Can anyone tell me what team?

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Do we help figure out old baseball photos?

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Help identifying era of this old baseball?

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Baseball Fields. What do you think?

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Can anyone help me find out what team this logo is for? A friend has a picture of an old baseball player and we can’t figure out who this is, or what team.

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Montreal Expos - Parc Jarry - Mai 1970

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Dandy, the short-lived (1979-81) mascot of the New York Yankees roaming the streets of NYC in 1979. As astute baseball fans may notice, he bears resemblance to former Yankees catcher Thurman Munson (In fact, when Munson died in a plane crash on 8/2/79, Dandy was put on hiatus due to the resemblance)

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1945 Portland Beavers PCL Championship Ring

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This may be the best picture of the Polo Grounds I've ever seen. What a weird stadium and a weird neighborhood for a stadium.

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Does anyone know the story about this hat or what it is? My Father in-law got it at a game as child

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Jackie Robinson leaving Ebbetts Field after making his MLB debut with Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947 [692x965]

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Classic Baseball Restored ~ Smokey Joe Wood, Boston AL, 1915

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Babe Ruth at Lou Gehrig's Funeral. Sad. [1941]

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Beat authentication/appraisal site?

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Joe DiMaggio looking like your average Joe

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The Baker Bowl, one of the Phillies' first stadiums, featured a 60ft wall in right field. For a number of years, a huge advertising sign on the right field wall read The Phillies Use Lifebuoy, a popular brand of soap. In 1936, a vandal broke in and wrote and they still stink! on the ad [681x537]

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Connie Mack in Philly A's Dugout, 113

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It doesn't get any more classic than this. The New York Knickerbockers and The Brooklyn Excelsiors in 1859!

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9/23/1908: Fred Merkle stand on first base, with Frank Chance holding him there, just seconds before his famous Merkle’s Boner play.

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Image of Enos Slaughter and Joe Collins exiting a taxi cab in full uniform (1958)

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Jackie Robinson with a huge, leaping slide as he attempts to steal home during the 1955 World Series. Yogi Berra awaits. (1200x960)

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Ebbets Field, color, 1950-something.

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May 16, 1943 at Griffith Stadium, Negro National League Opening Game. HOFer James Thomas Cool Papa Bell of the Homestead Grays sliding at 3B, vs the Baltimore Elite Giants.

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... but I've got an awful lot to live for, thank you. July 4th, 1939.

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An injured Babe Ruth carried off the field at Fenway. [1935]

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Mickey Mantle signed baseball when was he in Baumount Texas?

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The green monster before seats were added (1996) [Stadiums]

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Classic Baseball Restored ~ Satchel Paige ~ KC Monarchs ~ 1945

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Shoeless Joe Jackson giving ice cream to neighborhood kids at Bolts Drugs Store in West Greenville, SC, summer of 1949.

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Who has more career doubles than Tris Speaker? Nobody. He's first all-time with 792. Here he is as player-manager for the Indians in the early 1930s.

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After umpire William Grieve issues a walk to a Washington pinch-hitter, Red Sox manager Joe McCarthy and catcher Birdie Tebbetts express their doubts about Grieve's judgment, 1949. [From LIFE's best baseball photos collection]

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Today is the 90th Birthday of Yogi Berra - the 1951, '54 & '55 AL MVP.

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Rookie Joe DiMaggio bats for the Yankees at the Polo Grounds in the 1936 World Series against the Giants.

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Beautiful shot of Jackie rounding first in 1956.

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Ted Williams shows off his swing (in boxing shorts?) at the age of 22, in 1941. He would go on to hit 37 homers, get 120 RBI & bat .406 - though would controversially finish second to Joe DiMaggio in the MVP voting.

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Honus Wagner's Basebal Card

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Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander warming up for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1917. He would go 30-13 that year with a 1.83 ERA. [2400x3000]

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Brooklyn Dodger rookie hopefuls at Spring Training [1948].

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An instant in time from two angles. Brooks Robinson leaps for joy after sweeping the Dodgers in the 1966 World Series.

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Classic Baseball Restoration ~ 1917 World Series White Sox

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John Donaldson of the Seattle Pilots. After their one and only 1969 season, the team moved to Milwaukee and became the Brewers.

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May 7, 1959. The Los Angeles Coliseum lit by candles as Roy Campanella is wheeled into the field by Pee Wee Reese.

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Ty Cobb in his 24th and final season, as a member of the Connie Mack led Philadelphia Athletics [1928].

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Ted Williams hits a HR in the last at-bat of his career, September 28th, 1960. Williams is one of four players in the history of the game with over 2,000 hits AND 2,000 BBs - and he is the all-time leader in On-Base Percentage with a career mark of .482.

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Ted Williams goofing around with photographer Leslie Jones at Fenway [sometime between 1940 & 1949 - but not '43-'45].

