Vintage Baseball Moments

Historic images of baseball players in vintage attire, capturing moments from early 20th-century games and the sport's legacy.

Chief Bender, Philadelphia AL (baseball)

Ira Thomas, Philadelphia AL (baseball)

Bob Bescher, New York NL (baseball)

Walt Leverenz, St. Louis AL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)

Bill Haeffner, Philadelphia AL (baseball)

Chief Bender, Philadelphia AL (baseball)

Ira Thomas, Philadelphia AL (baseball)

Doc Cook, New York AL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)

Claude "Lefty" Williams, Chicago AL (baseball)

Henry "Hi" Myers, Brooklyn NL (baseball)

Dave Robertson, New York NL (baseball)

Ed Phelps, Brooklyn NL (baseball)

Tony Brottem, Pittsburgh NL (baseball)

Chief Meyers, New York NL (baseball)

Jack Onslow, Detroit AL (baseball)

Fred Mitchell, coach, Boston NL (baseball)

Art Wilson, New York NL (baseball)

McCarty, N.Y.

Edd Roush, Cincinnati NL (baseball)

Eppa Rixey, Philadelphia NL, at left, Erskine Mayer, Philadelphia NL, at center, and unknown player at right at the Polo Grounds, New York

Roger Peckinpaugh, Cleveland AL (baseball)

Bill Killefer, Philadelphia NL (baseball)

Red Faber, Chicago AL (baseball)

Bill Carrigan, manager, Boston AL (baseball)

Burden, Cinti

Topsy Hartsel, Philadelphia, AL (baseball)

Jimmy C. Walsh, Philadelphia AL (baseball)

Joe Wood, Boston AL (baseball)

Albert "Cozy" Dolan, Philadelphia NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)

Dick Rudolph, Boston NL (baseball)

Willetts, Wash., 1912

Gavvy Cravath, Philadelphia NL (baseball)

Davis

Hans Lobert, New York NL (baseball)

William H. "Hank" Ritter, pitcher (baseball)

William Leopold Doak, St. Louis Cardinals baseball player, full-length portrait, facing front, standing, wearing uniform, about to pitch baseball

Ed Phelps, Brooklyn NL (baseball)

Doc Crandall & Fred Snodgrass, New York NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)

Chick Gandil, Washington NL (baseball)

George Cunningham, pitcher, Detroit AL (baseball)

Dick Hoblitzell, Boston AL (baseball)

Grover Cleveland Alexander, Philadelphia, NL (baseball)

Thomas "Buck" O'Brien, Boston AL (baseball), 1913

Nap Lajoie, Cleveland AL, at left (out of focus), Ernie Krueger, Cleveland AL, catching, and unknown batter, at the Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)

Albert "Red" Nelson, Philadelphia NL (baseball)

Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh NL, at the Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)

George "Hack" Simmons, New York AL (baseball)

George Kelly, New York NL (baseball)

Milt Stock, New York NL (baseball)

Early 1900s Photos - Vintage baseball player swinging baseball bat ca. 1913-1917

Doc White, Chicago AL, at Hilltop Park, NY (baseball)

Tyrus Raymond Cobb, Detroit AL (baseball)

Mordecai Brown, St. Louis Federal League (baseball)

Hans Lobert, New York NL & Joe Schultz, Brooklyn NL (baseball)

Paddy O'Connor & Dots Miller, St. Louis NL (baseball)

Manager William J. Clymer, Buffalo, International League (baseball)

Bill Killefer, Philadelphia NL (baseball)

Kilhullen, Phila 1912

George Chalmers, Philadelphia NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)

George "Hack" Simmons, New York AL (baseball)

Pete Shields, Cleveland AL (baseball)

Jimmy Esmond, Indianapolis Federal League (baseball)

Paddy Baumann, New York AL (baseball)

Jesse Barnes, New York NL (baseball)

Fritz Maisel, New York AL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)

Heinie Zimmerman, New York NL (baseball)

Hodge

Fielder Jones, manager, St. Louis, Federal League (baseball)

Chief Meyers, New York NL (baseball)

Eddie Plank, Philadelphia AL (baseball)

Birdie Cree, New York AL (baseball)

Dode Paskert, Philadelphia NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)

Fred Toney, Cincinnati NL (baseball)

Forrest McMorrow

Edd Roush, Major League Baseball Player, Cincinnati Reds, Bain News Service, 1916

New York NL vs. Pittsburgh NL baseball game, Breshahan catching, batter up

Eddie Cicotte, Chicago AL (baseball)

Beals Becker, Cincinnati NL (baseball)

Pat Maloney, New York AL (baseball)

Lew Wendell, New York NL (baseball)

Dutch Leonard, Boston AL (baseball)

Chester "Pinch" Thomas, Boston AL (baseball)

Harry "Moose" McCormick, New York NL (baseball)

Dolly Gray, Washington, AL (baseball)

Walter Holke, New York NL (baseball)

Mordecai Brown, Chicago, NL (baseball)

Larry Schlafly, manager, Buffalo Federal League (baseball)

Zamloch (Det.)

Howie Shanks, Washington AL (baseball)

John McGraw, manager, New York NL & Wilbert Robinson, Manager, Brooklyn NL (baseball)

Ira Thomas, Philadelphia AL (baseball)

Matsuda (Waseda University, Japan) is safe; a re-enactment of a play from a baseball game with Chicago University, Marshall Field, May 1911

Napoleon Lajoie, Cleveland American League.. Portraits, Photographs. 1909-08-19. George Arents Collection. Baseball players, Lajoie, Napoleon, 1875-1959

Knabe & Meyer, Phils, 1913

Ivan "Ivy" Olson, Cleveland AL (baseball)

Tom Needham, Cubs, 11/5/13

Washington, D.C.: April 11, 1924 Walter Johnson, star pitcher for the Washington Senators in the year that they went on to win the World Series.

Grover Cleveland Alexander, Philadelphia NL (baseball)

Joe Jackson, pretending to be a catcher, Chicago AL (baseball)

Dode Paskert, Chicago NL (baseball)

Tommy Leach, Chicago NL (baseball)

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