Connie Mack, Greek George and Buddy Rosar photograph, 1945

Date1945

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph, from left to right, of Greek George, Connie Mack and Buddy Rosar captured standing in a dugout. Mack has a large smile on his face and is holding up a baseball in his right hand and has a mitt on the other. George is dressed in his catcher's gear and is smiling towards Mack. Rosar is looking down at Mack with a smile. He wears a mitt on his left hand. Both George and Rosar are dressed in the Philadelphia Athletics uniforms. All three gentlemen were catchers during their careers in baseball. A newspaper clipping is affixed to the back of the photograph (not shown) (not shown) and states, "Connie Mack, Philadelphia A's manager, who was a catcher in his playing days, talks with two new acquisitions to his catching department. Charley George (left) was purchased from Toronto and Buddy Rosar (right) was obtained in a trade from the Cleveland Indians for Frankie Hayes, May 29. Rosar had been a holdout with the Indians since the start of the current season." Based on the style of uniforms and each player's career with the Athletics, this image was captured in 1945.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-1098

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Mack, Connie, 1862-1956

Subject George, Greek, 1912-1999

Subject Rosar, Buddy, 1914-1994

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions9 x 7 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Public Access NotePlease note that not all works are on view at all times - their availability is subject to change per the discretion of the Museum staff. Only a portion of NBHFM's collection is currently online and the information presented here is subject to updates and additions based on research and imaging activities. The images, titles, and descriptions are products of their time. If you have corrections or additional information about this object, please email research@baseballhall.org to help improve our records. This material is made available for private study, scholarship, and research use. Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of images. Please email us if you have further information on the rights status of an image contrary to or in addition to the information in our records. For more information or access to a high resolution reproduction (some fees may apply), contact: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.