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Originally Posted by Terry D
I don't think that is Jim Weaver. I think it is Bryan Kelly. See the two images attached.
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I think you are trying to say that the image on the left is Jim Weaver (without a mustache) and the image on the right is Bryan Kelly. They don't look to me like the same player. No way those eyebrows match.
Attached below is an image of a 1989 Vancouver baseball card that shows Weaver without a mustache. It matches up well with your image on the left that shows Weaver in a Tiger uniform in a B&W photo.
I've looked at three other images of Jim Weaver, and agree that it's fair to question whether the Brace photo is really he. The writing on the back of the photo says that it is Jim Weaver. Having started collecting Brace Photos probably 35 years ago or so, I find it surprising that for the first time now someone is questioning whether Brace Studio correctly identified one of their photos. I suppose that with the huge quantity of photos they handled, it's quite possible that human error crept in.
Given that you have now found a reasonable photo of Jim Weaver in a Tigers uniform, I would defer to that one and leave the Brace photo in a questionable status.