From the obituary of my g-grandfathers wife Minnie, it stated that Robert Lee had played professional baseball for the St. Louis Browns from 1881-1885. I have had absolutely zero luck verifying this through at least two on-line baseball reference sites (site 1 and site 2). At least for any player with the name of 'Stalcup.' I suppose that he could've played under another name - or perhaps played on a minor league team affiliated with the Browns. History for minor league players in that era are very sketchy and hard to find, especially since there really wasn't a well organized minor league back then. Anyway, I did find this picture of the St. Louis Browns from what I believe is 1883. Perhaps between the previous links to baseball sites and this picture, someone will magically figure out who Robert Lee Stalcup may be! One can always hope, right?! I did post a question to an old-time baseball site, and you can view the replies here.
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