Gerry Shea (likely) 1905 Alt
 

Gerry Shea (likely) alt for facepack, much higher-res version of current facepack image.
IMPORTANT: Read posts #8648 and #8652 below regarding questions about Shea's identity.

Kirby White 1909 Alt
 

Kirby White 1910 Pirates

Bill McCorry 1909 Alt
 

Bill McCorry, pictured with 1913 San Francisco PCL

Spec Harkness 1910 Alt
 

Spec Harkness, pictured with 1914 Venice PCL

Bill Tozer 1908 Alt
 

Bill Tozer, pictured with 1914 San Francisco

Boog Powell 1961
 

1969 Orioles

Boog Powell 1961
 

1977 Dodgers

Gerry Shea 1905 ID HELP
 

I just got a message from Bill Hickman indicating that the Gerry Shea image I posted earlier (the same image currently included in the photo pack, and shown again in its entirety below) may or may not be the Cardinals catcher.

I previously had the Shea image listed in my collection as "likely" Gerry Shea based on the year of issue of the tobacco card that the image came from (1909-11 Obak T212) and the fact that the image showed the player wearing a catcher's mitt--I don't have solid ID evidence, but assumed that two catching Sheas from the same time period was unlikely. I then "verified" my ID when I saw the same image included in the photo pack as Gerry Shea.

Could anyone here provide a definitive ID for the T212 Seattle Shea? If not, he should go back on the missing list.

Thanks...

Dolph Camilli 1933 Alt Phillies Uni
 

Dolph Camilli Phillies

There are 2 Shea's that I can find in the 1906 Spalding Guide - Both are catchers. The larger picture here is from Image 158 of the Newark team and the smaller image is cropped from the San Francisco team photo found on Image 314. Which one is is Gerry Shea, if either, I have no clue...

George Bristow 1899
 

Missing player to be added to facepack.

The guy to the left looks like the image in the facepack for Nap Shea also a catcher. The same guy is also depicted in the St. Louis Encyclopedia (I understand wrongly) as Gerry Shea. The guy on the right looks the same player that is shown on the Obak card as a Seattle player, is his first name Gerry, I don't know. There is a web site that lists major league players who appeared on Obak cards, Gerry Shea is not listed (maybe the list isn't comprehensive).

http://www.minors.sabrwebs.com/cgi-b...php?team=32632

SABR minor league Database has the players name as Danny Shea.... did not play in the majors

Newark Shea is Nap Shea

SABR Minor Leagues Database: Nap Shea


SanFrancisco Shea is Ed Shea

SABR Minor Leagues Database: Ed Shea

Tug Wilson 1884
 

Missing player to be added to facepack

That's an awesome link on the minor league rosters, twil. I assume that the pictures in the Spalding 1906 Guide are the 1905 teams. If that's the case, then the San Francisco player is catcher Dennis Shea.

I was unaware of the database for minor leaguers on SABR. Thanks again twil...

Danny / Gerry Shea
 

Thank you for the ID. I've got to get better acquainted with the minor league db. Lots of great info there.

I've moved the Shea images to my minor league collection and removed Gerry from my "found" list. This just goes to show how wrong I was to assume--I thought there wasn't likely to be more than one catching Shea during an era and there turned out to be three!

Butch Henline - 1921

Daisy Davis 1884
 

Alternate image


I'd like to echo the above comments. I had suspected that the image posted above was of Tug Wilson. That link confirmed it.

Vada Pinson 1958
 

1970 Indians

Vada Pinson 1958
 

1968 Reds