Seeking help identifying players in 1950s snapshot

whiteymet · #1 05-11-2022, 11:33 PM

Chris:

I ran across this photo in an old Phillies scrapbook I had not look at in years. The below photo was taken at a Phillies Oldtimers game in 1951.

While it appears to me it is not from the same year as your photo, looking at the players ID'ed in it I would venture to guess the player to the left in your photo is the same as the one to left in my photo Rube Walberg.

The gray haired player in the A's uniform in the center is Howard Ehmke, I thought he could the player third from the left in your photo. However Ehmke was a right hander and the guy in your photos appears to be a lefty, unless he just picked up a glove.

What do you think? Is the guy on the left Walberg and is Ehmke in your photo?

whiteymet · #2 06-24-2022, 11:47 AM

Here is a new listing on ebay of other photos that appear to be from the same old timers game

https://www.ebay.com/itm/29505849572...&segname=11021

Assuming all these photos are from the same day, the first one shows Phillies Manager Steve O'Neill sitting in the dugout. Steve was the Phillies Manager for the last 91 games of the 1952 season through the first 77 games of the 1954 season.

So the photo the OP showed above has to be from that time frame.

Chris-Counts · #3 06-24-2022, 12:00 PM

Thanks for the heads up. My snapshot has a similar tape stain, so it must of come from the same batch. I might need to find a scorecard or newspaper article to help identify the rest of the guys.

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Originally Posted by whiteymet

Here is a new listing on ebay of other photos that appear to be from the same old timers game

https://www.ebay.com/itm/29505849572...&segname=11021

Assuming all these photos are from the same day, the first one shows Phillies Manager Steve O'Neill sitting in the dugout. Steve was the Phillies Manager for the last 91 games of the 1952 season through the first 77 games of the 1954 season.

So the photo the OP showed above has to be from that time frame.

Chris-Counts · #4 06-24-2022, 12:06 PM

Fred,

I somehow missed your earlier post with the newspaper clipping until now. Yes, those players do look like Howard Ehmke and Rube Walberg. That's a big help ...

Thanks!

Chris

Quote:

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Chris:

I ran across this photo in an old Phillies scrapbook I had not look at in years. The below photo was taken at a Phillies Oldtimers game in 1951.

While it appears to me it is not from the same year as your photo, looking at the players ID'ed in it I would venture to guess the player to the left in your photo is the same as the one to left in my photo Rube Walberg.

The gray haired player in the A's uniform in the center is Howard Ehmke, I thought he could the player third from the left in your photo. However Ehmke was a right hander and the guy in your photos appears to be a lefty, unless he just picked up a glove.

What do you think? Is the guy on the left Walberg and is Ehmke in your photo?

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