1949 Philadelphia Phillies Team Photo with Player Names and Positions
The 1949 Philadelphia Phillies team photo, featured in the 1950 Sporting News Baseball Guide, captures the players and coaching staff during the significant post-World War II era in Major League Baseball. The front row includes players Hamner, Trinkle, Cooke, Bengough, and manager Sawyer, along with coaches Perkins and Ashburn, and Caballero and Donnelly. The middle row showcases trainer Wieche, batting practice pitcher McDonnell, and players Roberts, Bicknell, Nicholson, Jones, Lopata, Miller, and Seminick. The back row features Heintzelman, Hollmig, Sisler, Mayo, Konstanty, Meyer, Silvestri, Simmons, and Rowe. The Phillies, based in Philadelphia, were competing in the National League during a period marked by efforts to improve their performance and a quest for sustained success, following a challenging period in the late 1940s.