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Originally Posted by RUKen
The St. Louis uniform on the player in UKBaseballFan's post #37916 is in the style of 1911 through 1914, and he is not wearing a catcher's mitt. Spencer's last season with the Browns was 1908, his SABR bio does not indicate any renewed connection with that team, and prior to 1918 he did not play any defensive position other than catcher in the major leagues. I think that the player in that photo is someone else, though he may have been misidentified as Tubby Spencer in an auction. The Browns had a pitcher in 1912 who appeared in just one early-season game named Fred "Hack" Spencer; I believe this is an image of him. ("Hack" was also an alternate nickname for Ed "Tubby" Spencer, but the Browns' pitcher was a different man.)
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Do you think it could possibly be William Rumler?