@1921 Lefty Grove Photo

[leftygrove10]

Originally Posted by Texxxx

The cap looks more like the Philly cap but the socks are wrong.

The fact that Lefty has different socks in the one picture above doesn't bother me. Here is another picture of Lefty in the Athletics elephant uniform with more similar socks to the eBay picture. While you can't see the elephant logo in this picture, you will see that the hat is the same as the picture above.

[leftygrove10]

The 1939 Salutation Exhibit uses the same picture as the R315 above, but with a better view of the hat.

[leftygrove10]

Here is a 1933 Worch Cigar. The uniform in this picture shows the A on the uniform. The hat likely has an A on it as well. But here you can see more similar socks to the eBay picture. So the Athletics were known to wear socks like those shown in the eBay picture.

[leftygrove10]

Here are enlargements of the picture of Connie Mack and his son Earle from 1925 and the eBay picture of Lefty Grove. I think the jackets and hats are the same in the two pictures. Both would have been issued by the team, so it makes sense that both would be the same.

The players in the 1920 Martinsburg Mountaineers picture above are wearing dark hats -- not white hats like Lefty. Also, it appears to me that their socks are different in that picture than what Lefty is wearing in the eBay photo. The hat in the picture of Lefty does not appear to have an M on it.

Nobody has presented any evidence so far that indicates to me that this picture of Lefty is from earlier than 1925 (or even 1926). The fact that 1921 was written on the back of the picture holds no weight in my mind. Anybody can write anything they want on the back of a picture. So the date itself doesn't prove anything to me.

[nolemmings]

I agree it looks more like the A's than either Baltimore or Martinsburg given the white cap. The jacket does look to be the same as well, although that leaves the year undecided. FWIW, according to Marc Okkonnen's database, the A's would have worn socks like that-- top half dark bottom half white-- during 1921-23. They only wore socks like the one in Brad's photo in 1924. I believe Okkonen has been wrong before, but is usually pretty accurate.

The team could have worn that same style jacket for years--too bad he has it on, since Okkonen shows a dark elephant for 1921-23 and a white one for 1924-26.

[leftygrove10]

Here is a 1930 Draper and Maynard book with Lefty on the cover. In this picture, he is clearly wearing the same hat (the Athletics hat from 1925 to 1928) with the same socks as the eBay photo.

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by leftygrove10

Here is a 1930 Draper and Maynard book with Lefty on the cover. In this picture, he is clearly wearing the same hat (the Athletics hat from 1925 to 1928) with the same socks as the eBay photo.

I'm convinced. Nice work. Looks like 1925-1928 A's. Still a cool photo.