Favorite this☆ George Shirley playing softball Description: View of tenor George Shirley, facing away from camera, playing softball for the Mets. Typed on back: "George Shirley, playing softball for the Mets, Detroit, May 1966. Photo by Lester Sloan." Details Resource ID: hk001613 Creator: Sloan, Lester Subject: Shirley, George African American singers Softball players Photographic prints Date Issued: 1966-05 Format: 1 photographic print ; 9.75 x 7.5 in. Member of: E. Azalia Hackley Collection Filing Location: Biography--Shirley, George Rights: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.