Brooklyn Dodgers announced 7/1 recall of shortstop Don Zimmer from their St. Paul farm club. Zimmer was brought up to replace injured Pee Wee Reese. Reese has suffered two leg injuries recently, and it is as insurance against a possible long layoff for the veteran shortstop and Dodger captain that Zimmer was recalled. Zimmer hit .291 and clubbec 17 homers in American Association in 1954. DATE: 7-2-1954 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 3 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, within about 2 years of when it was shot TEAM: Brooklyn Dodgers SUBJECT: Don Zimmer ISSUER: Associated Press APPROXIMATE SIZE: 4-1/2"x7-1/8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. 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: Donald William Zimmer (Popeye, The Gerbil) was born in 1931 in Cincinnati, OH and died in 2014 in Dunedin, FL. He played major league baseball from 1954 to 1965 as infielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and the Washington Senators, appeared in the 1955 and 1959 World Series, and was selected in 1961 as an All-Star. Following his playing career, Zimmer stayed involved with baseball, and became a major league manager for the first time in 1972 with the San Diego Padres after spending a few years as a minor league manager and coach. He was one of the winningest managers in Boston Red Sox history, managing the 1978 team that lost to the Yankees in a one game playoff. He was National League Manager of the Year in 1989, when the Cubs won the division.He later became a bench coach for the New York Yankees and Joe Torre from 1996 through the 2004 season. In 1999, he managed the Yankees on an interim basis for the first 36 games of the season, compiling a record of 21-15, while Torre was recovering from an operation. SKU: XP12342
Item: XP12342
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