This is an early photo of Cubs Hall of Fame outfielder Billy Williams, and with the scoreboard matchups here it was pretty easy to sleuth this one.

This was taken at the original Busch Stadium, formerly called Sportsman’s Park, home of the Cardinals from 1909 to 1966, when they moved into the second Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis.

Since we have NEW YORK, MILWAUKEE and HOUSTON all on the NL side of the scoreboard, the only possible years are 1962 through 1965.

The next clue is in the background. There are no leaves on the trees seen to the left of the scoreboard. That would mean this is early in the season; even in St. Louis, somewhat warmer than Chicago in April, that would be the only month we’d see that.

Lastly, this is a day game and there’s only one night game shown on the boa

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