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Originally Posted by Expos 1969-2004
Hi!
I found this picture in an auctioned lot of Phillies mentioning Al Lakeman was one of the players. Eliminating some photos, I'm down to this image.
According to Baseball reference Lakeman was a right-handed batter and wore numbers 25-26 and 36 with the Phillies.
When I compare the nose and cheeks with other "confirmed" pictures of Lakeman, that seems to be the pictured player.
Any other comments of opinions?
Thanks!
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The player in that photo appears to be wearing the familiar "white P on red" cap that the Phillies began using in 1950. When Lakeman was on the team in 1947-'48 his cap would have looked like this:
