Lefty Grove Pitching photograph

Date1938 September 08

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Lefty Grove, Boston Red Sox pitcher, captured after releasing a pitch during a game against the New York Yankees on September 8, 1938. Grove is bent down, leaning forward with only his right foot on the ground. He has a smile on his face. Grove is dressed in a Boston Red Sox home uniform. A caption on the front of the photograph (not shown) states, "Robert Moses (Lefty) Grove, out of game because of bad arm most of summer, took over mound today in Red Sox - Yankees game. He's shown sending one over the plate, master apparently, of his old control. Yankees got only one unearned run from him. Winning 4-0." The writing on the back of the photograph (not shown) states, "9/8/38."

Object numberB-1963-0696-005

Subject Grove, Lefty, 1900-1975

Subject Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 088 Democrat and Chronicle photographic materials

Dimensions8 x 11 in.

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

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