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Like almost everybody else in the era, Charlie Zimmer had a nickname. "Chief" was that rarest of 19th Century catchers who survived the nearly-barehanded, nearly-maskless era sufficiently well to stay behind the plate for nearly all of his 19 years and still got behind the bat occasionally as player-manager of the 1903 Phillies (he played only 34 games at other positions).

More of these, including more of the Mort Rogers scorecards, and some rare 1888 California League photos, in the next few days.