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So, back to the point.

As promised, a few more 19th Century items. Here is an 1872 Mort Rogers Boston photo scorecard of outfielder Andy Leonard, for whom we must give a debut year of 1871, though he was a regular on the first officially all-professional 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings (and, in fictional form, a hero of Darryl Brock's marvelous novel "If I Never Get Back.")

Leonard is a) a veteran of the first National League game, b) listed as the 19th player to make his major league debut, and c) an original 1869 Red Stocking.