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Cubs historical sleuthing: 1950s play at the plate edition

Getty Images says:

Sam Jethroe slides home safely on a double steal in the fifth inning of game with Cubs as Cub catcher Al Walker stretches high for a bad throw from Shortstop Roy Smalley. Braves won, 3-0.

We have quite a bit of detail here: Three player names, an inning, the team the Cubs were playing and the final score of the game.

The only year all three of these players could have been in the same game is 1950. Al Walker and Roy Smalley were Cubs in 1948 and 1948, but Sam Jethroe came from the Negro Leagues to the National League in 1950.