What league are we in Anyway?
A pencil portrait of a baseball manager captioned 'Bucky Harris ponders over his rookie problems', surrounded by six players labelled with home towns and statistics (Won 24 Lost 10; .320; Won 11 Lost 11; .334; .303). The caption asks what a Sioux City average is worth in Washington. This is a sports-page cartoon with no clear persuasion technique; card-stacking (a selected set of minor-league figures) is a weak fit.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- March 22, 1936
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Media and information
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743103 (NAID 5743103).
Text on the object
BUCKY HARRIS PONDERS OVER HIS ROOKIE PROBLEMS... THE QUESTION IS--- WHAT IS A SIOUX CITY AVERAGE WORTH IN WASHINGTON ? WON-24 LOST-10 PETE APPLETON from MONTREAL.. .320 ROBERTO ESTALELLA from HARRISBURG WON-11 LOST-11 KENDALL CHASE from PANAMA CITY.... .334 DEE MILES from CHATTANOOGA .303 BUDDY LEWIS from CHATTANOOGA Jim Berryman Orlando, Fla.
