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Posted By: runscott

but I found it interesting that another black left-handed catcher (I think he's left-handed) is catching on an otherwise white team during the same period that Walker played. I scoured the web for photos of 19th century black players as soon as I saw this item, but no luck id'ing the player.

My collection of multi-player 19th century photos of catchers wearing fingerless gloves has now grown to two (I'm very particular).