973.
Great footage, but so annoying to hear Ai mispronouncing names,
is this ai enhanced footage?
nevermind it has to be
And now, today, they dont even play the game anymore at old timers day
Larry MacPhile? George Seisler?
Did that that say Connie Mack was born in 1896? Either that is a misprint or I'm reading it wrong. Connie was born in 1862, otherwise he would be the oldest looking 51 year old ever.
F AI
Nice video but would have been better if you didn’t mispronounce MacPhail and Sisler.
Sad to say Babe Ruth was suffering from throat cancer here.
I thought the first old timers day was Lou Gehrig day
@ 2:20
If you're going to narrate such videos, you really should learn how to correctly pronounce players' names.
AI voice over.....
The babe didn’t have much time left
It is my utmost wish that MLB retire both #3 and #4 from Baseball. It is a mortal sin they have not!!!
Why does this guy mispronounce so many names?
Probably not a guy, more likely it's the wonderful, always-accurate AI.
Its an AI voice, not a real person.
Lebron James, NBA GOAT.
LJ, anti-american marxist . . .
Please don't disrespect him by calling him an unclean beast!..seriously though, it's apples and oranges; the only way to truly call someone the greatest is if the greatest actually play against each other in their PRIME...btw this is BASEball dude!!!
Connie Mack was not born in 1896
AI voices most horrible thing in the world!
Babe Ruth couldn’t even play minor league ball today. So overrated.
Go away, troll.
You are right - he is dead. Greatest baseball player of all-time.
Why? What do you know that nobody else does?
Feel better now?