Play at the plate, Boston Braves

Title:: Play at the plate, Boston Braves
Description:: Unknown Boston Braves base runner slides across home plate underneath unknown St. Louis Cardinals catcher (#1?) at Braves Field. Unknown Boston Brave (#12), St. Louis Cardinals pitcher George "Red" Munger (#20), and unknown umpire look on.
Photographer:: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:: [ca. 1946–1949]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Film negatives
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Leslie Jones Collection
Series:: Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:: Baseball players
Baseball umpires
Baseball
Boston Braves (Baseball team)
St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)
Braves Field (Boston, Mass.)
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Allston
Extent:: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h73sd92h
Terms of Use:: Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.

Notes:: Original data from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Play at the plate, Boston Braves, ca. 1950-1959
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Only two Braves players wore #12 during these years -- Johnny Hopp (1946-1947) and Eddie Stanky (1948-1949) (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).
Accession #:: 08_06_017158

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