Good question Jason I have no clue myself.
I think that the Minors back then were probably drastically different than they are now. I don't think many of those players ever had any indication that they would be playing anywhere but in the minors.
I'm not sure what the norm back then was on autographs but I imagine the players probably played and took things as serious as ML players did. Interestingly enough some of these guys had some pretty great Minor League careers:
Harry Krause 293 wins
Doc Crandall 249 wins
Joe McGinnity 231 wins (in addition to his 246 ML wins!)
Rube Kisinger 205 wins
Bunk Congalton 2,169 hits and 77 known HR
Roy Brashear 2,061 hits
Fred Beck 1,876 hits along with 166 known HRs
Peter Cassidy 1,808
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6/10 Billy Sullivan back run 60%
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