Yes, we must keep the faith haha.
Here's the scoop on the missing five St. Louis guys
Johnny Lavin 1884
Played several years in the minors, but so far no woodcut has appeared. He seems like a findable guy since he also played a few full seasons with clubs, which increases the chances of him being pictured in a team photo as well.
Frank Millard 1890
Died young in 1892, was a prominent ball player and attorney in East St. Louis, Illinois. Lots of coverage of his death from "Texas fever", but not woodcut. I think he may be findable since he was a prominent citizen. My one hope is that some East St. Louis papers start showing up online, the city had a really vibrant baseball culture and a number of our missing players have connections to the city.
Ed Haigh 1892
Haigh played several seasons in the minors and was from New Jersey. He died in 1949, so there has to a photo somewhere in a family album or something. Hoping someone posts to one of the ancestry sites.
Leonard (first name unknown) 1892
I've spent a lot of timing trying to track the case of Leonard. He was a Brooklyn semipro. My best guess is he was a man named Dr. Francis Ignatius Leonard of Brooklyn, who was a catcher for the Long Island College Hospital and the Utica semipro club in 1890, the Long Island Athletic club in 1891, had baseball connections and went by moniker of "Doc". There is another well-known player named Michael J. Leonard, who was playing in New Jersey at the time and went on to a minor league career, but he appears to have been playing for another club on game day.
Fred Fagin 1895
This is almost certainly Joe Fagin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...aginfr01.shtml. He was a Cincinnati semi-pro, who filled in for St. Louis during their visit to the Queen City. He was a fairly prominent player and played for the Shamrocks, which was the top club in the city. He also had a couple of brief stints playing minor league ball, but seemed to have preferred to stay home. As per Peter Morris, he was named Joseph B. Fagin and likely died on July 14, 1932 in Cincinnati. There are some photos of the Shamrocks from the era, but they lack IDs.