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Originally Posted by UKBaseballfan
In respect of the 1876 Columbus roster the same source indicates the following players identified within the image to be on the roster:-
Simmons, Nolan, Doscher, Burke, Strief and Sullivan.
However Eddie Booth identified with the image is not included in the 1876 listed roster.
The following 4 players are listed in the roster but not as yet identified in the image :- Billy Barnie, Samuel Dodds, Jim Foran and Mike Mansell.
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I'm the person who set up the site you reference, based on the spreadsheets of Reed Howard. The Columbus Dispatch, on Nov. 16, 1876, indicated that the Buckeyes used only thirteen players during the season.
These were:
With the club all season: Barnie, Ed (The Only) Nolan (ironically not the only Nolan), Dodds, Martin Nolan (referred to as Martin all season long), Burke, and Doscher.
Foran and Mansell, who started the season with the club but left during the season. The ninth player at the start of the season was West, from Brooklyn, who lasted about a month (based on box scores), later identified as "Eddie" when he joined Indianapolis in June. I think he may have been the MLB Umpire Ed West of the 1880s, but I haven't proven that.
Simmons replaced West in June.
Strief joined in July
Shaffer replaced Foran in August.
Ed Callahan joined in September. I have not yet identified who this was, but he wasn't the 1884 pitcher. He came from New York and was with Columbus again in 1877.
The manager was Jimmy Williams.
I found a box score with two other players - Little and Dunn, replacing Barnie and Nolan - for a game in May. Little was with the club in 1875. Not dire about Dunn yet.
I'm not sure who D.A. Sullivan was. I think he was with the club in 1875, and was expected to be on the club in 1876, but I have never seen his name in a box score from 1876.
That, as best I can tell, is the entirety of the 1876 Buckeyes roster, based on box scores and articles from throughout the season. I need to update the database to include a few of these 1876 players who aren't there yet. On the list of things to do...
I've been trying to find information on the 1877 uniform, with no luck so far.
The Martin from 1877 is probably Martin Nolan. He later became a well-known lawyer in Columbus.