William J. Goeckel - 1899 First Baseman for Philiadelphia Phillies

[Rita Holahan]

Can anyone help me find photos and any other information from the 1899 season. My Grandfather played with the Phillies for one season before retiring to his hometown of Wilkes-Barre to practise law. I have already contacted Cooperstown. They have very little due to a fire that destroyed alot of the old records. I would especially like to get a team photo of that year. Thankyou.

[Griffey24-30]

check out these links. these are all I could find:

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=goeckbi01

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/stats/alltime/batting/phillies/1899/slg.html

here's a cool short biography on him:

http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/people/1800s/goeckel_wm_john.html

[philsphan]

thats pretty cool that grandfather played alongside hall of famers such as delahanty and lajoe