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Tom Gettinger
"That prime favorite Tommy Gettinger, who was with Grand Rapids last year, will be in right field next year. This splendid player . . . will be kept . . . Everyone is well aware that there is no better fielder in the League than this same Gettinger, and all concede him as a good, reliable hitter." - Sporting Life's Grand Rapids correspondent, Jan. 9, 1897
Tom was only 20 years old when he played with the 1889 St. Louis Browns but his pro ball career lasted at least until he was 39 years old in 1908. In between his first major league stint in 1889-90 and his second in 1895, Gettinger played for nine minor league clubs.
My default facegen made him look much older than his age in the bigs so I took the only photo of him and redid it. The same smoothing effect that eliminates the shadows on these older pic also helps make them look younger.
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