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Washington, D.C., circa 1898. "Gettig, Chas. (New York baseball player)." Charlie Gettig, who played for the Giants. 5x7 inch glass negative. View full size.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgettc101.htm
[Coming up in the minors, Charlie played for the Schenectady Electricians. Which must have really filled out a jersey. - Dave]
Baseball-Reference shows Gettig to have played four years in the majors. His pitching and batting stats are sub-par, but who am I to judge? I never played past Pony League.
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