DATE: 1939 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: Chicago White Sox SUBJECT: Jimmy Dykes APPROXIMATE SIZE: 6-5/8"x10-3/8" MARKS / STAMPING: Overall photo, including hats below Dykes, is a sort of collage consisting of clipped and cropped photographs glued to a thin piece of card stock for use in publication. Matching caption clipped from the article in which the photo ran remains affixed to the verso. The main photo of Dykes is clearly from the 1939 season and appears to be original, with the entire assemblage being concocted for a career retrospective article in 1960 based on the date stamp. I'm simply going to call this "Original" as it defies "Type" classification by its very nature. Please bid accordingly. NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: James Joseph Dykes (Jimmy, Jimmie) was born in Philadelphia, PA and died in 1976 in Philadelphia, PA. He played major league baseball from 1918 to 1939 as infielder for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, appeared in the 1929, 1930 and 1931 World Series, and was selected in 1933 and 1934 as an All-Star. Early in the 1934 season, he succeeded Lew Fonseca as White Sox manager; he was a player-manager from 1934 through 1939, and after retiring as a player continued as manager until early 1946. As a manager, he proved more combative and argumentative than he had been as a player, and was often fined and suspended; his 62 ejections were among the all-time top ten when he retired. After Ted Lyons replaced him as the Chicago manager, Dykes managed two years in the minor leagues with the Hollywood Stars. He returned to the majors in 1949 as a coach with the Athletics; one year later, the legendary Mack retired after 50 years managing his team, naming Dykes to the formidable task as his successor for the 1951 season. Mack, who also owned the club, maintained his position as president of the club and Dykes remained as manager until the end of the 1953 pennant race. Named the Baltimore Orioles' first manager in 1954 after that franchise relocated from St. Louis, Dykes left in a team reorganization which ended with Paul Richards becoming both field and general manager in 1955. Dykes then ended his 35 years in the American League when he became a coach with the National League's Cincinnati Redlegs, leading them as interim manager for part of 1958. But he came back to the AL as manager of the Detroit Tigers in 1959. At that point, Frank Lane, then general manager of the Cleveland Indians and famous for his numerous transactions, sent Joe Gordon to Detroit and brought Dykes to Cleveland in a rare trade of managers. Dykes managed the Indians from 1960-1961. In 21 seasons as a manager, Dykes compiled a 1406-1541 record; he was the first manager in history to win 1000 games without capturing a league pennant. SKU: X11259a
Item: X11259a
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