1933 Goudey #53 — The Yellow Ruth

Of the four times Babe Ruth appears in the 1933 Goudey set, the #53 is the one collectors call the Yellow Ruth — a portrait set against a field of bright yellow.

It shares its artwork with the #149; the two are separated only by the color behind him.

The portrait on yellow: the still Ruth, beside the swinging #144.

Where the flagship #144 catches him mid-swing, this is the still portrait — the Bambino at rest, in color, from the set that opened the modern gum-card era.