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Title
Johnny Podres at Dodger stadium
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Leonard, Gary
Date Created and/or Issued
2005
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
John Joseph "Johnny" Podres (born September 30, 1932 in Witherbee, New York) is a former Major League baseball left-handed starting pitcher who played with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1953-55, 1957-67); Detroit Tigers (1966-67), and San Diego Padres (1969). Podres helped his Dodgers teams win the World Series in 1955, 1959 and 1963. In the 1955 Series he beat the Yankees 8-3 in Game Three and shut them out 2-0 in Game Seven, brings its first WS championship to Brooklyn in 8 tries, including five consecutive MVP Award and was honored as the sportsman of the year by Sports Illustrated magazine.
Photo of Johnny Podres on the pitchers mound at Dodger Stadium for the 1955 Dodgers reunion. Photo dated August 28, 2005.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :color
Photographic prints
Identifier
00063489
Gary Leonard Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b41_f4_i16
CARL0000069256
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/119192
Subject
Podres, Johnny,--1932-2008
Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)
Baseball--California--Los Angeles
Baseball players--United States
Baseball fields--California--Los Angeles
Stadiums--California--Los Angeles
Pitchers (Baseball)--United States
Portrait photographs
Gary Leonard Collection photographs
Time Period
2001-2010

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