Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > J Listing > Ken Johnson > Pitching

News: s-r blog:Subscribe to the Play Index!

Photo of Ken Johnson

Ken Johnson

Kenneth Wandersee Johnson (Hook)

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Runner
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 14, 1923 in Topeka, KS
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1947
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals/Tigers 1947-1952

Final Game: July 15, 1952
Died: April 6, 2004 in Wichita, KS
Cremated
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Like this page? Sponsor it for $10. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1941	18	STL-min	B	1	8	.111	5.54	12						65.0	62	41	40		61							1.892	8.6		8.4			AVL · PIED
1942	19	STL-min	B	8	8	.500	4.32	19						123.0	110	84	59		104							1.740	8.0		7.6			AVL · PIED
1946	23	STL-min	AAA	1	4	.200	5.02	11	7		3	0		43.0	45	39	24		44	23	2	0	0			2.070	9.4		9.2	4.8	0.52	ROC · IL
1947	24	STL-min	A,AAA	7	5	.583	4.92	27	7	5	1	0		119.0	111	86	65		85	30	4	2	7			1.647	8.4		6.4	2.3	0.35	OMA,CLB · WL,AA
1947	24	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	10.0	2	1	0	0	5	8	1	0	0	38		0.700	1.8	0.0	4.5	7.2	1.60
1948	25	STL-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.23	17	14		4	2		100.0	78	56	47		82	78	6	1	3			1.600	7.0		7.4	7.0	0.95	ROC · IL
1948	25	STL	NL	2	4	.333	4.76	13	4	2	0	0	0	45.1	43	27	24	1	30	20	1	0	2	198	86	1.610	8.5	0.2	6.0	4.0	0.67
1949	26	STL	NL	0	1	.000	6.42	14	2	2	0	0	0	33.2	29	28	24	1	35	18	3	1	3	160	65	1.901	7.8	0.3	9.4	4.8	0.51
1950	27	TOT	NL	4	1	.800	3.88	16	8	7	3	1	0	62.2	62	33	27	3	46	33	1	0	5	292	105	1.723	8.9	0.4	6.6	4.7	0.72
1950	27	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	10		2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
1950	27	PHI	NL	4	1	.800	4.01	14	8	6	3	1	0	60.2	61	32	27	3	43	32	1	0	5	282	101	1.714	9.0	0.4	6.4	4.7	0.74
1951	28	PHI	NL	5	8	.385	4.57	20	18	2	4	3	0	106.1	103	56	54	8	68	58	3	0	5	474	84	1.608	8.7	0.7	5.8	4.9	0.85
1952	29	DET-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.38	7	7		1	3		40.0	32	16	15		34	38	0	0	2			1.650	7.2		7.6	8.6	1.12	BFL · IL
1952	29	DET	AL	0	0		6.35	9	1	6	0	0	0	11.1	12	11	8	1	11	10	0	0	1	55	62	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91
1953	30	DET-min	AAA	12	13	.480	5.30	29	29		10	1		163.0	166	114	96	7	128	115	2	0	13			1.804	9.2	0.4	7.1	6.3	0.90	BFL · IL
1954	31	DET-min	AAA	14	14	.500	3.78	30	29		15	5		205.0	166	97	86	20	109	150	8	0	10			1.341	7.3	0.9	4.8	6.6	1.38	BFL · IL
1955	32	TTO	AAA	14	10	.583	3.93	30	30		9	0		199.0	195	101	87	22	90	135	15	0	15			1.432	8.8	1.0	4.1	6.1	1.50	TTO · IL
1956	33	TTO	AAA	8	12	.400	4.47	28	22		7	0		139.0	135	84	69	13	82	94	6	0	8			1.561	8.7	0.8	5.3	6.1	1.15	TTO · IL
6 Yrs				12	14	.462	4.58	74	34	20	8	4	0	269.1	251	156	137	14	195	147	9	1	16	1217	87	1.656	8.4	0.5	6.5	4.9	0.75
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.462	4.58	47	21	13	5	3	0	170	158	98	86	9	123	93	6	1	10	766	87	1.656	8.4	0.5	6.5	4.9	0.75

