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Originally Posted by cinemaodyssey
Obviously from around the 1890 season, this player is marked as unidentified in the NYPL catalog. BMarlowe did id's for several other photos, but I couldn't find one for this guy. Does anybody know who this is?
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Originally Posted by Cusick
It seems improbable that one of the two above unidentified Phillies would be a man who pitched in only one game for the 1890 Philadelphia Phillies. However, I've examined every player on both the 1889 and 1890 Phillies, and have been unable to come up with any alternative which comes to such a close match. The photo of McFetridge comes from Marc Okkonen's book, BASEBALL MEMORIES: 1900 - 1909.
The ear comparison is a bit problematic. We're looking at the left ear of McFetridge and the right ear of the unidentified player. They both have unusual ear shapes. The bottoms of the ears seem to match. The tops do not. I have seen people with differing shapes in the two ears.
The eyes seem to be a bit darker in the Okkonen-acquired photo of McFetridge, but it's difficult to discern whether that is simply due to the lower quality of the photo.
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I believe there's a good chance this is McFetridge. Here is a photo of McFetridge from 1903, showing a similar fold at the top of his right ear.