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Stan The Man Musial, 1940s.

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October 1, 1969, next-to-last game of the season. Harmon Killebrew slugging his 49th HR of the season, off Billy Wynne of the ChiSox.

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The Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association in 1884. Top center, Moses Fleetwood Walker, first black ballplayer in the major leagues.

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1923 World Series (Yankees Giants) at the Polo Grounds. Newly constructed Yankee Stadium seen in the background

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Babe Ruth slides safely in to 3rd, during an 8-1 win over Washington. [1925]

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Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, former home of the Minnesota Twins

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The 1967 Kansas City Athletics, in their final season before moving to Oakland.

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Outside Sportsman's Park in St Louis after a game in 1945

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A bear cub at the Cubs' Opening Day. [1916]

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Taking the horse and buggy to catch a Pirates game at Forbes Field on a Monday, July 5th, 1909.

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July 29, 1977. Mike Schmidt goes after notorious beaner Bruce Kison after getting HBP'd in the ribs.

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I am trying to figure out what team this would have been. I think this object was a pen holder. Thank you for any help!

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June 1st, 1975, Anaheim Stadium. After a 1-0 victory over the Orioles, Nolan Ryan celebrates his 4th no-hitter in 3 seasons.

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Exactly 43 years ago today, this happened.

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Lou Gehrig (and minors catcher Kenneth Sears) at spring training in 1939.

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The Polo Grounds, Game 1 of the 1911 World Series, Giants vs A's. Christy Mathewson on the mound, firing on all cylinders!

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Iron Joe McGinnity was ace #2 for the NY Giants, after Christy Mathewson. In 1904 Joe pitched 408 innings and went 35-8.

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Yankees at Blue Jays, Exhibition Stadium, 1985 [Stadiums]

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Koufax in Candlestick, June 26, 1964.

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Willie Mays doing his thing in the Wrigley outfield, 1958. Willie Kirkland bears witness.

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Classis Uniform Wednesday: 1976-84 Cardinals Road Powder Blue

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The A's during pre-game at Shibe Park. Couldn't find any info, I'd say between 1909-14.

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Roy Campanella talks with a young fan at spring training in 1959 as Walter O'Malley looks on.

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Third baseman Eddie Mathews of the Milwaukee Braves making the 1959 blooper reel.

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Hank Aaron and Sadaharu Oh, 1984

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Possibly the most unsavory, corrupt man to ever play in the major leagues, Hal Chase.

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(x-post /r/baseball) Major John Glenn (left) and Captain Ted Williams discussing aerial maneuvers while drinking their morning coffee at K-3 Air Force Base in South Korea, 1953.

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The shoes of Shoeless Joe Jackson, 1918.

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Babe Ruth poses with mascot, four year old Ray Kelly, at the 1923 opening of Yankee Stadium.

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Bill Spaceman Lee posing for Sports Illustrated in 1978.

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October 1st, 1961, fourth inning of the last game of the season. Roger Maris hits #61.

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Classic Baseball Restoration ~ 1910. Tinker to Evers to Chance

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Ernie Banks (1931-2015), RIP Mr Sunshine.

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Walter Big Train Johnson ~ Washington Nationals (Senators) ~ 1926

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The 1906 Chicago National League Ball Club.

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University of Pittsburgh students watch and cheer from the top of the Cathedral of Learning as they look down on Forbes Field, where the Pittsburgh Pirates are playing the Yankees in the 7th game of the 1960 World Series.

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NY Highlander Wee Willie Keeler bunting it where they ain't, sometime between 1903-09.

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Ty Cobb crosses homeplate after hitting a home run against the New York Yankees (1926).

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1976, eccentric Tigers rookie sensation Mark The Bird Fidrych pampering and talking to his beloved pitchers' mound.

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Mickey Cochrane of the A's in 1930.

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120 years ago on Feb. 6, 1895, Babe Ruth was born, and 57 years ago on Feb. 6, 1958, Ted Williams became the highest paid player in the MLB at $135,000.

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TIL: Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds were within sight of each other!

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Native American Stars of the Early 20th Century

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Eddie Collins ~ Philadelphia A's ~ 1910

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The infamous Polo Grounds of New York, 1923 [800x527]

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Hank Aaron on the dugout steps of Ebbets Field before a game on July 30th, 1956. He singled, doubled and homered (batting in 4), in the 8-6 Milwaukee win over Brooklyn.

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Fenway Park [sometime between 1935 & 1955].

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If a horse can't eat it, I won't play in it. Dick Allen in spring training, 1964.

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Baseball's first superstar, Mike King Kelly, was one stylish fellow in 1887.

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Jackie Robinson steals home on July 4th, 1948 during a win at Ebbets Field against the Giants. Boxscore and photo description in comments.

