Billy Loes
Portrait of Billy Loes, pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Billy Loes." Printed on back: "Billy Loes. Pitcher, Brooklyn Dodgers. Born: L. Island City, N.Y., Dec. 13, 1929. Height: 6-1. Weight: 165. Bats: right. Throws: right. A sensation at the beginning of the 1952 season, reeling off his first 5 games without a setback. His earned-run average went lower with every mound appearance. It was less than one per game. Billy was in service in 1951. Began in 1949 in the minors with Nashua, Ft. Worth. No. 240 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:
- hr001718
- Subject:
- Loes, Billy (William), 1929-
- Pitchers (Baseball)--New York (State)--New York
- Brooklyn Dodgers (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-Loes, Billy
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.