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Originally Posted by cinemaodyssey
This team photo of the Cleveland Naps is pretty nice but lacked player identifications. Other than the obvious ones (Lajoie and Joss) can anyone help with this? I think it might be from 1909 season.
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I am late to the party as usual. I worked on this photo a very long time ago. I had it pegged as spring 1910 - but I didn't rigorously confirm that. The players are:
back row
? – Bill Bradley – Art Kruger – Elmer Koestner – Addie Joss
mid row
Nig Clark – Walt Doan – Nap Lajoie – Deacon McGuire – Fred Link – Willy Mitchell – Elmer Flick – Ted Easterly
front row
Harry Kirsch* - Phil Cooney – Terry Turner – Neal Ball – Jack Graney – Joe Birmingham
* 95% sure on Kirsch. That's a nice pic of Kirsch if that's him.
Other names that were posited on page 916 don't match the ?. If there are any questions, I'll be happy to post comparison photos.