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Babe Ruth’s 500th homer bat sells for more than $1 million

Babe Ruth has hit another one out of the ballpark.

In this Oct. 11, 2019 photo released by SCP Auctions, Inc., shows the bat used by Babe Ruth to slug his 500th career home run in 1929. Ruth became the first player to reach the coveted plateau on Aug. 11, 1929, hitting a solo shot for the New York Yankees off Willis Hudlin at League Park in Cleveland. The bat is going up for auction, nearly 75 years after he gave it to a friend whose family has kept it ever since. (SCP Auctions, Inc. via AP)
In this Oct. 11, 2019 photo released by SCP Auctions, Inc., shows the bat used by Babe Ruth to slug his 500th career home run in 1929. Ruth became the first player to reach the coveted plateau on Aug. 11, 1929, hitting a solo shot for the New York Yankees off Willis Hudlin at League Park in Cleveland. The bat is going up for auction, nearly 75 years after he gave it to a friend whose family has kept it ever since. (SCP Auctions, Inc. via AP)Read more/ AP
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — Babe Ruth has hit another one out of the ballpark.

The bat used by the legendary baseball player to hit his 500th home run was auctioned on Saturday for more than $1 million.

SCP Auctions didn’t identify the buyer. The auction was held in Laguna Niguel, California.

Ruth hit his 500th homer on Aug. 11, 1929, in a game against the Cleveland Indians. According to SCP Auctions, the ball cleared the right field wall at League Park and rolled down Lexington Avenue.

Ruth was the first of just 27 Major League Baseball players to reach that mark.

He gave the autographed bat to his friend, former Suffern, New York, Mayor Jim Rice, in the 1940s. It's been in the family for nearly 75 years.

Another Ruth bat used to hit the first home run out of Yankee Stadium in 1923 sold for nearly $1.3 million in 2004.