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Since we're on the same page in the album (and Shieber references him in his post) here are a couple of more images representative of some of the different styles of images used in the Kalamazoo Bats set.

This is the card of Thomas "Dude" Esterbrook, a popular if not terrifically successful third baseman of the 1880's. Esterbrook got three hits in the first World Series in 1884 and had a total of five different stints with three different New York teams, and then met an end even more disturbing than the aforementioned Irwin, so we'll skip that.

As to the card, he's in a New York Giants 1886 uniform and when it turns up it usually is found with one or more 1886 Giants cards, but he's listed with the team he played for in 1887 - the New York Mets. The idea that these were late-season/off-season cards explains that logical disconnection, since the Giants apparently sold Esterbrook back to the Mets around October 20, 1886.