Black / Negro League (?)photo

[FourStrikes]

approx. 3x5 photo

"Mr. Jim Brown (?) - July" on back

"S-E-A____" (Seals?) on jersey

any help appreciated - thanks is advance

[bcbgcbrcb]

Looks like the jersey says “Seattle” and looks pretty modern. I would guess the Seattle Rainiers Minor League team, likely 1950’s or 1960’s, making it post-Negro League.

[FourStrikes]

good point(s)...Thanks, Phil, much appreciated!

[Chris Counts]

According to Baseball Reference, there was a Jim Brown who played for the San Francisco Sea Lions of 1946. I had never heard of the team or the player. He's listed as a righthander, but I'm wondering if that could be wrong. He was a position player who did pitch. He's also listed at 53 years old. It's a shot in the dark, especially considering that I found a different uniform design for the Sea Lions in the Google image gallery.

[thecatspajamas]

Are you sure that's S-E-A and not S-E-M? Tough to tell on my phone, but I'm not reading that third letter as an "A"

[JMANOS]

I had a photo I sold on the forum of a Sea Lions from same time period...Ill look in my online pics...

[FourStrikes]

many thanks to everyone for the information provided above.