I will be at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 14-16 to talk about baseball in the 1920s and sign copies of my book BASEBALL IN THE ROARING TWENTIES.
Thomas Wolf
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Writer. Fiction and nonfiction. True crime. Baseball history. Recent books: THE PLEA (true crime) and THE CALLED SHOT (baseball history). Forthcoming book (fall 2025): BASEBALL IN THE ROARING TWENTIES (baseball history). www.thomaswolfbooks.com
![From Threads of Our Game: https://www.threadsofourgame.com/1875-boston/
"Dated July 8, 1875, Boston v. Athletic, Philadelphia, at Boston. Year of photo based on the appearance of player Craver, his only year with Athletic. Date of July 8 from researcher Bob Tiemann, who stated that a “Boston Globe article the next day [July 9, 1875] said, ‘after an enterprising photographer has gratified his ambition for pictures of the two teams, the game was called with the Bostons at bat.’” Tiemann added that “since Harry Wright donned a uniform for the photo, he played right field in the game, his only championship game appearance of the season.” The Boston players wore a white uniform in this photo, with a white cap, dark belts and dark stockings. The city name was arched across the front of a scalloped bib. The traditional accent color for the team was red.
Top row, from left: G Hall (Bos 74, Ath 75, 76), G Bechtel (Ath 70, 71, 75), B Craver (Ath 75), C Anson (Ath 72-75), E Sutton (Ath 73-76), J Clapp (Ath 73-75), D White (Bos 73-75), A Spalding (Bos 71-75), G Wright (Bos 71-75, Bos NL 76-78, 80, 81), C McVey (Bos 71, 72, 74, 75) and H Wright (Bos 71-75, Bos NL 76-81). Front: W Fisler (Ath 66-76), D Force (Ath 75,76), D Eggler (Ath 75, 76), D McBride (Ath 63-75), A Leonard (Bos 72-75, Bos NL 76-78), J O’Rourke (Bos 73-75, Bos NL 76-78, 80), R Barnes (Bos 71-75) and H Schafer (Bos 71-75, Bos NL 76-78)."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:46ekjdc5upxq5lq6bnsvu7ex/bafkreihissl4e3bj7d2yhjt4anfvny54hurqlfltrlyabij4dd7hflqzpe)
