Minor league photos of players who made it to the majors

[rhettyeakley]

Here is another of the 1921 Moose Jaw guys ( I love the really obscure team stuff!)

SHULTIS- Lane Shultis is pictured next to "Junk" Walters (I was right on that ID earlier)...


LEAKE-is probably Hollis Jefferson Leake or Albert Leake (the Leake in question apparently played with Edmonton in 1921). These are probably the same individual--but that needs to be confirmed. Hollis has some Zeenut cards which I don't own, 1917 and 1918.

LEIFER- is Elmer Edwin Leifer who is also depicted on a 1918 Zeenut.

GATEWOOD- likely Earl Gatewood who played briefly with the 1920 Portland PCL team

[MacDice]

This is not a minor league photo but an ameatuer team. Back row has Hall of Famer Earl Averill as well as Roy Johnson who had a decent big league career.

[rhettyeakley]

Cool photo of the young HOFer & Roy (older brother of the more famous "Indian Bob" Johnson)...



Edited to add: I have always held a special spot for Averill as I was born and raised (up to the age of 11) in the Bellevue/Seattle area and even at an early age I was well aware I was going to Averill's old stomping grounds as I'd go antiquing with my father in Snohomish.

[Kawika]

Haven't posted this picture for awhile. It's a team picture of the 1928 San Francisco Seals which was developed from a glass negative I picked up somewhere or other a few years ago. There's a boatload of MLers to be found. I tried to ID everyone at one time but let the project slide. Evident are Earl Averill, Frank Crosetti, Roy Johnson (1st row left), Gus Suhr (1st row 3rd from left), and a number of others. Even Moose Javian Junk Walters might be in the photo per the baseball-reference.com roster although he only played 9 games; I don't know which player he might be.

[VintageBall]

You can see every line and detail...!

[Heritage Sports]

My all-time favorite on this theme. The man in question, Shoeless Joe, is standing fifth from the left.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Awesome, Jonathan!

Is that yours?