I like that. And having done that by a team, you seem quite happy with it. Great!
110 years ago collectors weren't gathering these cards and sorting them by Beckett numbers... the cards were sorted by team, and then alphabetically. Bert Sugar's The Sports Collectors Bible have these cards sorted by team, and then alphabetically by name. There were 4 editions of this useful book, the 4th is best, followed closely by the 3rd. You can affordably find them on eBay, ABEBOOKS, and Alibris. Great books for lots of reasons, but specifically helpful when collecting them by team.
If you remove a team of T206s from the sheets and sort them by series, 150, 350,460, then look at the fronts, you can see the uniform and pose changes to better learn the backs by looking at the fronts; eg, most of the portraits are on series 150 cards.
I see Speaker in a slab. When I've got a card that I haven't yet broken it out of a slab, I see if I can find a reprint card to fill the space in the binder sheet.
I look forward to seeing the next team!
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