Billy Sullivan and Boss Schmidt, catchers for the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers respectively, relax along the outfield wall at Benett Park in Detroit circa 1910. This image was captured by a photographer from The Detroit News. It perfectly captures the essence of the era.
Nap Lajoie in an early image. This photo was shown in the 1906 Lajoie Baseball Guide.
Noted Philadelphia photographer Joseph Pearce followed the A’s to camp in Atlanta for Spring Training in 1910. He produced a composite montage of his photos from the trip as shown below. The three photos below were some of the original images used to produce the…
Rube Waddell was one of the most fascinating characters of the Deadball Era, or any era for that matter. In January 1903 during the offseason Waddell took a job as a player/coach for Rollins College in Ormond, Florida. He brought in fellow Philadelphia Athletics’ catcher…