germanyschaefer

This guy was a real corker. He was the first player to ever "steal" first base. And he did it at least one other time. MLB finally invented a rule to prevent it from happening again, in 1920, but Herman was dead by then. This is an excellent photo, even if it is staged. He is wearing a catcher's mitt, but he was a second baseman. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_Schaefer

he also successfully stole first base

I love this photo. I like how he appears to be floating in the air, ready to catch the ball with this determined look on his face. I am not a big baseball fan so I searched his name to find a little more information about this baseball player. Apparently he had a big career playing fifteen seasons with a number of teams including the: Chicago Orphans, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Newark Pepper, New York Yankees, and Cleveland Indians.

@JGerbs...."he also successfully stole first base." I pointed out above that he was the first player to steal first base. I wish people would read others' comments before making further comments. @misschristieee: as I said, this is a staged photo......he is wearing a catcher's mitt yet he was a second baseman. He wouldn't be catching a ball in this fashion with that mitt.

@budderflyman ... my sincerest apologies. it wasn't personal.

That camera is going on my Amazon wishlist right now.

Everybody needs a volkswagen-sized camera. This is brilliant.

Wonderful image. I'm so glad the LOC is up here. This is going to be a heck of a lot of fun!

This is amazing.

To carry that camera around all day.... Makes me glad we have digital cameras now.

He played a lot of games at a lot of positions over a lot of seasons with a lot of clubs!

Safe to say groundskeeping standards have improved since those days, judging by the wretched little patch on which Schaefer stands.

Ringleader of the Chicago "Black Sox", who threw the 1919 World Series.

You can see it in his eyes...

www.baseball-reference.com/g/gandich01.shtml