1947 SAN JOSE RED SOX STOCKTON PORTS PROGRAM CAL LEAGUE

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This is a program from a game between the San Jose Red Sox and the Stockton Ports at San Jose Municipal Stadium. T appears to be nothing in the program that identifies the season for the game but my analysis of the rosters indicates that it's most likely from 1947. San Jose was a Class C affiliate of the Boston Red Sox in the California League. They were managed by Marv Owen who had a major league career between 1931 and 1940 with the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox; t's a small photo of Owen in the program. Several players on the San Jose squad saw some major league action: outfielder Nino Bongiovanni spent parts of two seasons with the Cincinnati Reds; infielder Joe DeMaestri spent parts of eleven seasons with the Chicago White Sox, St Louis Browns, Philadelphia and Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees; and Bob DiPietro and Harley Hisner who each had a cup of coffee with the 1951 Red Sox. The Stockton Ports were a California League club unaffiliated with any major league organization. The Ports were skippered by Johnny Babich who pitched in the bigs for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves and Philadelphia Athletics. Two members if the 1947 Ports appeared in the majors: outfielder Ed Samcoff played in four games for the 1951 Philadelphia Athletics and pitcher Lloyd Hittle played for the 1949 and 1950 Washington read more

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