Pee Wee Reese

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Description

Portrait of Pee Wee Reese, shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bowman series. Printed on back: "Harold Reese. Shortstop, Brooklyn Dodgers. Born: Ekron, Ky., Juy 23, 1919. Height: 5-10. Weight: 168. Bats: right. Throws: right. 'Peewee' marked his 7th season with the Dodgers (1949) by leading the league in runs scored (132). Led the league shortstops in fielding with a .977 percentage. Batted .279 in 155 games. Stole 26 bases. Knocked in 73 runs. Copped 16 homers. Holds many fielding records. Spent 3 years in the service. In 3 World's Series games. On 4 all-star teams. No. 21 in the 1950 series of baseball picture cards. [Copyright] 1950 Bowman Gum, Inc., Phila., Pa., U.S.A. Picture Card Collectors Club, 5-star Bowman series."

Details

Resource ID:: hr001499
Subject:: Reese, Pee Wee, 1918-1999; Baseball players--New York (State)--New York; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); Baseball cards
Publisher:: Bowman Gum, Inc.
Date:: 1950
Format:: 1 baseball card : col. ; 2.5 x 2 in.
Department:: Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
Location:: Baseball cards-Bowman-1950-Reese, Pee Wee
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.