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N.Y. Giant: 1898
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 01/13/2017 - 10:09pm.
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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.
Retrosheet page for C. Gettig
Submitted by klevasseur on Sat, 01/14/2017 - 10:24am.
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]
Four Years in the Big Leagues
Submitted by ETres on Sat, 01/14/2017 - 8:58am.
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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