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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Hmmm....The guy wearing the "B" uniform kind of throws this picture off as being a league all star game photo. Raleigh was in the North Carolina league in 1902 which also included the Durham Bulls and you can see one of the guys in the photo appears to have a Detroit tigers like "D" on his uniform which is the same "D" the Bulls used. If perhaps this photo is from 1901 Raleigh was in the Virginia - North Carolina League which included Danville which could account for the "D" and I suppose the B could be for either the Portsmouth Browns, or the Richmond Bluebirds.

Your best bet is to look through old Spalding guides....my collection only goes back to the teens so I can't help you there, but I bet somebody here has a 1903 Spalding guide that could probably identify the league. A lot of the guys you have listed on there I believe played in the Majors so this is probably a high minor league.