any thoughts on this Susini "Speaker"?

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Posted By: Bill Cornell

The seller mentions that he referenced Marc Okkonen's "Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century" to try to determine who the player is, but there's no good match for the uniform. I tried the same exercise and came up with this:

- Only the White Sox of 1914/1915 wore a solid color (blue) road uniform with caps with vertical white stripes. However, they didn't have an emblem on the sleeve and the socks (solid white with one stripe high up) don't match this player.

- The 1913-15 Boston Braves had solid color blue uniforms with an emblem on the left sleeve, but neither the hat nor the socks match, in this case.

The player in the background may provide a clue, since his uniform (all white with one fat stripe on the socks) is an exact match for the 1915 Boston Red Sox home uniform. Maybe this is Speaker in spring training wearing a non-regular season uniform?