Help Id'ing Team Photo from Matty McIntyre's Album

[Jobu]

I picked up this photo from Matty McIntyre's scrapbook. I believe it is from 1903-1905 and shows him playing winter ball with some other major leaguers in Cuba as well as Cuban star Esteban Prats.

Does anyone have info on this team?

Can you help me id the players?

I found this old thread on the McIntyre albums: http://t.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=84058

The back has the following names (as far as I can read them): Mitchell, Hurly, Robinson, McCarthy, Warren, Hickman, Quinlan, Pratt, McIntire, and Schrappy.

Top Row (left to right) --- (LOTS OF UPDATES BELOW)

1) Mike Mitchell
2)
3) Rabbit Robinson ?
4) Jack McCarthy ?
5) Bill Warren ?
6) Charlie Hickman ?
7) Thomas Finners Quinlan?
8)

Bottom Row (left to right)

1) Esteban Prats
2) Matty McIntyre
3) Chappy Charles ?

Thanks!

[trdcrdkid]

I'm pretty sure that's Mike Mitchell in the upper left (#1 in top row). He didn't make the majors until 1907, though he played in the minors from 1902-06. According to baseball-reference, he played in Cuba with the Reds in 1908 and the Phillies in 1911. If one of the last two guys in the top row is Finners Quinlan (which is plausible but not certain -- compare the Zeenut and the newspaper picture of Quinlan below), then this can't be any earlier than 1908, when he first played professionally. This rather detailed bio of Quinlan doesn't mention anything about him playing in Cuba, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything: https://finner68.wordpress.com/2017/...-ww-i-veteran/

[Webster]

Agree that top left is Mitchell. There is a picture (labeled) of him with Robinson in the link to the album you included. Lower right looks like it could be Chappy Charles.

[Jobu]

Thanks for the input guys - I have updated the list. I based the date range on the previous Net54 thread - it is quite possible that this was taken in 1907 or 1908.

Finners does still look plausible - similar jaw, chin, and nose. Thanks for the additional pics.

Chappy would fit with the name on the back too - and it would be fun if they used his nickname to give him a nickname. His chin, jaw, and head shape look right too.

[Tripredacus]

I found this quote from Tampa Bay Times April 2, 2017

"in May 1902, an All-Cuban baseball squad was touring Florida. A game was scheduled against Tampa's all-star team."

http://www.pressreader.com/usa/tampa...82741996644263

[trdcrdkid]

Baseball-reference.com shows Chappy Charles playing for Matanzas in Cuba in 1908, alongside Esteban Prats. That was Charles's first year in the majors, and second year playing professionally.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...gi?id=7e05df0f

George McQuillan also played on that team, and I suspect that he, not Finners Quinlan, is the "Quinlan" at the right in the top row.