List of 19th-century Major League Baseball players with unidentified given names

A Brooklyn, New York, directory, for instance, lists more than 30 men who could be the professional player "Stoddard".

Society for American Baseball Research writer Bill Carle "doubt[s] we will ever be able to identify them".

In 1872, The New York Times described O'Rourke as a new player on Eckford of Brooklyn who "appear[ed] to be an improvement over the recent incumbents": in his only game, the pitcher allowed 15 runs to score in a complete game against the Troy Trojans.

[1] Lewis received a mention in Sporting Life (pictured) that recapped his performance, and another in the Pittsburgh Press, with a synopsis that summarized the game as "one of the greatest slugging matches ever seen since curve pitching came into vogue".

[4][5] Of the 32 athletes with an unidentified given name, Baltimore Monumentals right fielder Scott played in the most games at the major league level, with 13, followed by Wills with 9.

A faded clipping from Sporting Life, dated July 19, 1890. — A *Sporting Life* clip that describes Lewis as a "much disgusted ball tosser", taken from an article dated July 19, 1890. ^{[

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