Old photo of an unknown St. Louis Cardinal player

[Michele]

Does anyone recognize this St. Louis Cardinals baseball player? The piece was bought at auction.

The photo is post-1905 (by the photographer's location) and probably circa 1910-1914.



It was taken by a well-known baseball photographer, Carl J. Horner.

Some info on Horner from cycleback.com:

Horner, Carl. In the early 1900s Horner’s stoic, some will say bland, portraits of Major League Baseball players were commonly reprinted by newspapers, magazines, board games and trading cards. He shot what is one of the most recognizable images in the history of the American sport: the portrait of Honus Wagner used on the 1909 T206 card.

While reproductions of his images are common, Horner’s original mounted photographs are rare and highly desired. He produced a number of hen’s teeth rare and extremely expensive cabinet cards with T206 portraits (same portraits as used on the baseball cards). These cabinets are usually on light colored and ornately embossed mounts with his name on the bottom. He also produced full body cabinet cards and larger mounted photos of baseball players. These are desirable, though not as rare or expensive as his ‘T206’ cabinets. These also have his name on the mount and are ornately embossed.

Horner produced some monster-sized composite baseball photographs. Made for particular leagues or teams, each photo contained many player vignettes. His name usually appears somewhere on the front. These are also rare and extremely expensive.

There are early 1900s imperial cabinet sized premiums that have reproductions (photoengravings with a dot pattern in the image) of Horner’s T206 images affixed to a dark colored mounts. Baseball card collectors refer to these as ‘Horner Cabinets.’ A few of the images in this issue were shot by Benjamin J. Falk not Horner. Though collectable and scarce, these are not actual photographs and are to be distinguished from Horner’s more expensive original photographs.

I haven't the slightest idea who this player might be and many online bios of baseball players from that era don't have accompanying photos. Thanks for any help!