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  1. 07-23-2012, 05:27 AM #1
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    Dogs of the Deadball Era

    Every dog has its day!

    During the pre-1920 era in major league baseball, a number of teams had canine mascots that stayed on the bench with the players and posed with them for team pictures. As we enter the dog days of summer, I thought it would be appropriate to compile the photos that I've found into a single thread. (Several of these have previously been posted by others in different threads on Baseball Fever.) I don't think that it's necessary for this thread to identify all of the players in the team photos, but if anyone cares to identify the breeds of the dogs, I'll update the captions.

    I will begin with this baseball card issued by Old Judge Cigarettes in 1888:

    1888, New York Giants player Art Whitney with dog

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    1888 St. Louis Browns with dogs

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    1896 Baltimore Orioles with dog

    (It's hard to make out exactly what the white animal is, and I've seen it called a chicken, but I think it's a fluffy dog.)

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    1896 Cincinnati Reds with dog

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    1899 Philadelphia Phillies with 3 dogs!

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    1900 Boston Beaneaters with dog

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    1901 Chicago Orphans (Cubs) with dog

    This is one of three shots taken by the photographer of the team with this dog. In the first photo, the dog is lying on the ground on the right side. In the second photo, the dog is a blur moving across the front. This is the third photo. I recently posted all three (unedited) in the "1906-12 Chicago Cubs" thread, page 2, #48.

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    1905 Chicago White Sox player Louis Fiene with dog

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    1907 Detroit Tigers with dog

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    1907 Chicago Cubs player Mike Kehoe with dog

    Later in this season, Kehoe was traded to the Washington Senators to serve as a personal catcher for a rookie pitcher with some potential named Johnson. It is not clear whether the dog was included in the transaction.

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    1908 Chicago White Sox mascot

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    1909 Boston Red Sox player Harry Wolter with dog

    ...and Larry Gardner looking on with envy.

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    1916 Cleveland Indians with dog

    The most camera-loving dog of them all!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RUKen View Post
    1909 Boston Red Sox player Harry Wolter with dog

    ...and Larry Gardner looking on with envy.
    I think that Gardner is just noting with interest that the dog is relieving itself on Wolter.

    The NH Fisher Cats have a dog who acts as a batboy at times, dragging the player's bats back to the bench in its mouth. I think I might be POed if I had a bat I really liked and it ended up getting teethmarks all over it.
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    1908 Rube Waddell with the St. Louis Browns mascot

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    Dto7 just posted this photo of the Reach All-American Baseball Team that barnstormed the Pacific after the 1908 season on his Baseball's Past in Black & white thread, with the following details:

    The team left on November 3, 1908 and returned on February 15, 1909. They played team from Japan, China, Philippines and Hawaii. They were 17-0 against Japan. The team were players from the majors and the Pacific coast league.

    (1) Jim Delehanty (2) Harry McArdle (3) Nick Williams (4) Babe Danzig (5) Mike Fisher (6) Heinie Heitmuller (7) Bill Burns (8) Jack Bliss* (9) Pat Flaherty (10) George Hildrebrand (11) William Devereaux (12) Jack Graney (13) Joe Curtis (14) Mascot

    *with dog!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RUKen View Post
    1907 Detroit Tigers with dog

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    Is it just me or do Cobb and the bulldog each have on the same exact expression?
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    1898 Philadelphia Phillies with dog

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    Quote Originally Posted by RUKen View Post
    1916 Cleveland Indians with dog

    The most camera-loving dog of them all!

    1916 AL Cleveland.jpg
    Here's a close-up from that panoramic:
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  20. 03-08-2013, 02:36 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by BSmile View Post
    Here's a close-up from that panoramic
    Thanks, Bsmile--"Larry" deserves a close-up!
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