1949 New York Giants Team Photo Featuring Johnny Mize and Coaches
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The 1949 New York Giants team photo, featured in the 1950 Sporting News Baseball Ball Guide, showcases the roster of the Major League Baseball team. The front row includes players Tomasic, Fitzsimmons, and a group of coaches, including Marshall and others. Back row players listed are Shellenback, Lafata, Williams, Zabala, Irvin, Milne, Westrum, Koslo, Kerr, Jansen, Hartung, Lohrke, Thomson, Lockman, Hansen, and Mueller, alongside Behrman, Bowman, Kress (coach), and Rufer. The batboy, identified as Sterling, is positioned at the front. This period marked an essential era in baseball history, reflecting the competitive nature of MLB in the late 1940s.