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it depends on the decade. If you are talking about the early underhand pitch decades then they stood off to one side behind home plate. If you are talking 1880's then as catchers equipment improved they moved closer to the catcher.

check out www.vintagebaseballherald.com and you can see some pics of vintage umpires in recreation games.

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