Ruth

Babe Ruth
9" x 12.5"
Pencil (7B-F)

On June 13th, 1948, Babe Ruth's number was retired at Yankee Stadium. Ruth, thin and frail as a result of a long illness, emerged from the dugout into "the cauldron of sound he must have known better than any other man." Everyone knew then, as he must have known himself, that The Babe had worn his old uniform for the last time. He died only two months later on August 16, 1948. The famed number 3 will never again be worn by a Yankee player.

Pic referenced from Nat Fein's classic photo:
"The Babe Bows Out"