Ted Williams crosses the plate against the Indians

Title:: Ted Williams crosses the plate against the Indians
Description:: Ted Williams crosses the plate against the Cleveland Indians as Red Sox teammate Vern Stephens (#5) looks on at Fenway Park.
Photographer:: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:: [ca. 1948–1949]
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
Cleveland Indians (Baseball team)
Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.)
Williams, Ted, 1918-2002
Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 5 x 7 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5h73sf98c
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: Ted Williams crosses the plate against the Indians, 1954
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.
The years 1947 through 1949 were the only seasons that Cleveland wore the style of road uniform shown in this image, and 1948 and 1949 were the only years that a Red Sox player wearing #5 (Vern Stephens) batted behind Ted Williams in the line-up (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).
Accession #:: 08_06_017211

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