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View down the LF line at the original Yankee Stadium, during the World Series of 1927. Notice the strange angle at which the outfield wall is configured.

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Family legend suggested my great aunt dated a famous baseball player. I found a photo that hints it could be true (she's on the left with Leo, Whit is on the right).

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When down with the flu, nothing like a cigar in a hotel bed and your pajamas. Jimmie Foxx livin' the life on the road, ca. 1939.

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September 17, 1932, Baker Bowl. Dick Bartell of the Phillies attempts an inside-the-park job against Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett. Bartell was tagged out.

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Milwaukee, May 26, 1959 - Harvey Haddix faces Eddie Matthews in famous AP Wirephoto. The Kitten pitched 12 perfect innings vs the Braves that night, but lost 1-0 in the 13th.

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Roy Campanella. 1951, '53 & '55 National League MVP. Started playing for the Baltimore Elite Giants of the Negro league at age 15. Elected to the MLB Hall of Fame in 1969. Lived his last 35 years as a quadriplegic after hitting a telephone pole while driving.

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Bob Gibson's classic follow-through, striking out Tiger Norm Cash in the opening game of the 1968 World Series. Bob was on fire that day, striking out 17 Tigers, still a WS record.

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This is what a batting cage looked like in 1925 [World Series, Pittsburgh v. Washington]

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Experimental baseball uniforms of the 19th century.

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Bobby Doerr, Ted Williams and Dom DiMaggio show off their hops at Fenway in 1940.

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The infamous Topps baseball card of Ted Kluszewski from 1957, Cincinnati Redlegs. File under Dude, seriously?

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Fierce competitor Ty Cobb dressed in a suit for a studio portrait. [1910s]

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August 1964, Comiskey Park, ex-Browns reunite with fans under their rallying cry, which 11 years later finally (sorta) came true.

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An unknown player tallys another run against the Toronto Maple Leafs at their stadium, circa 1961

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Classic Baseball Restoration ~ c. 1925, Babe Ruth (Yankees) and Ossie Bluege (Senators)

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Rare photograph of Satchel Paige pitching; year unknown [3569x3750]

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The 1969 Kansas City Royals, one of four expansion teams that year, along with the Seattle Pilots, San Diego Padres and Montreal Expos.

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Don Newcombe warms up at Yankee Stadium [presumably in '49, '52, '53, '55 or '56]. Newk broke the color barrier for pitchers in a World Series, and was the first ever player to take home RoY, MVP & Cy Young awards in his career.

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President John F. Kennedy and his aide, Dave Powers, rise from their seats tracking a foul ball hit in their direction at the 1962 MLB All Star Game in Washington D.C.

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Catcher Ernie Krueger of the Cleveland Naps, at the Polo Grounds in 1913.

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John Chief Meyers ~ Brooklyn Robbins ~ 1916

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Ty Cobb slides into third ahead of the throw against an unknown third basemen.

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Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams at Yankee Stadium in 1941.

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Classic Baseball Restored ~ Cy Young ~ Boston ~ 1903

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Buzz Arlett only played one season in the majors. In 1931 for the Phillies he had 469 PA and hit .313 with 18 HRs and 72 RBI. But over 19 minor league seasons he hit 432 HRs and had 1786 RBI with a total of 2726 hits and a .341 AVG.

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September 2, 1979. Dodger favorite Manny Mota smacks career pinch-hit #145, tying Smokey Burgess for 1st place on the all-time list.

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Grover Alexander as pitcher/manager for The House Of David (1931-35).

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Classic Baseball Restored ~ Grover Cleveland Alexander ~ Philadelphia NL, 1911

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Say Ouch! June 28, 1966 - Willie gets beaned in the back. Took 1st base, didn't have to leave the game.

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Where Hank Aaron, Warren Spahn and Eddie Mathews played during their prime, Milwaukee County Stadium.

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Cheerful Boston fan Lolly Hopkins rooting for the Braves.

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Duke Snider and Don Newcombe enjoying Schaefer Beer on October 4, 1955.

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Tiger Stadium on September 14, 1968, here's Denny Mclain on his way to beating the A's 5-4, for victory #30 of 31 that season.

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October 3rd, 1962. Maury Wills steals his 104th base of the season, as 3B Jim Davenport completely misses the throw by catcher Ed Bailey.

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Pumpsie Green and Manager Billy Jurges, before Green became the first black Red Sox in history (1959)

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Need help identifying this team. More info in comments

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Gil Hodges, Dodger from 1943-1961

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Casey Stengel addressing his Yankees in 1949. Recognizable are Rizzuto (second from left), Ford (behind Stengel), DiMaggio (right of Ford), and Martin (last one standing on the right). Who can fill in the blanks (without help)? [source says 1949, but Ford wasn't officially on the team until 1950].

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Clown prince of baseball Al Schacht shows the crowd how to deal with knuckleballers (1930s).

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