Jim Bottomley Taking Batting Practice at the 1928 World Series
Description
A slide of a black-and-white full-length photograph of Jim Bottomley (left), seen during batting practice. Bottomley is wearing a gray road St. Louis Cardinals uniform. He is taking batting practice at Yankee Stadium. The photograph is from the third base side. He stands in the left-handed batter's box with his body facing the camera as he looks over his right shoulder toward the pitcher's mound. A catcher (right) is standing upright behind home plate. Bottomley is swinging the bat down and forward. Information on the back of the slide reads, "1928 W.S. Batt Practice".
Player(s)
Bottomley, Jim, 1900-1959
Team(s)
St. Louis - NL (1892-)
League(s)
National League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Picture Date
1928–1928
Subject
First basemen (Baseball); Hall of famers; World Series (Baseball) (1928); Catchers (Baseball); Batting practice (Baseball)
Source
Unknown
Stadium
Yankee Stadium (New York, N.Y. : 1923-2009)
Location
New York (N.Y.)
Folder Name / Binder
Slides A-Z: Bou-Cam
Photographer
Unknown
Media Type
Slides (photographs)