Help ID'ing players in a 1939 photo

[dbrown]

I picked this image up a while ago and thought it'd be easy to figure out who was involved. So far, not so easy. Maybe one of you see some clues or can recognize folks.

The image is from 1939, based on the centennial patch on the catcher's sleeve. And we can all agree that the first digit of the catcher's uniform number is 2. I got it in New York so had assumed the Yankees (sliding) but when I actually looked, I think that's the Washington Nationals logo. The best match for the catcher's is maybe the Boton braves/bees, but not 100%. Cardinals? Who else had a cap with piping?

The list of catchers wearing 20-something uniform numbers in 1939, per baseball reference, is pretty short, ignoring some teams that it can't possibly be like the yankees.
Stan Andrews, Bees/Braves, #29
Al Todd, Dodgers, #21
Chris Hartje, Dodgers, #23, played in just a handful of games
Hal Wagner, A’s, #26, played in 5 games
Wally Millies, Phillies, #23
Bennie Warren, Phillies, #26
Joe Glenn, Browns, #26
Sam Harshaney, Browns, #21

Anyway, please share if you have ideas. thanks1

[jingram058]

Looks like Joe Glenn of the Browns. Cap looks odd, maybe inside out. Definitely a Washington guy sliding. Both American League. Might be Sam Harshaney, the more I look, hard to say. He did have a beak for a nose, and this fellow's nose looks beakish in this distorted online image. Patch is definitely 1939.

[gunboat82]

I think you can rule out the Browns, because they wore the centennial patch on their right sleeves. The cap piping, jersey sleeves, and socks all look like a match for the Bees.

[dbrown]

Originally Posted by gunboat82

I think you can rule out the Browns, because they wore the centennial patch on their right sleeves. The cap piping, jersey sleeves, and socks all look like a match for the Bees.

That's one of the things that makes the ID difficult — it does look like a match for the Bees, but when would they have played the Nationals? It sure wasn't the all-star game. And it doesn't "feel" like a spring training game. But that might be the only possibility.

[gunboat82]

Originally Posted by dbrown

That's one of the things that makes the ID difficult — it does look like a match for the Bees, but when would they have played the Nationals? It sure wasn't the all-star game. And it doesn't "feel" like a spring training game. But that might be the only possibility.

I'm still looking, but I think you can narrow it down to an exhibition game that took place on April 11, 1939, between the Senators and the Bees. Andrews caught in that game.

Edit: I'm going with Sammy West as the baserunner.

[dbrown]

Originally Posted by gunboat82

I'm still looking, but I think you can narrow it down to an exhibition game that took place on April 11, 1939, between the Senators and the Bees. Andrews caught in that game.

Edit: I'm going with Sammy West as the baserunner.

Amazing to narrow it down. Thank you.

I realize I mistakenly posted in b/s/t. Whoops!



David

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by gunboat82

I think you can rule out the Browns, because they wore the centennial patch on their right sleeves. The cap piping, jersey sleeves, and socks all look like a match for the Bees.

If that's so, the catcher would be Stan Andrews, #29. It could be. Uniform trim does looks right.