Johnny Pesky
Portrait of Johnny Pesky, shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, holding a baseball bat. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Johnny Pesky." Printed on back: "Johnny Pesky. Shortstop, Boston Red Sox. Born: Portland, Ore., Sept. 27, 1919. Height: 5-9. Weight: 165. Bats: left. Throws: right. Good with the stick--and good with the glove, too. Got into 131 games for the Red Sox in the 1951 campaign. Batted .313. Had a total of 150 hits. Drove in 41 runs. Has led the American League in base hits 3 times. Has gone as high as .335 for a season's batting average. No. 45 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:
- hr001741
- Subject:
- Pesky, Johnny, 1919-
- Baseball players--Massachusetts--Boston
- Boston Red Sox (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-Pesky, Johnny
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.