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03-30-2012, 05:57 PM
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Thanks for the replies everyone and the auto/Homer pic too, always good to see old Pirates stuff. I've read that players back then also played under an assumed name when they were signed to a different team but wanted a tryout with a major league team. Possibly they played in Outlaw Leagues or they were looking to jump a contract. I have plenty of free time tomorrow so I'll look through some old papers and see if I can come up with anything.
One of the players I checked was Steamer Flanagan, a T206 player. He didn't play anywhere in 1904 and only played with the Pirates in 1905 so I thought maybe there could be a mix-up. He actually played an exhibition game the day before his major league debut, then in his debut he pinch hit in the 9th inning but his name didn't make it into the boxscore. It was just a note in the bottom of the story
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03-30-2012, 06:15 PM
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Even one of United States Presidents played Professional Baseball under an assumed name.
In 1911 Dwight Eisenhower is reported to have played for the Minor League Junction City, Kansas team under the assumed name of "Wilson" to protect his "amatuer" status as a Football player for West Point. He seems to have been a pretty good hitter! Rhys
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03-30-2012, 08:13 PM
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Meier is listed as right handed in both hitting and throwing. The 1905 Pirate roster has known players; then among the 'maybes' who played a few games, none of those guys are right/right. So I don't think Meier played with the Pirates in regular season games in 1905. Maybe he was sitting on the bench with them and never got into a game, maybe he was with the team during spring training...
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03-30-2012, 08:24 PM
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03-31-2012, 01:31 PM
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On an unrelated note to Meier, I've noticed a lot of talk in July 1905 about turning the American and National League into one 12 team league. Barney Dreyfuss had some harsh words about the teams from St Louis but he also said no city would be able to support two major league teams in the future
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03-31-2012, 02:28 PM
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Jackpot. September 14,1905 Pirates play an exhibition game against the Springfield Senators. Batting third for the Pirates that day, playing left field was "Koch". The newspaper covering the game says:
"Koch, a recruit coming from nobody-knows-where, played left field for Pittsburgh yesterday" So I followed that lead and found this on September 19 "It is rumored that "Koch" who has been tried by Pittsburgh is really Dutch Meier, an old Princeton player" 
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