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Originally Posted by UKBaseballfan

This image is taken from a Rochester team photo. John H. Fitzgerald played for Rochester in 1889. I certainly see a good degree of similarity between this image and the previous one posted. If the last image was from 1885 I believe John H. Fitzgerald would have been 15 which adds more doubt to the identification.

My bad. The newspaper date was actually 1895, as shown in the image filename. I've corrected the text in my previous post.

I made the same Rochester Fitzgerald mistake a few weeks ago. Regardless of the banner, the Rochester source photo in question (attached) actually shows the 1890 team. The players included are:

(back) Ted Scheffler, Tom O'Brien, Wells, Bob Barr, Sandy Griffin, Jimmy Knowles
(middle) Bill Greenwood, Dan Burke, Patrick Powers (mgr), Deacon McGuire, Will Calihan
(front) John J. Fitzgerald, Dave McKeough, Brinker (mascot), Harry Lyons, Marr Phillips

The player identifications match the 1890 Rochester Broncos team roster:
1890 Rochester Broncos

Based on the proper team photo dating, and according to the playing records shown for John H. and John J., the player in the lower-left corner is John J. (1890), not John H. (1891).

As a part of the facepack cleanup I'm working on, I've been digging into the "pitching Fitzgeralds." I checked with SABR and found that the woodcut of John H. Fitzgerald (1891) which I posted yesterday is the only verified image of John H. This is the image that will be included in the next release of the facepack.

Anyone who would like more information on the Fitzgeralds or the facepack cleanup can private-message me for details. I will be posting a missing player update soon, after I finish matching the OOTP missing list with the SABR missing list.