Unknown St. Louis Browns base runner slides toward third base in front of Boston Red Sox shortstop Vern Stephens (#5) at Fenway Park. Red Sox pitcher Mel Parnell (#17), Browns coach Joe Schultz (#40), and an unknown umpire look on.
Original data from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Red Sox vs. St. Louis Browns at Fenway, 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.
The Browns cap/socks style dates this image between 1946 and 1949, but 1949 is the only year that the Browns had a coach wearing #40 (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).