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Originally Posted by Cusick
The Joe Stephenson 1943 Giants' photo comes from Baseball Birthdays. It does have the zip up uniform, and the right ear seems to be a match. The Cubs' photo of Stephenson was from an earlier post on this photo, and bears a strong facial resemblance to our mystery catcher. I think this may be the guy.
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It definitely looks like Stephenson (I didn't know he was Jerry Stephenson's dad!), since he has that submental depression (crease between lower lip and chin) that Aragón didn't. Good find!
Now I wonder when the pic is from. After 1943, Stephenson was a Cub (1944 ML, 1945-46 minors), White Sox (1947 ML, 1948 minors) and Brave (1948-1950 minors). That doesn't seem to leave a lot of time for him to be wearing Giant togs in 1947 or early '48.
I guess Dressed to the Nines could have it completely the wrong way around, with Joe wearing the single-striped sleeves before Johnny Gee wore the doubles. Or maybe the uniform was an alternate uniform. Or Joe had it altered, for some reason.
Still annoying, but I do think it's Joe.
