Displayed is a 1940 signed Babe Ruth bank check. The Bambino had been retired since halfway through the 1935 season when he quit playing Major League baseball. The Inaugural Hall of Famer played 22 seasons, with his once-sacrosanct 714 home run record, a .342 lifetime batting average, and seven World Championships. Having started his Major League career as a pitcher, Ruth also had a lifetime 94-46 pitching slate, with a career 2.28 ERA. The Babe hungered to be a manager, but he never reached that goal. He was a coach with the Brooklyn Dodgers for the second half of the 1938 season, but in 1940, when this check was written, Ruth had been out of baseball for two years. The Ruth signed check measures 3.1x8.2". It is written on the Chemical Bank & Trust Company, of the Broadway at 73rd Street Office, in New York City. The check is dated Oct. 10, 1940, and it is in the amount of $11.68. The check is made out to the Gotham Floor Waxing Co. BABE RUTH is machine-printed on the side of the check, but the Babe signed the check by using "G.H. Ruth." Ruth, who threw lefty, was made to write with his right hand (a common practice at the time) when he attended the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, in Baltimore. Ruth used ink from a fountain pen to fill out and sign the check, and his beautiful, classical script is well-evident, and the item is in fine condition. The check has been cashed, and it has been encapsulated. The check has been PSA/DNA Certified as AUTHENTIC AUTO.