Gambo and T_Wil1 Photopack

[cinemaodyssey]

While Tnfoto's image of Jackson with the Phillies is a little clearer, I thought I'd post this as it gives a nice depiction of him with the Phillies logo. He was pictured in the June 21, 1933 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer being congratulated for winning his first start.

[cinemaodyssey]

Facepack upgrade, pictured upon his signing with the Reds in 1901. Image was printed in the June 4, 1901 edition of the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.

[cinemaodyssey]

Here's Magoon in a Cincinnati Reds uniform in case anybody needs it. He was pictured in the September 1, 1901 edition of the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.

[Cusick]

Here's a belated thanks to Cinemaodyssey for finding the missing John Grimes photo and for all his other recent posts of relatively obscure players.

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend, everyone!

[Merkle923]

Originally Posted by PinsonHOF

I'm looking for photo of Cards '68 number one draft pick Butch Hairston. Injuries it appears limited him to 280 games over a 5 year minor league career. Never made it out of A ball. I found his obituary and a photo of Hairston in later years. It seems his many academic accomplishments and career accomplishments made his baseball life a footnote.

Also I am searching for one of my favorite almost Cardinals , OF Rogers Robinson. I love the name and I am intrigued by his minor league stats.A .298 hitter with power and speed. Did he not have not talent to play at the upper levels or did the Cardinals never give him enough AAA at bats to prove himself? As a lifelong Cardinals fan I wish he at least could have had a cup of coffee. If I may ask for one more possibility: 3B Quique Rivera who unlike Coco Laboy , never got a look.

Very belatedly:

[Merkle923]

For years this image has haunted researchers. It's of...somebody...wearing an Orioles' uniform, number 29. We know it was taken in the visitors' dugout before the 1972 All-Star Game in Atlanta. And that's it.

Tonight, I tripped across this in the SABR bio of Joe Durham, an outfielder with the Orioles in 1954 and 1957, briefly with the Cardinals in 1959, and the team's primary batting practice pitcher from 1965 or so until the 1986 season: "Baltimore manager Earl Weaver brought Durham to the 1972 All-Star Game in Atlanta to warm up the American Leaguers."

The 1972 photo is the pensive color shot; the B&W portrait is from 1954; the last is a screenshot off Newspapers.com of Durham throwing BP at Memorial Stadium in 1974. Sure looks like he's wearing #29 there too.

Mystery solved.

[cinemaodyssey]

Local Cincinnati ball player Miller caught briefly for the Reds in 1877 and 1884. He was pictured on the occasion of his death with a nice article in the July 25, 1929 edition of The Cincinnati Times-Star.

[Cusick]

Congratulations, cinemaodyssey, for another great find of a missing player. This is really a double find, as George Miller was also a missing major league umpire. He umped 9 games in the National League in 1879. He also had the distinction of being the catcher for the first southpaw to throw a curve ball in the majors -- Bobby Mitchell. That was back in 1877 with the Cincinnati Reds according to newspapers at the time of Miller's death.

[cinemaodyssey]

Facepack upgrade, pictured as a member of the 1889 Worcester team (with a little bit of Remini magic applied). His previous image was a woodcut.

[Cusick]

Cinemaodyssey requested an upgrade on this player. Hopefully, this will do it. It's from The Sporting News of May 20, 1959. The reason The Sporting News was showing this 19th Century player at that late date was that Dummy Hoy had just exceeded McKelvey's major league record for longevity on this earth. McKelvey had lived 96 years and nine months.

[cardinalcollector]

Originally Posted by cinemaodyssey

Grimes made it into 3 games for the 1897 Browns, not meeting much success. He had been the star pitcher for the Evansville team earlier in the year. He is pictured here in 1935 at his wife's family reunion via ancestors.familysearch.org.

Add me to the list of grateful folks for finding a pic of John Grimes. He was one of 6 Cardinals/Browns that I had no photo at all. Now if we could just find:

Johnny Lavin 1884
Frank Millard 1890
Ed Haigh 1892
Leonard (first name unknown) 1892
Fred Fagin 1895

I will have them all!

Nice work cinemaodyssey

[cinemaodyssey]

Originally Posted by Cusick

Cinemaodyssey requested an upgrade on this player. Hopefully, this will do it. It's from The Sporting News of May 20, 1959. The reason The Sporting News was showing this 19th Century player at that late date was that Dummy Hoy had just exceeded McKelvey's major league record for longevity on this earth. McKelvey had lived 96 years and nine months.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks very much!

[cinemaodyssey]

Originally Posted by cardinalcollector

Add me to the list of grateful folks for finding a pic of John Grimes. He was one of 6 Cardinals/Browns that I had no photo at all. Now if we could just find:

Johnny Lavin 1884
Frank Millard 1890
Ed Haigh 1892
Leonard (first name unknown) 1892
Fred Fagin 1895

I will have them all!

Nice work cinemaodyssey

Leonard might be a tough one but I have faith in the detective work of myself, Chickazoola and several others on this site. Those other players will be found eventually.

[stlcardsfan]

Looking for a photo of 2021 Okaland Pitcher Michael Feliz. He pitched for one inning this year and was DFA'd. I found the headshot but its a espn/mlb mock up. Looking for an actual photo.

thanks.

[Chickazoola]

Originally Posted by cinemaodyssey

Leonard might be a tough one but I have faith in the detective work of myself, Chickazoola and several others on this site. Those other players will be found eventually.

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.

[Dto7]

I read in his obit that Ed Haigh coached the 1909 Atlantic City High School, baseball team.

[cinemaodyssey]

For what it's worth, these two pictures represent missing players Frank Keffer and Fred Carl when they played on the 1889 York team of Pennsylvania. The problem is we are not sure which is which, having correctly identified all other players in the team photo. Keffer was about 5'10" and 170 lbs and 27 years of age. Carl was 5'6 and 158 lbs and 30 years of age. Chickazoola has contacted a York historical society but if anyone has any additional leads that would be very helpful.

[prewinter]

Originally Posted by Dto7

I read in his obit that Ed Haigh coached the 1909 Atlantic City High School, baseball team.

It also notes he was in the Belcher Masonic Lodge for fifty years. I wonder if there is a photo of him from his affiliation there.

[cardinalcollector]

Originally Posted by Chickazoola

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.

Thanks for all that information. The depth of research performed here is truly impressive.

[cinemaodyssey]

Not a Facepack upgrade, but interesting if you wanted a Reds image for Baker. He only pitched in 1 game and yet was given 3 separate images in The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.