Here’s the information from Getty Images supplied with this photo (again, fixed a typo):
Jerome “Dizzy” Dean, Chicago Cubs pitcher, is eligible to play in the World Series in the event the Cubs win the National League Pennant.
Dean’s first year with the Cubs was 1938. They acquired him just before the season began in a trade that sent Curt Davis, Clyde Shoun, Tuck Stainback and a then unheard-of sum, $185,000, to St. Louis. Remember that this is the Depression, and this inflation calculator says that’s equivalent to about $3.