Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 266

Item Information

Title:
Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide, No. 266
Description:
Heinie Mueller, an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, squats in left field while holding his glove against the ground in front of him as a baseball sits on the ground in front of him at Sportsman Park in St. Louis, Missouri. Mueller is looking forward towards the camera.
Creator:
Mann, Leslie
Date:
1920–1925
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
Leslie Mann Baseball Lantern Slide Collection
Subjects:
Baseball
Baseball caps
Baseball fields
Mueller, Clarence Francis
St. Louis Cardinals
Fielding--Outfield
Fielding Stance
Sportsman Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Link to Item:
https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16122coll10/id/133
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Notes:
Mueller has demonstrated a proper fielding stance for an outfielder, but has done one key thing wrong by taking his eye off the baseball before fielding it cleanly. Mueller is clearly more concerned with something going on in the infield, most likely base runners who are advancing extra bases. Mueller's first concern, however, should be fielding the baseball cleanly. Mueller won't be able to throw any of the runners out unless he actually has the baseball, so his first concern should be fielding the baseball as cleanly as possible which can only be done if Mueller keeps his eyes on the baseball. Mueller needs to keep his eyes on the baseball until it rolls into his glove and until after he removes the baseball to throw it into the infield.
Clarence Francis "Heinie" Mueller was born September 16, 1899, in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He was an American center and right fielder, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Boston Braves, and the St. Louis Browns. He played in 693 games and had a batting average of .282 over the course of his career.
There is very little information about the life of Heinie Mueller. The Society for American Baseball Research, which is the website where most of the information for players in these slides can be found, does not have a page for Mueller.
I used facial recognition to identify the player in slide 266 as Mueller.
Good condition;
This digital image is made from two separate digital scans; one scan of the lantern slide (reflective); one scan of the image (transparency); the two images were then combined in Photoshop to create the final image.
Lantern slide from the Leslie Mann baseball instruction course, "The Fundamentals of Baseball"
"Heinie Mueller." Baseball Reference, [ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/muellhe01.shtml ]. Accessed 16 May 2018. ___Interne Archive___. [http://web.archive.org/web/20180516122714/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/muellhe01.shtml ].
Identifier:
LANT-BSBL-266-03
266