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beautiful !

that bain collection certainly made my day !

If this photo was taken in 1911, it would have been during Alexander's rookie season. He won 28 games that year, a modern day rookie record. He pitched for the Philadelphia from 1911 to 1917, then was traded to the Cubs.

Alexander was one of the all-time greats and probably would have won 400 games if not for World War I. He missed most of the 1918 season and returned with a bad case of shell shock or post traumatic stress syndrome.

Rookie? He looks like he's in his mid-late 40's.

he is a little wrinkly, but he was in his mid to late 20's when he was a Phillie..

"A for Alex
The great Alexander
More goose eggs he pitched
Than a popular gander."
- Ogden Nash

More on pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander

Of course: a chew of 'baccy firmly in place.

Baseball stats for Fred Luderus here: www.baseball-reference.com/l/luderfr01.shtml

Great portrait and example of "public domain".

Bill Bradley, (William Joseph Bradley), (1878-1954) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Bradley began his baseball career at the age of 19, in 1897, with the Burlington Colts. He played for the Chicago Orphans, and for 10 years in Cleveland (1901-1910). At the time of this photo he played three seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs (1911-13). He retired after one season with Brooklyn and one season with the Kansas City Packers. "Bill Bradley was recognized as one of the best third basemen in baseball prior to 1950, along with Jimmy Collins and Pie Traynor. He led American League third basemen in fielding four times, setting a league record of seven putouts in one game in both 1901 and 1909." — [1] [2]