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Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman
That combination isn't possible and it cannot be 1907 because of a trade that happened December 11 1906: the Pirates traded Claude Ritchey, Patsy Flaherty, and Ginger Beaumont to the Boston Nationals for Ed Abbaticchio. I don't think there is any disputing the fifth player in the middle is Claude Ritchey.
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AARGH! I agree. I withdraw my proposed date. It's not Abbaticchio on the left (maybe Leever as you proposed, or possibly Tommy Sheehan), but I still feel confident that Flaherty is in the picture. Storke debuted late in the 1906 season, so he is probably not the man next to Wagner.