Satchel Paige Pitching photograph

Date1953 March 01

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Satchel Paige pitching in a St. Louis Browns uniform at an unidentified stadium. He is captured having just released a pitch. The image caption on the reverse (not shown) reads, "[Pa]ige Insists He'll Wind Up Career. [Be]rnadino, Calif.: Aging Satchel [w]orks out in spring training, March...er vowing this is 'absolutely...ively' his last season in baseball...enerable hurler, who insists he is 45 but is believed much older, promises [t]hat his last season is going to be a good [o]ne, and won't hurt the Browns any. Paige feels he could have won 45 games in a single season if they had allowed him to pitch in the majors during his prime."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0975

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-4294-76; BL-1561-91; BL-9725-89

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions6 x 9 in.

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

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