19th Century Player - Team Cabinet Identification Help Needed (OJ Players ?)

[DixieBaseball]

I think it is very possible that Wiseman was on the Nashville team before 1901. (He played for Mobile and New Orleans in 1896 and 1898. There is gaps in his timeline. Also, when you look at Baseball Reference there are question marks next to all of the OJ players that played for Nashville in 1887, 1893, 1894 and so on... These guys jumped around so much in that era. (Baseball Reference has a lot of these guys playing for 2 teams in one season, so it isn't exactly a science just yet due to lack of information)

I feel like it is one of the years that Nashville doesn't show a team for years 1896, 1898, 1899, or 1900. One of those 4 years is my bet...

Thanks for your input thus far... Long way to go to figure it out...

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by NashvilleBaseball

I think it is very possible that Wiseman was on the Nashville team before 1901. (He played for Mobile and New Orleans in 1896 and 1898. There is gaps in his timeline. Also, when you look at Baseball Reference there are question marks next to all of the OJ players that played for Nashville in 1887, 1893, 1894 and so on... These guys jumped around so much in that era. (Baseball Reference has a lot of these guys playing for 2 teams in one season, so it isn't exactly a science just yet due to lack of information)

Just so you know on the highlighted part up top

? is they don't know what the guy batted
* is a lefty
# is a switch hitter
nothing next to name is a righty

[RCMcKenzie]

I know firsthand that baseball-reference.com has erroneous gaps, as it led me to believe that Foley White could not have been the Houston player depicted in T206, until Tim provided a newspaper clipping citing White's presence during that era.

Maybe you can crop in and zoom in on the faces so that the face recognition guys can get a better look. I am not good at face ID's, but there are some real pros on here. If y'all could ID a few more, it might narrow the year down, or lead to other IDs.

[RCMcKenzie]

It could be, as you said, from the years that there is no data for Nashville from baseball-reference.com, 1896,1898-1900.

Ed Abbaticchio batted .363 and .353 for Nashville in 1901 and 1902, so if he is not pictured on this cabinet, then it is unlikely from 1901 or 1902. I don't see anyone who looks like Abbaticchio, except for maybe the guy in the front row on the far right.

[DixieBaseball]

Guys - Thanks for your opinions thus far. I added a closer scan to help identify the players a little better. Hopefully the facial recognition folks and some of the 19th century collectors (Old Judge folks) will chime in at some point. I may have to look up our ear and nose specialists as he has been invaluable in this type of quest in the past. (Don't start charging just yet )

[JeremyW]

Jeremy- Here's a cropped shot of Pete Sweeney. Unfortunately, I'm not that good at photo identifications. Maybe, if someone could do a side-by-side it would be easier. Jeremy

[DixieBaseball]

Thanks Jeremy... I will line these 2 cropped photo's side by side... Pete Sweeney played for Nashville Tigers in 1894 and Baseball reference doesn't have any other teams listed after 1897, so it possible he played partial years in Nashville other than 1894. Perhaps even in 1896, 1898 or 1899...