STL (4 yrs)				3	5	.375	4.75	31	7	6	1	0	0	91.0	75	57	48	2	73	47	5	1	5	406	88	1.626	7.4	0.2	7.2	4.6	0.64
PHI (2 yrs)				9	9	.500	4.37	34	26	8	7	4	0	167.0	164	88	81	11	111	90	4	0	10	756	90	1.647	8.8	0.6	6.0	4.9	0.81
DET (1 yr)				0	0		6.35	9	1	6	0	0	0	11.1	12	11	8	1	11	10	0	0	1	55	62	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91

NL (5 yrs)				12	14	.462	4.50	65	33	14	8	4	0	258.0	239	145	129	13	184	137	9	1	15	1162	89	1.640	8.3	0.5	6.4	4.8	0.74
AL (1 yr)				0	0		6.35	9	1	6	0	0	0	11.1	12	11	8	1	11	10	0	0	1	55	62	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1947	24	STL	NL	10.0	2	1	1	0.90	3.97	0.00	0.00	95.1	3.78	3	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.4	4	.677	.502	$
1948	25	STL	NL	44.1	13	4	27	5.48	4.53	-0.05	0.00	104.2	4.77	-4	-0.4	1.5	-0.1	0.0	2	.471	.498	$
1949	26	STL	NL	33.2	14	2	28	7.49	4.76	0.10	0.00	99.1	4.62	-11	-1.0	.6	0.1	-0.6	-7	.425	.494	$
1950	27	STL	NL	2.0	2	0	1	4.50	4.97	0.06	0.00	105.6	5.18	0	0.0	1.2	-0.0	0.0	0	.508	.500	$
1950	27	PHI	NL	60.2	14	8	32	4.75	4.47	0.19	0.00	98.0	4.20	-3	-0.3	.1	-0.0	0.2	3	.477	.498	$
1951	28	PHI	NL	106.0	20	18	56	4.75	4.39	-0.01	0.00	97.1	4.27	-6	-0.6	.2	-0.0	0.3	6	.471	.496	$
1952	29	DET	AL	11.1	9	1	11	8.74	4.62	-0.20	0.00	102.4	4.93	-5	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.444	.497	$
6 Seasons				268.0	74	34	156	5.24	4.48	0.04	0.00	98.9	4.40	-25	-2.5	.7	0.0	-0.0	5	.467	.498	$

STL (4 yrs)				90.0	31	7	57	5.70	4.56	0.02	0.00	101.3	4.61	-11	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0	.466	.498	$
PHI (2 yrs)				166.2	34	26	88	4.75	4.42	0.06	0.00	97.4	4.25	-9	-0.9	.1	-0.1	0.5	9	.473	.497	$
DET (1 yr)				11.1	9	1	11	8.74	4.62	-0.20	0.00	102.4	4.93	-5	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.444	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	25	STL	NL	13	56	164	27	43	1	1	1	0	0	30	20	.262	.379	.299	.678	.294	49	1	1	3	0	1
1949	26	STL	NL	14	119	122	28	29	3	1	1	1	1	35	18	.238	.419	.303	.722	.272	37	1	3	6	0	1
1950	27	PHI	NL	14	258	236	32	61	11	5	3	2	0	43	32	.258	.375	.386	.761	.289	91	7	1	3	0	5
1950	27	STL	NL	2	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.167	.444	.167	.611	.200	1	0	0	1	0	0
1950	27	TOT	NL	16	259	242	33	62	11	5	3	2	0	46	33	.256	.377	.380	.757	.286	92	7	1	4	0	5
1951	28	PHI	NL	20	365	398	56	103	19	3	8	4	4	68	58	.259	.371	.382	.753	.286	152	12	3	5	0	4
1952	29	DET	AL	9	40	45	11	12	1	2	1	0	0	11	10	.267	.411	.444	.855	.324	20	1	0	0	0	1
5 Yrs				72	839	971	155	249	35	12	14	7	5	190	139	.256	.382	.360	.743	.287	350	22	8	18	0	12
162 Game Avg.				47	543	629	100	161	23	8	9	5	3	123	90	.256	.382	.360	.743	.287	227	14	5	12	0	8
MLB Averages																.261	.338	.365	.703	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	25	STL	NL	-3.1	-0.3	59	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	.90	-0.2	-0.2	-2.3	-0.2	0.90	-1.3	2	0	2
1949	26	STL	NL	-8.4	-0.8	126	0.4	1.6	-1.1	.76	0.0	0.5	-1.3	-0.1	0.78	-2.3	1	0	6
1950	27	TOT	NL	0.3	0.0	293	-0.1	4.6	-4.8	.96	-0.3	0.2	-1.3	-0.1	1.01	-4.0	0	1	3
1950	27	STL	NL	0.7	0.1	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.32	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.32	-0.5	0	1	0
1950	27	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	292	-0.1	4.6	-4.7	.96	-0.3	0.2	-0.9	-0.1	1.01	-3.5	0	0	3
1951	28	PHI	NL	-6.4	-0.6	383	-1.0	6.3	-7.3	1.01	-0.8	-0.2	-3.3	-0.3	1.01	-7.0	0	0	2
1952	29	DET	AL	-3.8	-0.4	41	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.47	-0.2	-0.6	-7.5	-0.7	0.47	-5.0	0	0	4
6 Yrs				-17.1	-1.6	902	-1.5	13.3	-14.8	.93	-1.5	-0.1	-15.6	-1.5	0.94	-19.6	3	1	17

