Musial hit his 400th home run in May of 1959. Pepper Martin would have been 55. I think I would have pegged the guy in this photo as older than that. Then again, maybe some hard living leathered him up a bit. It doesn't look too much like Martin to me. Is the ring definitely a World Series ring? Could it just be the guy who caught the ball? Or maybe a Cardinals executive presenting it to Musial? Were any 1959 Cardinals execs former players who were on championship teams?
-Ryan
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