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RUKen · 05-26-2024, 05:03 PM

Wilbur Cooper was a holdout in spring training in 1921.

I have deleted tentative IDs in this post that were based on the erroneous assumption that the photo was from 1921.

The uniforms are definitely 1921-style. The 1922 uniforms had "old English" P's. I do not know when teams started wearing their uniforms for the upcoming season in spring training, so this could actually be a 1922 image. (Edited to add: Yes; it is definitely a 1922 image.) In that case, the pitchers in spring training were Adams, Cooper, Glazner, Hamilton, Hollingsworth, (John) Morrison, Yellowhorse, Zinn, and also Lyle Bigbee, Fred Blake, Hal Carlson, Phil Morrison, Edwin Schultze, Vern Ulrigg, Rip Wheeler, and Earl Whitehill. Some of these players were not in West Baden with the team, and only joined the Pirates after they had relocated to Hot Springs.

I've attached below two newspaper images of Drew Rader:

05-26-2024, 05:03 PM	#340
RUKen Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 313	1922 Pittsburgh Pirate pitchers in spring training Wilbur Cooper was a holdout in spring training in 1921. I have deleted tentative IDs in this post that were based on the erroneous assumption that the photo was from 1921. The uniforms are definitely 1921-style. The 1922 uniforms had "old English" P's. I do not know when teams started wearing their uniforms for the upcoming season in spring training, so this could actually be a 1922 image. (Edited to add: Yes; it is definitely a 1922 image.) In that case, the pitchers in spring training were Adams, Cooper, Glazner, Hamilton, Hollingsworth, (John) Morrison, Yellowhorse, Zinn, and also Lyle Bigbee, Fred Blake, Hal Carlson, Phil Morrison, Edwin Schultze, Vern Ulrigg, Rip Wheeler, and Earl Whitehill. Some of these players were not in West Baden with the team, and only joined the Pirates after they had relocated to Hot Springs. I've attached below two newspaper images of Drew Rader: Attached Images Last edited by RUKen; 05-27-2024 at 10:38 PM.