Having set the benchmark for baseball supremacy, the 1927 New York Yankees outscored opponents by an aggregate 376 runs en route to the franchise’s second World Series title. While nary a team warrants the historical praise bestowed upon the 1927 Bronx Bombers, the same sentiments apply to artifacts from that incredible run. This 1927 World Series program is one such heirloom. Issued at the eponymously named “House That Ruth Built” for Game 3 of the Fall Classic, the 20-page program details the combatants in imagery and text. The scorecards have pre-printed lineups with grids marked in pencil to detail an 8-1 Yankees triumph in which Babe Ruth hit his ninth career World Series home run. This item has a reserve (estimated value: $1500-$3000). More on our website.

One of a scant few survivors from the one-sided series, this one is affected by faint moisture-induced discoloration, as well as a vertical compacting fold found on the vast majority of stadium-issued guides of his era. While the center (scorecard) page is detached, it is present along with the covers and remaining pages. As for the scoring legend, it reads like a tension-filled script and culminates in a manner not surprising to anyone. Nursing a 2-0 lead in the seventh inning, the Yankees added three runs to make it 5-0, prompting Bucs skipper Donie Bush to summon Mike Cvengros from the bullpen. This move was ill-advised, at best, as Cvengros had yielded a total of 22 home runs to that point in his brief career – five of them to Babe Ruth. Ruth, of course, was true to the task, greeting Cvengros with a three-run homer to put matters completely out of reach.