Cy Morgan is really Benny Bowcock

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Originally Posted by milkit1

Good lord what idiot on the athletics organizations was providing the wrong photos?!?!

The "Lord" and "Baker" images were both included in the 1907 Sporting Life NL team composite. Both were correctly identified in the composite as Magee (Philadelphia) and Seymour (New York, but pictured with Cincinnati ca. 1902-03), so I'm still not sure where the mix-up happened. I'm fairly confident that The Sporting Life was the source, however, because the images for the Bender, Davis, Dygert, Mack, "Morgan," Murphy, Oldring and Plank cards were included in the 1907 AL composite.
(Please note, I do not own the cards pictured)

[MMarvelli]

T. Scott ... You and Mark did a great research job uncovering the Bowcock-Morgan switch and all the other related mis-labeled players prior to Bowcock ending up as Morgan. Your SABR article was very well written and illustrated, it was a mini mystery novel.

[bmarlowe1]

MMarvelli - thanks much for the compliment - glad you liked the article.