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Originally Posted by cinemaodyssey
Quite an effort by Chickazoola. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!
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Agreed, amazing research and the obscure team photos are invariably a significant source of information. The Hutchinson team photo I believe also depicts Major Leaguers George Meakim, Toby Lyons and Guerdon Whiteley.
Faatz as shown is Charles Faatz the brother of Major Leaguer Jay, the very close resemblance could lead one to thinking it is Jay.
Corkhill is not Major League Pop but Frank Corkhill.
The 1886 Wilkes Barre team photo depicts long time Major Leaguer Bill Hallman who though primarily gained fame as a Second Baseman was the Phillies starting catcher in his debut Major League season 2 years later. The inclusion of Harry Brooks is intriguing as a player of the same name is listed in the 5th edition of 'Total Baseball' as appearing for the AA New York team for one game on 7/24/86 that year. The birthplace and date of birth of the Wilkes Barre player listed in Baseball Reference matches that of the player listed by Total Baseball. Brooks is not listed by Baseball Reference as playing in the AA. Presumably someone knows the story of why at one time Brooks was thought of as playing for New York and then that viewpoint was subsequently dismissed. Curiously he is also listed on the roster of the 1886 Scranton Miners. Was able to check the box score of the game played that day in New York when the Metropolitans hosted Louisville thanks to an on-line copy of Sporting Life. Brooks was listed as the starting pitcher and batted ninth but only once. Not a shock as Louisville scored 9 times in the first and 4 more times in the 9th. Centre-Fielder Chief Roseman then took over the pitching and Tom Forster entered the game as the centre-fielder. 'Total Baseball' confirms this account as he is listed with a career E.R.A. of 36.00 and a career total of 2 innings pitched. Brooks also contributed 5 errors in his short Major League stay, however it appears now to be the established view it was not Brooks but someone else who started that fateful game!
Maybe this is an oversight on my part but in addition to the 2 players highlighted the 1886 Scranton Miners also depicts Shorty Howe who I understood to be a missing player. Other Major Leaguers shown on the team photo could include Sandy McDermott, Dasher Troy, Frank Brill, Gene Bagley and Ed Kennedy. The inclusion of Brill has additional significance as the image we currently have of him is well after his playing days. Similarly the image of manager Dan O'Leary, though not depicted here as a player, appears to represent an image much closer to his playing days than the one currently portrayed in the facepack. Furthermore it is my understanding that the only image previously available of Gene Bagley is a line drawing so this photo represents a further advancement.
Al Nichols has been included in the facepack for some time. An 1877 Louisville team photo can be found on Craig Brown's excellent site researching 19th century uniforms. There appears to be some conflict in respect of the player identifications. I am happy to privately provide a copy of the source document with the previous existing identifications if necessary. The identifications on this document are as follows (l-r) Standing :- Shaffer, Snyder, Devlin, Nichols. Seated :- Hall, Craver, Gerhardt, Latham, Hague Floor :- Lafferty, Crowley. The conflict does not alter the identification of Nichols.
Other Major Leaguers included in the Belleville team photo are Ducky Hemp, Paul McSweeney and Chappie McFarland.
Major Leaguers shown in the Davenport team photo also include Pat Whitaker, Phil Routcliffe, Joe Kappel, Sam Nicholl, Bob Allen, Heinie Kappel, Jerry Harrington, Billy Rhines, Jack Fanning and Chuck Lauer. Analysis of the team photo depicting the Kappel brothers against the existing images of the two might well open up a debate as to whether the 2 brothers are misplaced on the Davenport team photo. In addition it should be noted that Heinie (right on the middle row) is listed as 6 years younger of Joe (left on the middle row)?
I believe the Murphysboro Clarkes team photo also depicts Major Leaguer Jack 'Rip' Egan.