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1916 Boston Red Sox World Series Program Game 2 - Ruth's First World Series Start - Begins His Scoreless Inning Streak!
Historic Boston Red Sox 1916 World Series program, scored for Game 2 against the Brooklyn Robins at Braves Field in Boston on October 9th. This was the game in which Babe Ruth recorded his first World Series win and began his then-record streak of pitching 29 2/3 scoreless innings in the fall classic. The eight-page program features portrait images of each team's owner and manager on the cover (Joseph Lanin and Bill Carrigan for the Red Sox, and Charles Ebbets and Wilbert Robinson for the Robins). The back cover displays an advertisement for A. Shuman & Company that features a large team photo of the 1916 Red Sox, including Ruth. Game 2 of the 1916 World Series marked Babe Ruth's second World Series appearance and his first start (he had one pinch-hit at bat in the 1915 World Series). After giving up a two-out inside the park solo home run to Hi Meyers in the top of the first, Ruth was masterful, holding the Robins to just five more hits and three walks in Boston's 2-1 fourteen-inning win. Little did anyone realize at the time, that Ruth's thirteen shutout innings were the start of something much greater. He didn't pitch again in the short five-game Series, which was won by Boston. Two years later he took the mound for Game 1 of the 1918 World Series and blanked the Cubs 1-0. He followed that up with another seven shutout innings to start Game 4 before the Cubs scored two runs in the eighth to end the scoreless innings streak at 29 2/3 innings. That record stood until 1961, when it was broken by the Yankees' Whitey Ford, who set the new mark with 33 2/3 scoreless innings. The program (7x10.25") is neatly scored in pencil, with Ruth's name written by hand in the pitcher's lineup spot. The preprinted lineups (except for the pitchers) includes Hooper and Hoblitzel for Boston, and Stengel, Wheat, and Myers for Brooklyn. Heavy wear is displayed throughout, including separation of four of the interior pages, loss of the lower binding staple, a heavy vertical fold, tears, and paper loss to the back cover. In Fair condition, but it is complete as issued and, as one can see, displays at a higher level than its technically accurate grade would suggest.
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