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This is a photograph of the Boston Red Sox major league baseball team in either 1926 or 1927. Among those pictured is Kansan Del Lundgren, a right-handed pitcher from Lindsborg (seated on the far left in the front row). The only other person identified in the photo is baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who is standing in the center in the light-colored suit. Del Lundgren appeared in 56 major league games, including 48 games with the Red Sox in 1926-27 and eight games with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1924. His major league record was 5-15, with an ERA of 6.51. In addition to his major league career, Lundgren pitched in 202 minor league games for four different teams, including the Salina Millers, Birmingham Barons, Nashville Volunteers, and Minneapolis Millers. Altogether, Lundgren's professional baseball career spanned the period 1922-1930.
Date: Between 1926 and 1927
Item Number: 312907
Call Number: B Lundgren, Eben Delmar *3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 312907
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Baseball
Date - 1920s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Lindsborg
Places - Counties - McPherson
Places - Other States - Massachusetts - Boston
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Photographs
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