On This Day: May 5

1935

Young Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals faces the Boston Braves and 40-year-old Babe Ruth. Dean walks Ruth in his first at-bat, then with two strikes on the Bambino, waves his outfielders back and throws a fastball down the middle that Ruth misses for a strikeout. Dean wins the game, 7 – 0, and in his first at bat, hits a home run over Ruth’s head in left field.