jakedaubert

Top script reversed says "1st baseman Bklyn"

Not sure why the Committee thought this was 1918. Looks like the 1914 uniform (Daubert played for Brooklyn in both years). exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/unif... Also, this seems almost identical to www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5517545366/ dated 1914 on the glass negative.

Daubert getting the National League Chalmers Award (and a Chalmers auto) in 1913. It was a precursor of the MVP award:

Oct 4, 1913 Brooklyn Dodger Jake Daubert earns a new Chalmers auto as the first baseman won the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the National League MVP There have been three different "most valuable player" awards in baseball since 1911. The Chalmers Award was the first of those three and it was presented by between 1911 and 1914 by Chalmers Automotive — a Detroit based automobile company. www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_chalm.shtml en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalmers_Automobile

nudecowboy: Thanks for the additional information on this photograph. We'll add to the description when we update the record!

Not sure where the Oct. 4 date came from in Kilted Cowboy's post, above. I didn't find it in the cites. Most likely this is Oct. 7, the first game of the World Series, judging from the crowds in the Polo Grounds. We know they aren't there just to see a Dodger! (see next picture of Mayor Kline).

it's been a long time since this post, I may have just fat fingered it...

The Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Ore), October 11, 1916 used this photo in its coverage of game 3 of the 1916 World Series, with this caption: " Brooklyn Infield (Left to rlght) Jake Daubert, First Base, George Cutshaw, Second Base, Ivan Olson, Shortstop, ex-[Portland] Beaver, Whose Triple Scored Two Runs In the Fifth, Mike Mowrey, Third Base. " oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1916-10-11/ed-1/se...