DATE: 1965 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 3 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, within about 2 years of when it was shot TEAM: Minnesota Twins SUBJECTS: Dave Boswell, Sam Mele, Earl Battey, Jimmie Hall APPROXIMATE SIZE: 5-1/2"x8" 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: David Wilson Boswell was born in 1945 in Baltimore, MD and died in 2012 in Joppa, MD. He played major league baseball from 1964 to 1971 as pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles, and appeared in the 1965 World Series. Boswell had his finest year in 1969, going 20-12 with a 3.23 ERA and 190 strikeouts. However, he made headlines in a bad way in August when he got into a fight with his manager, Martin, at the misnomered Lindell's AC in Detroit. As a result of the fight at the smoky little bar beloved by Detroit Tigers fans, reportedly scored 20-7 (as in, twenty stitches for Boswell and seven for Martin), Boswell was left unconscious in an alley. Nonetheless, he started Game Two of the 1969 ALCS, giving up just one run before suffering an injury in the 10th and taking the loss. Following that injury, Boswell was never the same pitcher. He went 3-7 with a 6.42 ERA for the Twins in 1970. He again got into a highly publicized fight while celebrating the team's division title that fall, requiring 23 stitches, and did not pitch in the postseason. Released by the team in early 1971, he was signed by the Tigers, ironically then managed by Martin. He lasted only 3 games with the club before being released and catching on with the Baltimore Orioles, for whom he threw his last big league pitch that September. Jimmie Randolph Hall was born in 1938 in Mount Holly, NC. He played major league baseball from 1963 to 1970 as outfielder for the Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Cleveland Indains, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves, appeared in the 1965 World Series, and was selected in 1964 and 1965 as an All-Star. Jimmie Hall broke the American League rookie record for the most home runs (previously held by Ted Williams) when he hit 33 in 1963. He was beaned in 1964 and was never quite the same. He was not good against lefties, and explained that in the rural area where he grew up he rarely saw any lefties. SKU: X11254a
Item: X11254a
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