Ernie Shore’s baseball career related back to Babe Ruth at nearly every turn. They played together in Boston. They played together in New York. Shore’s most notable performance came after something Ruth did. Oh, and he might have saved Ruth’s life.
Shore played collegiate baseball at Guilford College in North Carolina. The Giants signed him in 1912 and he made his debut on June 20th of that year. He pitched just one inning that season as Giants manager John McGraw used him mostly as a batting practice pitcher. That inning didn’t go as planned, as he allowed three earned runs and 10 in total.