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Originally Posted by infieldfly
Used kolorize on this one. With a name like Irish, I thought the eyes should be green. I have no idea what they really were. I assumed home uniform but it would be easy enough to do away if desired (layers are your friend).
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Looks good to me, not sure which of his features made him look Irish. (Update) was preparing this post as Jabez answered this question. In this context maybe an adjustment to the hair if it works.
Normally when it comes to eye color I believe the best point of reference to be contemporary baseball cards in color. Although the drawings aren't often an accurate reflection of a player's features you would expect them to get the eye color correct. Difficult to find an example of a colored baseball card drawing of Meusel.
Here is a Conlon 1924 image of Johnny Cooney with the Braves. Cooney's Major League playing career extended from 1921 to 1944. However at the end of his 10 year stretch with the Braves in 1930 he did not reappear until 1935. A perennial back-up player in those 10 years his most significant impact was on his return to the Majors commencing in 1936 with Brooklyn.
Was the Dodgers starting centre-fielder and lead-off batter in 1936 and 1937. Returning to the Braves (Bees) in 1938 he batted second occupying right field in 1938 and centre-field in 1939. In many ways 1940 was his most significant year but he was unable to crack the starting outfield of Chet Ross, Max West and Gene Moore. He finished 11th in MVP voting despite his back-up status batting .318. Restored as the Braves starting centre-fielder and lead-off batter in 1941, he batted .319 and again featured in MVP voting. Returned to Brooklyn in 1943 and shared the 1944 campaign with Brooklyn before ending his career with the Yankees.