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Originally Posted by scooter729
A new month, and hopefully it's full of new pickups for all of us.
My latest pickup, to add to my growing collection of 19th century Harvard sports collectibles, is this scorecard from "Class Day" in 1882, featuring a game between the Harvard baseball team from 1877 vs. the 1882 squad.
Most notable in the lineup of the 1877 is "Thayer, C", which is none other than Frederick Thayer, inventor of the catcher's mask.
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To follow up on the thread which started the month, and a question which was posted regarding the positions for the 1877 team, I emailed the Baseball Hall of Fame a couple of days ago, to see if they may have an answer for this. The gentleman from the HOF who replied to me was super helpful, and just found the answer this morning, courtesy of the next day's (June 24, 1882) Boston Globe article, which he emailed me (and is posted below).
For the 1877 team lineup, first base, second base and third base are designated as a, b and c; left field, center field and right field are l (left), m (middle) and r (right).