This scorecard is from the May 7, 1880 match between the Boston and Troy (the date says May 11 but Troy came in for a three game series and for some reason this scorecard was used to score the first game which was Friday's). 1880 was the only year that Jim O'Rourke and his brother John played on the same major league team. In the Boston lineup Jim is batting second and John is batting third. This scorecard is also significant in that for Troy Roger Connor is playing in his fourth major league game and Mickey Welch is starting his second major league game.
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