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gotwinsI do not profess to know anything about game used uniforms, but I frequently use Okkonen's book (or online equivalent)as a resource. Mark, I'm not sure he intended the piping to be navy for the '29 Tigers uniforms- I think he just meant to show stitched piping. Compare the '29 uniforms to the '25 uniforms, and you can see where the '25 was clearly meant to show blue or dark piping in a tone different than that shown for '29. If he just meant to show the stitching for '29, then there's no discrepancy.
Seems to me that if it was indeed a gamer from the Tigers and that Johnson was the player, it would have to be Roy Johnson, who I believe is the only Tiger named Johnson close to the issue date of that uniform. Since Roy was a rookie in 1929 and the remainder of his years playing for the Tigers they wore the name "Detroit" on both home and road jerseys, then 1929 would have to be it.
Can you enhance the "D" somehow? The upper serif, or whatever you would call it on the D would end up pointing up for a home uni and and down for a roadie, at least from 1929. BTW, I find it interesting that Johnson appears in the '29 Kashin set, as he was a mere rookie and thus depicted in a 1929 uniform, meaning the photo was taken after that season was underway. Has the Kashin set been solely attributed to 1929?