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Larry Murphy and Clarence Murphy
I was perusing the missing players list and came across an interesting thing. Clarence Murphy, a player (and missing player) for whom almost nothing is known, was the starting CF for the 1887 St. Paul Saints and then seemingly dropped off the face of the earth. He had contributed 205 hits and stole 80 bases while batting .350. The following season CF was occupied by 31 year old Larry Murphy, who didn't hit as well but contributed 94 stolen bases. He has no record of playing professionally before that, at least on Baseball-Reference. I'm curious if they are the same person?
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