Eddie Stanky and Larry Jansen are shown setting up a "squeeze play" with homeless children from the Cardinal McCloskey Home. The major league stars put on the same operation before the TV cameras at WABD with the miniature baseball hopefuls as a feature of "Our TV Toddlers," presented by the Cardinal's Campaign for Foster Homes, in behalf of homeless children. DATE: 1950s ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 1 Original - Printed from the original negative within about 2 years of when it was shot TEAM: New York Giants SUBJECTS: Eddie Stanky, Larry Jansen, Our TV Toddlers ISSUER: Catholic Charities APPROXIMATE SIZE: 9"x7" MARKS / STAMPING: Original paper caption remains affixed to the verso. NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a number of photos to be offered which hail from the personal collection of All-Star player and manager Eddie Stanky. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Edward Raymond Stanky (The Brat or Muggsy) was born in 1915 in Philadelphia, PA and died in 1999 in Fairhope, AL. He played major league baseball from 1943 to 1953 as infielder for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, appeared in the 1947, 1948 and 1951 World Series, and was selected 3 times as an All-Star. His Giants manager Leo Durocher once summed up Stanky's talents: "He can't hit, can't run, can't field. He's no nice guy... all the little SOB can do is win." Lawrence Joseph Jansen was born in 1920 in Verboort, OR and died in 2009 in Verboort, OR. He played major league baseball from 1947 to 1956 as pitcher for the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, appeared in the 1951 World Series, and was selected in 1950 and 1951 as an All-Star. After coaching and managing in the Pacific Coast League, Jansen returned to the Giants, now based in San Francisco, as pitching coach in 1961 and served in that role for 11 seasons. He then moved on to his final MLB coaching job, handling pitchers for the Chicago Cubs in 1972-73, working for his old Giants manager, Leo Durocher, and then his former teammate, Whitey Lockman. SKU: XP12974
Item: XP12974
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