Cubs historical sleuthing: The Bob Ramazzotti mystery

Recently, Mike Bojanowski came across this eBay listing for a 1949 Cubs scorecard. In it, the person who scored the game made a change which doesn’t match what we know about the number worn by Bob Ramazzotti, who was an infielder for the Cubs from 1949-53. (Mike wound up buying this card.)

Just to make it clear, that’s not a photo of Ramazzotti on the cover — that’s the cover from the actual date of the game we’re going to look at.

Here’s the inside that shows the penciled-in change:

This game was played Saturday, May 21, 1949. The Cubs lost to the Phillies 5-1. It was supposed to be the third of a three-game series, but the other two games were postponed due to weather.

I call your attention…