Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Yawkey and Gov. Saltonstall talk to Connie Mack, at Fenway, ca. 1939
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
While Leverett Saltonstall was governor of Massachusetts (1939-1945), the Red Sox hosted the Athletics on Opening Day during three seasons -- 1939, 1940, and 1942 (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).