Help Identifying 1880-1890s Photos

[judsonhamlin]

I’m fairly sure it’s the 1887-88 Louisville team. The manager is Honest John Kelly and Lave Cross is top row third from the right. Joe Werrick is in the chair on the far right

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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, so I'm pretty sure that that is the year. I've attached below a composite of the 1885 team in street clothes with IDs; in a separate post I'll attach an image of the 1886 post-season barnstorming team.

1885 Louisville Colonels

Top Row (L-R): John Kerins (1B), Amos Cross (C), Norm Baker (P), Al Mays (P).
Second Row (L-R): Leech Maskrey (LF), Guy Hecker (P/1B), Dan Sullivan (C), Chicken Wolf (RF).
Center: Jim Hart (Mgr.).
Third Row (L-R): Pete Browning (LF), Phil Reccius (3B), Joe Crotty (C), Monk Cline (3B/LF).
Bottom Row (L-R): Joe Miller (SS), Billy Geer (SS), Ed Whiting (DNP*), Tom McLaughlin (2B).
*Ed Whiting was a catcher for Louisville in 1884, but did not play for the team in 1885.