Babe Ruth

Career: Played with the Red Sox, Yankees and Braves during a legendary 22-year Hall of Fame career, and served as a big league coach with the Dodgers for part of the 1938 season.

Did you know? Wore jersey number 35, instead of his familiar number 3, during his 99-game stint as Brooklyn's first base coach.

Post-game: After hanging up his spikes, he spent his days hunting, fishing, golfing, bowling and making public appearances ... his No. 3 jersey was retired by the Yankees on June 13, 1948 ... died at age 53 on August 16, 1948 after a lengthy battle with throat cancer.

Sources: Baseball Reference; SABR Bio; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 11/17/1939; Paterson Morning Call, 1/30/1942; Portland Press Herald, 11/26/1940.