Old photo of an unknown St. Louis Cardinal player

[bmarlowe1]

The uniform date range is about 1909-1916.

[Michele]

Thanks for that date range.

I've also been asking about this photo on the eBay Bookseller's Board. Someone there said it may be a St. Louis Browns uniform, not a Cardinals uniform, since they both had the STL logo on the sleeve.

Someone else suggested it may be a young George Sisler.

Any ideas (or wild guesses) are appreciated!

[Oldtix]

The Browns didn't adopt that style jersey until 1916 per Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century by Marc Okkonen...and the photo looks to be much earlier than that.

As a previous poster reported, the Cardinals started using this style in 1909.

[bmarlowe1]

The Browns sleeve logo, that as stated began in 1916, was an "SL" without a "t". The photo in question shows a Cardinals uniform.

It is not Sisler.

What you have is a 1909 photo of Chappy Charles. He was in StL in 1909. Thanks to my friend Matt for finding this one. There also is a confirming photo of him in the St. Louis Cardinals Encyclopedia - definitely the same guy.

[Michele]

Wow!

Amazing detective work ... thank you so much! I'm absolutely amazed that you dug up a baseball card that matches my photo exactly.

This is very exciting ... thanks again for the great result!

[Michele]

For those who may not want to click on the link, here is the baseball card of the man in my photo:



Thanks again .... I am really amazed that this photo mystery was solved so quickly. You guys are the best!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Michele

For those who may not want to click on the link, here is the baseball card of the man in my photo:



Thanks again .... I am really amazed that this photo mystery was solved so quickly. You guys are the best!

Carl Horner was the preeminent baseball photographer in the very early part of the 20th century. Many of our cards ie... M116 (as above), T204, T206 etc...used Horner photos for their cards. Great looking cabinet photo. BTW, our forum has some of the best photo "detection" folks in the business...and they are always willing to help. regards