Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2001.37.09

Description

Wearing their Tacoma Tigers uniforms, the players from the 1940s Tigers pose for a team photo. Every player signed their names across their jersey in this photo. The players are: (back row, L-R) Eddie Miller, Stever Grassi, Julian Morgan, Cy Greenlaw, Bob Spangler, Cleve Ramsey, Dick Greco, Fred Rickert, Red Harvel, Enoch Alexs. (Middle row, L-R) Ril Neumann, Marioon Moake, Earl Kuper, Peter Sabtis, Cliff Schiesz, Jack Highman, Neil Lelifford, Bob Joratz, Pete Tedeschi, Phill Dupuis, Stan Gilson, Harvey Nygaror. During World War II, Greenlaw also played on the Fort Lewis Warriors basketball team that won the 1944-45 championship at Peterborough. Greenlaw, born in Tacoma in 1916, played nine years in the minor leagues and was a hard-throwing pitcher. Greenlaw returned to baseball in 1946 after WWII and played for the Tacoma Tigers, having his best season with an 18-13 record and a 4.76 ERA. He played for the Tri-City Braves in 1950 and 1951 before retiring and then joining the sheet metal workers union. Rickert, who was born in the small town of Longbranch, Wash., in 1921, played in the major leagues in 1942 but World War II interrupted his baseball career and he entered the Coast Guard. After the war he reached the major leagues again and played for the Boston Braves in 1948-49. He made his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs in 1942. His last major league appearance came on Sept. 26, 1950 with the Chicago White Sox. Greco played for the Tigers from 1946 to 1957 and was power hitter, smacking 333 home runs in 12 seasons. He was called “the Babe Ruth of the Bush Leagues.”

Made/Created

Date made

1940 - 1950

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Search Terms

Baseball, Professional/Semi-Pro

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Tacoma Tigers

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Miller, Eddie

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Grassi, Steve

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Morgan, Julian

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Greenlaw, Cy

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Spangler, Bob

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Ramsey, Clive

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Greco, Dick

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Rickert, Fred

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Harvel, Red

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Alexs, Enoch

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Neumann, Gil

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Moake, Marion

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Kuper, Earl

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Sabutis, Pete

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Schiesz, Cliff

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Highman, Jack

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Neil, Lelifford

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Joratz, Bob

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Tedeschi, Pete

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Dupuis, Phil

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Gilson, Stan

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Nygaror, Harvey

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Rickert, Fred

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Greco, Dick

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Greenlaw, Cy