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1947	24	STL	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0		1	0	1	100%	86.0	86	86			0	1	3.0		9.0
1948	25	STL	NL	13	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	3	.250	0	0	0	0	1	25%	45.0	49	41	3	2	2	2	2.7	2.3	4.4
1949	26	STL	NL	14	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	45.0	49	41	8	3	1	0	5.0	10.5	5.8
1950	27	TOT	NL	16	8	4	1	3	2	1	6	3	.667	0	4	3	1	4	50%		83	27	7	3	0	8	5.8	4.3	5.9
1950	27	PHI	NL	14	8	4	1	3	2	1	6	3	.667	0	4	3	1	4	50%	48.6	83	27	6	3	0	8	5.8	4.3	5.9
1951	28	PHI	NL	20	18	5	8	5	0	0	6	12	.333	2	4	4	3	6	33%	48.8	79	16	16	6	10	6	3.1	3.7	5.4
1952	29	DET	AL	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32.0	32	32	2	1	0	1	8.0	18.0	2.0
6 Yrs				72	34	10	13	11	2	2	14	21	.400	3	8	8	4	12	35%	49	86	16	35	15	13	18	4.0	4.5	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	111	-11					4.6	4.6	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1947	24	STL	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0														0	0		0	3.0
1948	25	STL	NL	13	9	2	2	1	1	1	7	2	29%		.905	2	0	2	1	1	2	3	1	5	4	2	0	8.9
1949	26	STL	NL	14	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%		.760	1	0	6	0	1	7	1	7	7	5	6	1	5.5
1950	27	TOT	NL	16	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0			.958	0	1	3	0	1	5	0	6	4	1	3	1	4.3
1950	27	STL	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.320	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3.0
1950	27	PHI	NL	14	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	.957	0	0	3	0	0	5	0	5	3	0	3	1	4.8
1951	28	PHI	NL	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	1.014	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	12.0
1952	29	DET	AL	9	8	6	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	8	.475	0	0	4	0	0	6	1	5	2	2	1	2	3.5
6 Yrs				74	40	20	2	1	1	1	13	7	54%		.928	3	1	17	1	3	22	6	20	20	12	14	4	5.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1947	24	STL	NL	38		0.0%	21.1%	13.2%	0.0%	0%		63%
1948	25	STL	NL	198	14%	1.8%	35.7%	53.6%	5.4%	7%	2.11	255%	11	1	9%
1949	26	STL	NL	167	31%	0.8%	15.1%	29.4%	4.2%	17%	2.33	87%	26	1	4%
1950	27	TOT	NL	293	24%	1.2%	12.7%	17.8%	7.3%	31%	1.12	80%	59	7	12%
1950	27	STL	NL	10	0%	0.0%	100.0%	300.0%	0.0%	0%		500%	0	0
1950	27	PHI	NL	283	24%	1.2%	12.4%	16.7%	7.4%	31%	1.12	78%	59	7	12%
1951	28	PHI	NL	472	21%	2.2%	15.9%	18.6%	8.2%	29%	0.99	91%	74	12	16%
1952	29	DET	AL	56	35%	2.5%	25.0%	27.5%	10.0%	33%	3.00	85%	10	1	10%
6 Yrs				1224	24%	1.6%	16.8%	22.2%	7.0%	24%	1.26	96%	180	22	12%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	12.2%	12.3%	6.2%	22%	0.95	95%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1947	24	STL	NL		2			0												0
1948	25	STL	NL	56	43			1	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	4	1	57%	1	2	0	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	142
1949	26	STL	NL	119	29			1	0	5	1	0	0	1	10	5	0	50%	1	3	0	47	1	1	50%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	48
1950	27	TOT	NL	259	62			3	0	7	2	1	1	2	16	8	3	50%	5	5	0	119	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	34
1950	27	STL	NL	1	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0											9
1950	27	PHI	NL	258	61			3	0	7	2	1	1	2	16	8	3	50%	5	5	0	119	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	25
1951	28	PHI	NL	365	103			8	2	12	6	1	4	3	15	7	3	47%	4	5	1	145	4	4	50%	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	7	107
1952	29	DET	AL	40	12			1	1	2	0	1	1	0	5	2	1	40%	1	1	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16
6 Yrs				839	251			14	3	28	9	3	6	6	53	26	8	49%	12	16	1	349	7	5	58%	4	3	3	2	0	0	3	0	17	347
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1947	24	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	1	1	0	10.0	2	1	0	0	5	8	1	0	0	38		0.700	1.8	0.0	4.5	7.2	1.60
1948	25	3	4	.429	3.90	15	5	3	1	0	55.1	45	28	24	1	35	28	2	0	2	236	106	1.446	7.3	0.2	5.7	4.6	0.80	106
1949	26	3	5	.375	4.85	29	7	5	1	0	89.0	74	56	48	2	70	46	5	1	5	396	85	1.618	7.5	0.2	7.1	4.7	0.66	85
1950	27	7	6	.538	4.45	45	15	12	4	1	151.2	136	89	75	5	116	79	6	1	10	688	92	1.662	8.1	0.3	6.9	4.7	0.68	92
1951	28	12	14	.462	4.50	65	33	14	8	4	258.0	239	145	129	13	184	137	9	1	15	1162	89	1.640	8.3	0.5	6.4	4.8	0.74	89
1952	29	12	14	.462	4.58	74	34	20	8	4	269.1	251	156	137	14	195	147	9	1	16	1217	87	1.656	8.4	0.5	6.5	4.9	0.75	87

