I was discussing my recent post about my 1902-1903 team photo from Matty McIntyre's personal album with a few friends (hi Steve and Val), when it became clear that Bill Carrick's E107 is wrong.
Here is that thread:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=260108
The image of Carrick in my photo (below left) matches up really well with the photo of Carrick on the Baseball Almanac (center):
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/play...hp?p=carribi01
Carrick was on the McIntyre team as you will see in the previous thread, so I think we are safe to assume that my photo and the photo on the Baseball Almanac are correct.
The picture on his E107 (right), however, clearly isn't the same player.
Comp.jpg
I found the following 1902 Carl Horner piece which labels the E107 player as Carrick and could be the source of the confusion. (If you have a larger scan of this please let me know.)
Washington_Senators_Baseball_Team,_1902.jpg
E107 has been dated to a 1903-1904 issue. Carrick last played pro ball in 1902. He played in Toledo (AA) and Seattle (PCL) in 1903 and then did not play anywhere again until 1906 (according to Baseball Reference, who also uses the Horner photo of our mystery player for the Carrick entry).
The 1903 Washington W601 also doesn't appear to contain a photo of our mystery player.
1903 Senators W601 - sm.jpg
(See LOTG for a better scan:
http://loveofthegameauctions.com/190...lot12079.aspx#)
So, does anyone know the true identity of the player on Bill Carrick's E107?
Thanks in advance!