Red Sox player at bat

Red Sox player at bat

Item Information

Title:
Red Sox player at bat
Description:
Boston Red Sox batter Jimmie Foxx connecting in front of New York Yankees catcher Buddy Rosar and unknown umpire at Fenway Park.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
1939
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Film negatives
Portrait photographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Baseball players
Baseball
Baseball umpires
Foxx, Jimmie
Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.)
Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Fenway Park
Extent:
1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/sj139x08r
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Title and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
New York Yankees catcher Buddy Rosar only caught two games in Boston in 1939 -- July 1st (with home plate umpire Bill Grieve) and September 3rd (with home plate umpire Eddie Rommel) (Society for American Baseball Research, 2016).
Accession #:
08_06_036610