Baseball Photo Trivia

[fan_since79]

8 hours ago, Lou said:

some racist 

Well, that narrows it down to about a thousand players.

 

[Angel Oracle]

16 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Nobody?

Not even a guess?

hint: he was pretty good with the bat

Al Capone allegedly was pretty good with a bat, for different reasons.  

No clue, doesn't look like Cobb.

[fan_since79]

There's a lively debate to this day as to whether he was wronged.

[fan_since79]

If this will help, the year is 1914 and he played for Cleveland then.

[makepeac]

Is everyone confused because he’s wearing shoes?

[fan_since79]

41 minutes ago, makepeac said:

Is everyone confused because he’s wearing shoes?

Haha, must be!

[Roy Hobbs]

Ray Liotta?

[Dick B Back]

Mang be wit no shoes?

[fan_since79]

Oh come on!

Initials are J.J.

[IEAngelsfan]

Shoeless Joe Jackson

[fan_since79]

12 minutes ago, IEAngelsfan said:

Shoeless Joe Jackson

Spring Training, 1914, at the University of Georgia. 

[makepeac]

As you can see in the photo, I remember from reading his biography that Joe was one of the first hitters to hold the bat gripping it all the way down at the handle, using a thinner handled bat than others of the era, unlike contemporaries like Ty Cobb, not choking up and slapping the ball but driving it with a slight uppercut. Apparently it influenced a young Babe Ruth who with his size and strength took it to a whole nother level. The beginning of the end of the dead ball era from a hitting technique standpoint.

[fan_since79]

I've never heard of this guy but some of you geniuses probably have. The other two are much better known.

The pitcher on the left threw a complete game 2-hit shutout against the Reds on this date in 1944. He threw only 58 pitches, which is an MLB record for fewest pitches in a complete game. The game itself also set a record for the shortest night game ever at 1 hour 15 minutes.

 

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by fan_since79

[Angel Oracle]

I'll defer on the other two, too obvious.   Although I heard that they prayed for rain a lot in Boston and Milwaukee.

I remember reading about the 58 pitches by the other guy, but didn't remember the name.   I guess he didn't channel his inner Nibs that night? 

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

I'll defer on the other two, too obvious.   Although I heard that they prayed for rain a lot in Boston and Milwaukee.

I remember reading about the 58 pitches by the other guy, but didn't remember the name.   I guess he didn't channel his inner Nibs that night? 

He faced 29 batters. Two hits (both singles), no walks, no strikeouts. The Reds were swinging and putting the ball into play.

Career record of 69 wins and 69 losses. 

Let's go with your clue on the other two and see if anyone else knows their names. 

[Dick B Back]

Looks like Spahn on the right.

[fan_since79]

12 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

Looks like Spahn on the right.

Yep.

[Dick B Back]

Burdette in the middle (guessing).

[fan_since79]

38 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

Burdette in the middle (guessing).

No, another guy, his last name beginning with "S"

AO left a clue above.

Edited August 11, 2018 by fan_since79

[Roy Hobbs]

Obviously it's Johnny Sain.The Angels saying was pretty good too, Tanana and Ryan and two days of cryin'.

[fan_since79]

I'll go ahead and give the answer.

Red Barrett.

[fan_since79]

"Is that the four-seamer, Papa?"

[Roy Hobbs]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

"Is that the four-seamer, Papa?"

Maybe Walter Johnson?

[fan_since79]

Absolutely Walter Johnson.

with his daughters in 1938. 

 

[Roy Hobbs]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Absolutely Walter Johnson.

with his daughters in 1938. 

 

I remember reading his biography as a kid.I know he went to Fullerton Union H.S.