germanyschaefer

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.

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.

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

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.