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Originally Posted by Patsy Tebeau
Fred Crane (1873) is also a missing player apparently. SABR did some research and found that the Fred Crane who played for the Brooklyn Atlantics in the 1860s is in fact not the same player who played in the NA from 1873-75.
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Good catch, yes I've spent quite a bit of time on the case. The 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics player is definitely a guy called Thomas Crane. I can trace him through about 1888 living in Hell's Kitchen area in Manhattan, but then don't know what happens to him.
The 1873 player could be Thomas Crane, but it could also be local New Jersey player, and at least one account suggests it might have been an alias.