Prewar cards picturing squatting players with hands on knees...show us yours.

[GeoPoto]

Definitely counts. Seems the hands-on-knees pose came to be viewed as unappealing around 1912. After that, all of the hands-at-ready poses do not involve hand-to-knee contact.

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[ullmandds]

bambino

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

bambino

This Ruth possibly signals a return to the kneecap movement in the early 1920's that I failed to take into account. Perhaps Milton Stock, as seen in the card I posted, was just a follower of fads.

Brian

[Snowman]

Lol

[molenick]

I can't speculate on the latest example, but Diamond Stars #2 Al Simmons has both hands on his knees (I do not own the card so I am not posting it). Also found 1967 Kahn's Wieners Lee May https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/ba...ds-knees/47303. I am not counting the 2018 Topps Archives #202 Ernie Banks Hands on Knees because it uses an earlier undated photo.

[brianp-beme]

As seen in this 1911 Zeenut, LaLonge ducked down just enough to avoid having his head trimmed off.

Brian

[jpat]

Here's a copy of Al Simmons:

[nolemmings]

The man was a Saint:

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

Definitely counts. Seems the hands-on-knees pose came to be viewed as unappealing around 1912. After that, all of the hands-at-ready poses do not involve hand-to-knee contact.

I believe that by 1912, the resting of hands upon the knees was viewed as a surefire sign of laziness. So players began to place them slightly higher upon their legs to convey a greater sense of readiness for action.


Brian (Milton Stock in the mid to late 1920's evidently did not care if folks thought of him as a lazy-ass)