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Charlie Duffee
"Charles Edward Duffee, aged 28, died to-day (said to be Dec. 25 but was actually Dec. 24) of consumption. He was well known as "Home Run" Duffee and ex-member of the St. Louis Browns, of the National League and American Association, also of the Washington Club, of the National League. He left the League in 1891 on account of ill health, but afterward played with the Atlanta team in 1892. Charlie 'Home Run' Duffee will be forever remembered for his proclivity to strike prodigious home runs at the ballpark." - Sporting Life, December 29, 1894
Duffee, the first Alabama-born player to come to the major leagues, wasn't "forever remembered," but like everything in baseball, he wasn't completely forgotten either.
As evidence thereof, here is a redone facegen.
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