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Fred 'Fritz' Luciano, a right-handed pitcher for the Topeka Owls minor league baseball team, is pictured in this snapshot from 1947. Luciano's record for the Owls in 1947 was 5-5 with a 6.32 ERA. He first joined the Topeka team in 1946, after starting the season with the Chanute Owls, an affiliate of the Topeka franchise. Luciano pitched for seven different teams over the course of his nine-season minor league career. He was a lifelong resident of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Digital reproduction of the photograph was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
Date: 1947
Item Number: 308842
Call Number: 2015-045
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 308842
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Baseball
Date - 1940s - 1947
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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