1945 Philadelphia Athletics Team Photo with Connie Mack and Coaches
The 1945 Philadelphia Athletics team photo features the players and coaching staff from that baseball season, prominently displayed in a structured arrangement. The front row includes Knerr, Peck, and Keefe, who served as a coach, followed by E. Mack and Connie Mack, the team's manager. Other coaches in the front row are Brucker and Gassaway, with Kell also highlighted among the team's key figures. The middle row showcases George, McGhee, Berry, Siebert, Bowles, Hall, Smith, and Rosar, along with Newsom and Tadley, the trainer. The back row is comprised of Black, Marchildon, Wilkins, Flores, Busch, Reidy, Kish, and Astroh. This photograph was included in the 1946 Sporting News Baseball Guide, providing a visual record of a team during a period marked by post-war changes in Major League Baseball.