(14) 1927 St. Louis Cardinals "Worlds Champions" White Jersey Original Player Photos

[packs]

There are several different uniform styles represented if you look. The "S" on the sleeves are different. Some have interlocking S & L, others an St.

Purely a guess, but I don't think these are the St. Louis Cardinals. I would guess some type of minor league team or maybe even an All Star team of some kind.

[Beatles Guy]

I was trying to photo match some of these to major players on the roster and could not. Chick Hafey, Bottomley, Hornsby, Pete Alexander....I could not spot any of them. Granted, my eyesight isn't what it used to be

[Mac927]

The player with an "O" on his hat and the player directly below him are wearing the Official pinstriped 1927 World Champions jersey. I have photo matched them to other photos of the 1927 jerseys. The sleeve on those jerseys have an "s" and "t" on the sleeve. The other 12 jerseys that are not pinstripes have the "s" at the end of "world" and the sleeve is an "SL" intertwined. There is no recollection of the 1927 team wearing this style of jersey, only the pinstriped versions.

[Lordstan]

I don't know if Marc Okkonen is still around, but perhaps an email to him would be helpful.
Cool photos.

[Giants00]

I have done some research on this a while ago. I have not reached a conclusion, but have some ideas. One resource is that the Cardinals have a museum and the folks there have been helpful on topics like these.
Check out this 1928 Cards jersey. http://www.huntauctions.com/live/ima...=381&lot_qual=
Note that this is the only non-Rawlings jersey you will see worn by the Cards. There have been several of this type that surfaced and the prevailing view is that this is a game worn jersey (although photo matches have not yet been found). How does this impact your photo? What I wonder is whether the Cards ordered Rawlings and Saenz jerseys that year and decided to stick with Rawlings and did use the others. Again, I have no direct proof, just a thesis.
dan

[slidekellyslide]

Years back I found a small stash of snapshots that featured some kids wearing exactly these same jerseys

I no longer own these photos

[GoCubsGo32]

Also, one says "World" and the other says "Worlds" as well.

cool reference Dan.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Years back I found a small stash of snapshots that featured some kids wearing exactly these same jerseys

I no longer own these photos

Dan,
The photo on the right, that jersey is wearing him!

[sporteq]

Love them uniforms!


Albert

[ramram]

Didn't the Major League teams often give their old uniforms to some of the Minor League teams when they were done with them or, as may be the case here, they did not end up using that version?

[Mac927]

FWIW the photos of a 20 year old Al Hollingsworth and a 17 year old Billy Myers are their very first seasons in professional baseball. Thought that was pretty cool considering they had decent MLB careers.

Still researching the uniforms!

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by ramram

Didn't the Major League teams often give their old uniforms to some of the Minor League teams when they were done with them or, as may be the case here, they did not end up using that version?

Connie Mack certainly did. I'm pretty sure all of his minor league teams were called "Athletics" just so he could save on uniform costs.

[Mac927]

Looking to get all these framed together...


The mystery still remains of the "World's" vs "World" Champions jerseys after 4 years!