• Card series: Pioneer Portraits II: 1875-1899
• City: Buffalo
• Team: Bisons
• League: National League
• Hall: National Baseball Hall of Fame

James Laurie “Deacon” White (1847-1939). Considered the greatest catcher of baseball’s barehanded period (1870s), White eventually moved to 3rd base, played 23 seasons, won 6 championships, and played with a number of the century’s best players on a number of the century’s best teams.

• 1st person to bat in 1st pro league, in 1871, earning a hit – a double
• Reportedly believed the earth is flat
• 2 batting titles; 3 RBI titles
• Elected to Hall of Fame: 2013