MicKey Cochrane or Al Lopez ?

[MikeGarcia]

........Just wondering.....Did they identify the Lopez image correctly back in '36 .... looks more like Mickey Cochrane ? Can anyone verify the uniform perhaps ? Thanks , MikeGarcia

I stumbled across this particular puzzlement whilst organizing my beloved catcher collection into anal-retentive obsessive-compulsive alphabetical order , plus I needed an excuse to say ''whilst''.

[leftygrove10]

I hope that is Al Lopez. It looks like the author of the Al Lopez book at the link below used the same picture for the cover of his book.

http://books.google.com/books/about/...d=muQ8RuxDkfwC

[leftygrove10]

Here's a slightly larger image of the book cover...

[sayhey24]

Having seen Al Lopez in person as an older man, that sure looks like him.

Greg

[bmarlowe1]

The visible ear matches Lopez and it does not match Cochrane.

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

The visible ear matches Lopez and it does not match Cochrane.

Thank you for the help ; the ears definitely close the case.

[sdkammeyer]

Originally Posted by mikegarcia

plus i needed an excuse to say ''whilst''.