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Originally Posted by GeoPoto
"This is actually a double error, card and holder. The player is Bill Krieg, not Sam Crane."
Is that right? Both players played for Washington in 1887, but the clue is the position designation, I guess. Thanks for pointing that out. Getting the players confused is actually not hard to understand given the similarities in their appearance. Assuming the Old Judge cards are correct!?
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I'd say those photos are correct. The player wouldn't have changed uniforms mid-photos and both players were let go early in the year, about a month after these photos were taken, so they were definitely taken the same day. Krieg had a card the next year with Minneapolis for comparison.
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