Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C81-20-63
President John F. Kennedy throws out the first pitch at opening day of the 1963 baseball season at D. C. Stadium; the Washington Senators hosted the Baltimore Orioles. Also pictured: Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Larry O’Brien; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (face partially hidden); Owner of the Washington Senators, James M. Johnston; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Joseph Cronin; Manager of the Baltimore Orioles, Billy Hitchcock (mostly hidden); Manager of the Washington Senators, James Barton "Mickey" Vernon; Washington Boys Clubs baseball players, Daniel Harnett and Levi Fraser; White House Secret Service agent, John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]