Babe Ruth’s Home Plate Farm!

Babe Ruth’s Home Plate Farm!

Babe Ruth's Home Plate Farm!

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It’s a name that spans the generations whether you’re a baseball fan or not. As a quick little reminder as to why, in his 22-year baseball career from 1914 to 1935, his batting average was .342, which is the tenth highest lifetime average in MLB history. In 1927 he hit 60 home runs, a record he held until 1961. Over his baseball career he hit 714 home runs, and won seven World Series championships with the New York Yankees. And he was one of baseball’s best pitchers before he became an everyday player. In 1916, he led the league’s pitching statistics when he threw nine shutouts with a 23–12 won-loss record and a 1.75 earned run average. Most experts name Babe as the #1 player in baseball history. But what will knock your Sox off (sorry Boston fans, couldn’t help it), is that in his entire career, he made less than $911,000! That means his total lifetime earnings wouldn’t buy back his own house today.

Only 20 miles west of Boston, amid 2.7 acres of green lawns, old stone walls and ancient trees, resides this lovely traditional 5,124sf home. Granted it has undergone major renovations and updates since the Babe lived here between 1922 and 1926, but much of the original remains such as the stone foundation walls and, it is said, the burns in the floor in a room where he smoked cigars and flicked his ashes on the floor. (Yes, an era when men were men and women were shrinking violets. Today heads would roll over that one!) This is a house with universal appeal and one where we poured over each room again and again. Large rooms, banks of windows, French doors, rooftop opening skylights, warm wood floors and just the right built-ins make this an exceptionally inviting and livable home. Rooms include 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, exceptional chef’s kitchen, large gathering room, large sun filled family room with Rumsford fireplace and coffered ceilings, a charming 4-season garden room with gently arched floor-to-ceiling windows and a large finished third floor now being used as a Babe Ruth memorabilia room. Included is a 5,000sf barn, zoned commercial, that has a rentable apartment and space for any hobby or endeavour one wishes to explore. Also on the grounds is a lovely swimming pool with views that take advantage of the lush, pastoral setting.

Babe's former home for sale $1.65m.

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