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Apparently he started the 1913 season with the Superior (WI) Red Sox: www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=34276 Hard to tell in B&W, but that's probably the Red Sox uniform.

Baseball Reference stats: www.baseball-reference.com/s/speaktr01.shtml This photo was taken in his only MVP season.

Speaker was at one time considered one of the three greatest AL outfielders along with Cobb and Ruth. Kind of an odd pose....talk about pulling the ball. LOL

That is cool thanks for sharing.

An interesting feature of men's wear from that era: a belt loop in-line with front zippers/button flys.

These pictures are priceless!!!!

I really do love these baseball pictures.

www.baseball-reference.com/z/zeidero01.shtml

Cool

Per Wiki: Harold Homer Chase (February 13, 1883 in Los Gatos, California – May 18, 1947 in Colusa, California), nicknamed "Prince Hal", was a first baseman in Major League Baseball, widely viewed as the best fielder at his position. During his career, he played for the New York Highlanders (1905–1913), Chicago White Sox (1913–1914), Buffalo Blues (1914–1915), Cincinnati Reds (1916–1918), and New York Giants (1919). No lesser figures than Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson named him the best first baseman ever, and contemporary reports describe his glovework as outstanding. He is sometimes considered the first true star of the franchise that would eventually become the New York Yankees. In 1981, 62 years after his last major league game, baseball historians Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time. Despite being an excellent hitter and his reputation as a peerless defensive player, Chase's legacy was tainted by a litany of corruption. He allegedly gambled on baseball games, and also engaged in suspicious play in order to throw games in which he played

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