Two of the most significant baseball players of the 19th century played in Worcester, but never together. Both had the same baseball last names, Stovey, but were not related. Both actually played under different last names than their birth names. Harry Stovey was a terrific player, George Stovey probably would have been a terrific pitcher given the chance, but he was a Black man in an increasingly white baseball world. George Stovey One issue with 19th century baseball was that its owners,
