Ken Silvestri
Portrait of Ken Silvestri, catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Ken Silvestri." Printed on back: "Ken Silvestri. Catcher, Philadelphia Phillies. Born: Chicago, Ill., May 3, 1916. Height: 6-1. Weight: 200. Bats: both. Throws: right. Does an important job as the Phillies' bull-pen catcher. Got into only 4 games last year. Had 2 hits, and batted in a run. Began in baseball in 1936. First played in majors with White Sox in 1939. Traded to the Yankees. Drafted by Phils from Newark in November, 1948. No. 200 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:
- hr001763
- Subject:
- Silvestri, Ken (Kenneth Joseph), 1916-1992
- Catchers (Baseball)--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-Silvestri, Ken
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.