This is a really cool photo from the Library of Congress. A photo that has yet to be seen in a widespread manner around the baseball world until now. Hall of Famer Babe Ruth, largely considered the greatest baseball player of all time, crashed into an outfield wall during a game against the Washington Senators in 1924.
As you will see below, he laid sprawled out and unconscious in front of the crowd in a scary moment that lasted a full five minutes.
The crazy thing here is that Ruth remained in the game after he “woke up” and proceeded to go 0-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt. Just imagine if this had happened in modern day baseball. It really is crazy to think about.
The Washington Post covered this story immediately after it happened.Â
The first fracas came very nearly proving exceptionally costly for Huggins and his crew as Babe Ruth got a bad jolt when rushing headlong into the concrete wall in right after a foul-liner off Judge’s bat in the fourth. The Bambino was knocked unconsciuos [sic] for about five minutes and badly bruised his left hip, but gamely insisted on sticking in that game and also in the second.
Yes, a concrete wall. Insane.
Photo: GhostsofDC.org