Chapter 02 · Expert analysis
Faces measured three different ways.
Machine analysis, forensic overlays, and comparisons of distinctive physical features form the visual case for the identification.
Resource Data
Three models. One consistent match.
The report states that Babe Ruth ranked as the best match when the unidentified face was tested against 6,592 images representing 828 people.
98.1%Facenet512 measured accuracy
96.8%DLib measured accuracy
96.7%VGG-Face measured accuracy
Lois Gibson · November 5, 2025
Forensic photo comparisons
Gibson prepared transparency overlays against known Ruth photographs and concluded that the Cherryvale player is a young Babe Ruth.
Distinctive features
Face, eyebrow, and hand.
