Boston Red Sox players stand for the National Anthem during the Red Sox home opener against the Philadelphia A’s. (l tor:) Manager Steve O'Neill, Coach Eddie Mayo, Coach Paul Schreiber, Al Evans, Chuck Stobbs, Matt Batts, Ted Williams, Coach Earle Combs, Walt Dropo, Vern Stephens, Lou Boudreau, Billy Goodman, Bobby Doerr, Bill Evans, Harry Taylor, Dom DiMaggio, Buddy Rosar, Mickey McDermott, Clyde Vollmer, Ellis Kinder, Bill Wight, Tom Wright, Ray Scarborough, Fred Hatfield, Walt Masterson, Willard Nixon, Johnny Pesky, and Paul Hinrichs.
Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Red Sox team at Fenway Park, 1951
Corrected date based on research by the staff at the Baseball Hall of Fame, 2015.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011 and staff at the Baseball Hall of Fame, 2015.
Other players likely on the roster for the home opener would have been pitcher Mel Parnell, who was the starting pitcher that day, outfielder Charlie Maxwell, and catcher Mike Guerra. Guerra was a spare catcher, and may well have been warming up Parnell in the bullpen or elsewhere (Baseball Hall of Fame staff, 2015).
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