Babe Ruth’s Sudbury home for sale

By Gail Waterhouse, Globe Correspondent

The Sudbury house that Babe Ruth owned after he was sold to the New York Yankees in the 1920s is for sale. And while it looks to be little changed from the outside, inside it is a far cry from the house that Ruth knew.

The 5,124 square-foot home on Dutton Road has been thoroughly modernized with high-end appliances in the kitchen, and large bathrooms with tasteful stone tiling. On the third floor is a room the current owners filled with pictures of the Bambino and other baseball memorabilia.

Listing agent Scott Adamson of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage said the owners were careful during their updates and renovations to keep many of the additions left by the famous baseball player, who played for both the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.

In the front room of the house, you can still see the burn marks from where Babe Ruth used to flick his ashes, said listing broker Scott Adamson, of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.

The two-acre property includes a large barn as well as a garage. It is listed at $1.65 million.

Ruth bought the home in 1922 after he had already spent a few seasons as a Yankee. He was initially attracted to the Sudbury area while a Red Sox because it offer opportunities for hunting and fishing and was away from pressing crowds.

He affectionately called the property Home Plate farm, and reportedly spent $26,000 stocking it, including 1,000 hens, many of which died not long after arriving, according to a history of Sudbury by A.S. Hudson.

After a difficult season in 1922, Ruth promised Yankee fans that he was lose weight and limit his drinking and return in better shape because he was going to spend the winter in Sudbury chopping wood and all the activities a gentleman farmer was supposed to pursue.

But instead, according to Hudson, Ruth could be found sitting back, drinking beer and carrying on while neighborhood boys would chop his wood for him.

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