Displayed is an Ebbets Field dugout chair attributed to Babe Ruth, from when the Bambino was a Brooklyn Dodgers coach in 1938. Babe Ruth finished his official baseball career as a player in 1935 when he played in 28 games as a Boston Brave in 1935, hitting only .181 with six home runs and 12 RBIs. Ruth had joined the Braves as a player, assistant manager, and vice president mainly because Ruth believed that he would be considered for the Braves' managerial post for the following season. Ruth left the team, realizing that he would never be considered for the manager's job. In 1938, the Babe came out of baseball retirement to sign a mid-season contract with the Dodgers as a coach, mainly coaching first base. Once again, Ruth thought that he would be considered for a managing position, as it seemed to be common knowledge in baseball at that time that Dodgers manager Burleigh Grimes was in his last season as the Brooklyn skipper. Actually, the Brooklyn captain, and shortstop, Leo Durocher, was the heir apparent for the Dodgers managing job, and Durocher and Ruth did not get along, going back to their days as New York Yankees teammates. Ruth was used to draw attendance, as thousands of fans came out to Ebbets Field mainly to see him take batting practice and drive a few batting practice pitches over the fence, sometimes out of the park. In addition, Ruth played in a number of in-season exhibition games, drawing good crowds and further increasing the Brooklyn coffers. The offered folding chair is made of wood and metal. The chair stands approx. 32" tall. The slated wooden seat measures 13.75x16". The chair is all original, with blue paint - it is the same blue paint that was used on the Ebbets field regular seats. The chair has a metal plaque at the top which reads, "BABE RUTH's dugout chair Ebbets Field 1938." The only history that we have on the chair is that it was part of the display in the Ohio Baseball Hall of Fame, which was also known as The Cy Young Museum. While in the museum, the folding chair was displayed as being the seat that Babe Ruth used in 1938 while a coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers. We have no reason not to believe this, but we do not have any photographic evidence of Ruth using this actual chair. Inventory tags from the museum are still attached. It shows typical use, with places in which the paint has peeled away, some slivers of wood are missing, some small rust spots, etc. The chair is in an open position, and no longer readily folds up for storage. The presented item dates from a lesser-known time in Ruth's career, when he believed that he was auditioning for the Dodgers manager's job, when in fact it was already practically a fait accompli that Durocher would be hired to manage the Dodgers in 1939 as a player-manager. Durocher was hired for just that position on Oct. 10, 1938, and Ruth was not retained as a coach. The chair makes a great Ruth memento of his sometimes-forgotten time as a Brooklyn Dodger.