Cubs players you might not be familiar with Dom Dallessandro

Nicholas Dominic “Dom” Dallessandro

was born on October 3, 1913 in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Dom Dallessandro, an outfielder, spent the majority of his eight seasons in the major leagues playing with the Chicago Cubs. He hit.304 with a.400 on-base percentage in 1944, which was his greatest year. Let's face the harsh reality of the Cubs, who could have had DiMaggio but got this outfielder in place of him. Pants Rowland, a retired White Sox manager who had been scouting DiMaggio, He told the Cubs, "You can get a better ballplayer for half the money."

I've always questioned whether Pants was bought off to offer the Cubs owner false information so that he would choose poorly not to sign Joe DiMaggio. That's simply my viewpoint; everyone else who dealt with DiMaggio claimed that this young man was the best they had ever seen. Let's now discuss Dallessandro's "claim to fame" happenings.

• It's incredible that Ted Williams was once traded for him.
• Being only 5 feet 6 inches tall, he is somewhat short.
• Last Cubs’ player to be discharged from military service, WW2
• Throughout his career, he always got a lot of power hits, including doubles and triples. Not an easy out, he also finished his career with twice as many walks (310) as strikeouts (150).

The most recognizable set Dom was featured in

1941 Double Play (R330)

Number of Cards

It consisted of 70 cards and included 10 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

Approximately 2-1/2” by 3-1/8”.

Basic Features

The cards, which are distributed by Gum Products, Inc., feature two players in sepia-tone pictures, a type of print that has warm hues created by a particular chemical procedure when developing film. This issue, created soon before the United States entered World War II, is regarded as the last release of playing cards to fall under the "pre-war" category. Cards have blank backs.

Dom Dallessandro 1941 Double Play

1941 Double Play (R330) Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
1	Larry French-Vance Page
3	Billy Herman-Stan Hack
97	Stan Hack-Bob Klinger
101	Dom Dallesandro-Augie Galanw
103	Bill Lee-Phil Cavarretta