Connie Ryan
Portrait of Connie Ryan, second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, holding a baseball bat. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Connie Ryan." Printed on back: "Connie Ryan. Second base, Philadelphia Phillies. Born: New Orleans, La., Feb. 27, 1920. Height: 5-11. Weight: 175. Bats: right. Throws: right. Came to Phils in an off-season trade with the Reds. Expected to solve their 2nd-base problem. Connie's bat won the second game of 1952 season for the Phils with an 11th inning 2-run homer. In 136 games for Reds in 1951. Hit 16 homers. Batted .237, drove in 53 runs. No. 164 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."
- Resource ID:
- hr001757
- Subject:
- Ryan, Connie (Cornelius Joseph), 1920-1996
- Baseball players--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Phillies (Baseball team)
- Baseball cards
- Publisher:
- Haelan Laboratories. Bowman Gum Division
- Date:
- 1952
- Format:
- 1 baseball card : col. ; 3.25 x 2 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Baseball cards-Bowman-1952-Ryan, Connie
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.