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Originally Posted by RUKen
The Louisville team photo does not have Honus Wagner in it, but it does have Pete Browning, who ought to be in the HOF. He is on the far left in the middle row. The uniform shirts match the style worn in 1885 and 1886, but the caps do not match those seen in any other photos from those years (but the record is incomplete). The manager (in street clothes) looks like Jim Hart, who managed the team in those two seasons only. I've attached below a composite of the 1885 team in street clothes with IDs; in a separate post I'll attach an 1886 image.
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1886 Louisville Colonels post-season barnstorming team
Jim Hart (Mgr.), center.
Clockwise starting after mascot (Jim Hart's son):
Tony Hellman (C/DNP), Reddy Mack (2B), Joe Werrick (3B), Paul Cook (1B), Monk Cline (OF/DNP)(under Hart), Dave Foutz (P/DNP), Hub Collins (LF), Phil Reccius (OF), Bill Dighton White (SS).
DNP indicates players who did not play on the Louisville team in the 1886 AA season.