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Title: Steve Bilko and Dick Stuart
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Ballew, Howard
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957
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: Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1899-1989.; Used in the Exhibit: L.A. Baseball: From the Pacific Coast League to the Major Leagues
Steve Bilko (left), the Angels' greatest power hitter. From 1955-1957, the burly Bilko led the PCL in home runs; he won the Triple Crown in 1956, leading the Angels to the pennant. So popular was Bilko that comedian Phil Silvers named his most famous character, Sergeant Bilko, after the first baseman. "I don't think Bilko talked too much," Herald-Examiner columnist Allan Malamud once said, "but he hit the ball a mile." Dick Stuart (right) the Hollywood Stars' slugging first baseman, was nicknamed "Dr. Strangeglove" for his defensive deficiencies. Photograph dated: April 19, 1957.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00049012
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 3313; HE-002-695 4x5
CARL0000052991
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/17417
Subject: Bilko, Steve
Stuart, Dick
Los Angeles Angels (Baseball team)
Hollywood Stars (Baseball team)
Baseball--California--Los Angeles
Baseball players--United States
Baseball teams--United States
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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