OUTFIELDER TURNS PITCHERHal Jeffcoat, who for 6 years played as a major league outfielder, assumed the role of pitcher today when he went to the mound for the Chicago Cubs against the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th inning of the exhibition game. Here Jeffcoat gets ready to hrul the ball to teh plate.
DATE: 4-7-1954
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: Chicago Cubs
SUBJECT: Hal Jeffcoat
ISSUER: Associated Press
APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8-1/4"x10"
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: Harold Bentley Jeffcoat was born in 1924 in West Columbia, SC and died in 2007 in Tampa, FL. He played major league baseball from 1948 to 1959 as outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals. He is the younger brother of George Jeffcoat. His brothers William and Charles were minor league pitchers, and his son Harold Jeffcoat pitched in the minors.
SKU: L15156
Item: L15156