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Originally Posted by cinemaodyssey
I'd be grateful if anybody can provide me with the reference for the photo of Batten in the Facepack. I haven't had any luck tracking him down in the newspapers other than a brief mention from his one day appearance in the big leagues.
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The source of the photo you posted, which is also used by Baseball-reference.com, is the book 2000 CUPS OF COFFEE, by Marc Okkonen. Okkonen was under the impression that Batten had been with Montreal of the International League in 1913, although I don't know what uniform that photo shows Batten in. I have Okkonen's photo files that he used for the book. The caption for this photo from its original source (unidentified) said "George Batton," a slightly different spelling from the major leaguer's surname. I checked B-R.com to see if there was another pro ballplayer named George Batton who was not a major leaguer, and there wasn't.