"It's a family affair"......show us your Brothers Delahanty goodies

[tedzan]

Thanks Mark

I didn't think Tom was in that 1895 photo, since I cannot find any source of information confirming that he played for the Phillies in 1895.


TED Z

[bmarlowe1]

Ted - your photo appears in the 1895 Spalding Guide - hence it is the 1894 team. Oddly - the same photo appeared in the 1896 Guide labeled as the 1895 team. Anyway - the IDs from the 1896 Guide seem to be correct and they are:

Callahan - Allen - (Ed) Delahanty - Boyle - Thompson - Taylor - Reilly
Clements - Weyhing - Hallman - Irwin - Carsey - Hamilton - Haddock
McGinnis - Sharrott - Turner - Grady

Below from the 1895 Guide:

[tedzan]

Great research Mark

Thanx for identifying the players. And, I'm not surprised that Tom Delahanty is not in this 1894 Phillies team photo (Tom's Major League debut
was September 29, 1894).


TED Z

[Bored5000]

Being a lifelong Phillies fan, I have always been fascinated by Ed Delahanty. Here is a heads up for those of you not familiar with with Jerrold Casway's excellent book on Ed Delahanty. I have no affiliation with the book or the author, other than saying it was awesome read dealing Delahanty's with life and personality beyond the fall to his death.

http://www.amazon.com/Ed-Delahanty-E...s=ed+delahanty

In addition to Delahanty, Sam Thompson and Billy Hamilton all batting above .400 in 1894, reserve outfielder Tuck Turner also batted .418 that year. That was good enough only for second in the league, though, behind Hugh Duffy's MLB record .440.

So many awesome mustaches in that Phillies team photo from 1894. Amazing that just 15 years later, John Titus was the rebel for his mustache.

[Wildfireschulte]

Here is a Stall and Dean, Jim Delahanty bat that I listed with Mears this week - chopped at the end, but an unbelievably heavy war club, super dense wood. Only Stall and Dean Delahanty that I've ever seen

[lharri3600]

Not sure which one, but one brother took a swan dive off the bridge not far from my house. I could be wrong!

[bbpostcards]

Here's one not yet posted.