1895 KC Blues Team Photo

[inthecards]

Acquired today from the estate of George Darby, who played all of 1 game with KC in 1895. The relative (great-niece) had no idea why he only played 1.

No HOFers on the team but almost all on the roster had some MLB time. Now comes the fun of identifying players. Marty Bergen was on this team before he quit in a fit and went to Boston (winning 2 pennants) - but he's famous for something else.

Anyone have other identified pieces that might help in ID'ing some of these players? The photo has no markings on it other than a "G.W. Darby" on Darby's arm. No idea if he signed it or someone was just id'ing him.

http://imgur.com/K1wNL

thanks, Alan

[inthecards]

oh yeah, it is approximately 19" x 15", image better than the phone snap I took.

[bmarlowe1]

"...No HOFers on the team.."

Actually, there is. It appears to be the '94 team. There is at least one copy of this photo with the names on the back. The major league faces present all have all been confirmed. The ID's are:

back row:
Henry Howe - Tim Donohue - Jim Manning - Bill Niles - Pete Daniels - Sam Nicholl

sitting:
George Darby - Tommy Hernon - Peck Sharp - Billy Klusman - Joe McGinnity - George Ulrich

[inthecards]

You are my new best friend, never expected it to be that easy!

Thanks so much.

Regards,

Alan

[bmarlowe1]

It's always nice to be able to tell someone that their photo is better than they think it is.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

It's always nice to be able to tell someone that their photo is better than they think it is.

Very cool, and worth a bump over a few of the autograph threads.

I posted my 1912-13 Kansas City photos over in the card forum, but it fared even poorer. If you really want to generate some discussion, you're going to need to forge McGinnity's name.