Jeff Heath Leaping Over Gene Desautels at Home Plate
Description
A slide of a black-and-white full-length action photograph of Jeff Heath leaping over Gene Desautels. Heath is wearing a full Cleveland Indians road uniform, and Desautels is wearing a full Boston Red Sox uniform. Also within the main focus of the photograph is home plate umpire Harry Geisel, who is closely watching the play. Desautels is sprawled on the ground as Heath leaps over him. In the background, two photographers in street clothes and sparsely populated stands are visible. On the left edge of the photograph, a bit of the on-deck batter can be seen, along with two bats he is holding. Information written on the slide reads, "Earl Averill Leaping Soxs' Leslie Jones at Fenway in 1939". However, further research determined that the information misidentifies the baserunner, catcher, and the year.