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: / / / or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1947	24	1	0	1.000	0.00	9.0	3	0	0	0	8	7	2	1.222	3.0	8.0	7.0	0.88	0.0	2
1948	25	2	2	.500	4.91	44.0	44	27	24	1	31	19	1	1.705	9.0	6.3	3.9	0.61	0.2	13
1949	26	1	2	.333	6.75	32.0	30	27	24	1	36	17	3	2.063	8.4	10.1	4.8	0.47	0.3	14
1950	27	4	3	.571	3.80	64.0	64	30	27	3	47	34	1	1.734	9.0	6.6	4.8	0.72	0.4	16
1951	28	4	7	.364	5.07	103.0	108	64	58	8	71	56	3	1.738	9.4	6.2	4.9	0.79	0.7	20
1952	29	0	1	.000	7.36	11.0	13	10	9	1	12	9	0	2.273	10.6	9.8	7.4	0.75	0.8	9
6 Yrs		12	15	.444	4.86	263.0	262	158	142	14	205	142	10	1.776	9.0		4.9	0.69	0.5	74

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1951 NL 3 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1950 NL 5 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 NL 3 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 NL 5 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Tom Sunkel (980)
Lou Sleater (978)
Ryan Rowland-Smith (977)
Al Sima (976)
John Parrish (975)
Mike Jones (974)
Dan Warthen (974)
Doug Capilla (973)
Bud Teachout (973)
Chris Michalak (971)

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Skip Pitlock (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Welsh (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Parrish (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Ken Johnson

Viewed 4,696 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Kenneth Hook king keny kenny Ken Wandersee jonson jonhson johson Johnson jhonson

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.