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Originally Posted by Braves70
No. Sorry. I do not have Willie Jones. I wish Hamner had his hat on but we take what is offered I suppose.
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I believe that Hamner and Jones were both traded by the Phils to Cleveland in May '59 about three weeks apart. While Hamner STAYED WITH THE iNDIANS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON, Jones WAS TRADED AGAIN, this time to Cincinnati after only a few weeks in the American League. That could explain why Jones' photos with Cleveland don't seem to exist today, because he was there for such a short time.
Maybe a Jones photo as an Indian exists if there was a revised Indians' yearbook or maybe his photo is in an Indians' program from May or June of '59.
Anyhow, thanks for posting the Hamner photo. I'd just about given up hope of ever seeing a photo of him with the Indians.