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[Walter Blair, catcher, Rochester, International League (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    That was a nice catcher's mitt for 1912. Plenty of padding. The catcher had to catch two handed as it was still quite a few years before the mitt was hinged and had a web which allowed for one handed catching. Most catchers had numerous broken fingers over their careers. Catcher's gear was jokingly referred to as "tools of ignorance," but the catcher often was the most knowledgeable guy on the team, knowing how to handle pitchers and how opposing hitters batted and ran on the bases. Many baseball managers and coaches were at one time catchers, including Al Lopez, Ray Shalk, Branch Rickey, Yogi Berra, Connie Mack, Roger Bresnahan, Mike Scioscia, Joe Torre, Joe Girardi, Bill Dickey, Ned Yost, Mickey Cochrane, Del Crandall,and Bob Brenly,
  • aware health said:
    And don't forget the insightful in-game commentary from the likes of Joe Garagiola and Tim McCarver.
  • Denny Gill said:
    Add to that list of catcher/managers Eric Wedge of the Seattle Mariners.
  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    How could I forget Steve O'Neill of Detroit Tigers fame?

Kilhullen, Phila 1912 (LOC)

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  • Phyllis Karsten said:
    His mitt has just the thumb and other fingers, but he's not wearing chest protector or shin pads. At one time the first baseman had a light weight mitt rather than the five fingered glove.
  • Tim Cullen said:
    1913 Philadelphia Athletics statistics Oddly, their roster from that year doesn't list Pat Kilhullen. The only reference I can find to him is this, but he only played one game for the Pirates in 1914.

[Ray Frost wearing a minor league uniform (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • shanan said:
    What does the J stand for? Hmmmm.
  • Ted Sherarts said:
    So many white players in those days had big ears.
  • Harry Angstrom said:
    query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D00E2D9123BE633A... This article mentions him playing for Toledo, Lancaster and Cincinnati.
  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    Gee, make fun of the guy cuz his ears are big? Maybe it allowed him to hear better and hold up big glasses. Maybe his wife liked having big ears to hang onto. Whatever, he pitched in the major leagues. And TedSher, ALL the players in the majors in "those days" were white.
  • Richard Norton said:
    His name was James Ray Frost (1891-?). I found him in the World War I draft as a professional baseball player living in Peebles, Ohio and playing in Dayton, Ohio. He married Mary I., and by 1942 he was a bailiff at the Montgomery County Court House when he registered for the World War II draft. He most likely died between 1950-1970, since he doesn't appear in the Social Security Death Index which starts recording deaths around 1970. Draft registrations: www.flickr.com/photos/richard_arthur_norton/3087986663/ www.flickr.com/photos/richard_arthur_norton/3089359025/