Spider Baum Cards Wanted

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Posted By: Mark Morris

Charles "Spider" Baum was my great-grandfather and I'd like to purchase his cards to be shared with family members. If you have cards available, please send scans and pricing to me at mmorris@sacbee.com.

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Posted By: Ken McMillan

Mark, you would do better if you posted this in the BST section of the forum.

Kmac

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Posted By: leon

Ken is correct.....the best place for this would be the BST but since it's a great grandfather I think we could give a little break....Good luck in the hunt!~!!

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Posted By: Max Weder

Is Spider Baum the Baum from the Obak set? If so, I seem to recall that the Obak Baum was one of the double prints. Am I correct in my recollecton?

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Here is Spider's checklist...

Baum, Charles A. (Spider)
1911 Big Eater Salons
1911 D310
1911 D311
1911 E100 Type I
1911 T4
1909 T212-1
1910 T212-2 (175)
1911 T212-3
1911 Zeenuts
1912 Zeenuts
1913 Zeenuts
1914 Zeenuts
1915 Zeenuts
1916 Zeenuts
1917 Zeenuts
1918 Zeenuts
1919 Zeenuts
1920 Zeenuts

Spider was EXTREMELY popular in the PCL where he played between 1903 and 1920. While he never "made" the Major Leagues, that was likley due to him choosing to remain on the Pacific Coast. He is a member of the PCL Hall of Fame, and among the early PCL stars he ranks right up there with the best of the bunch.

You'll like this interesting exerpt from Horne's Zeenut's book... (reprinted from San Francisco Examiner article (5-26-1943) by Prescott Sullivan)
"...Kid's used to flip the pasteboards against the wall and the kid whose card came closest to the line took the works. We'll never forget the day we lost a treasured picture of "Spider" Baum in this manner. Baum, Seals pitcher, was a great favorite in those days and his picture was regarded as worth two or three of any other player because it was said to be "rare." The candy company which distributed the pictures often put out more of one player than they did another... Baum's was one of them..."

Here are a few of my Spider's...

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Posted By: ChiSoxFan

1909-11 Obak T212 #34 Baum (Sacramento) 1
1909-11 Obak T212 #133 Baum (Sacramento) 2
1909-11 Obak T212 #305 Baum (Sacramento) 3
1911 Big Eater E-Unc. #2 Charles Baum
1911 Bishop Coast League E100 #1 Spider Baum
1911 Pacific Coast Biscuit D310 #5 Charles Baum
1911 Pacific Coast Biscuit D311 #4 Spider Baum
1911 Zeenuts #63 Charles A. Baum
1911-12 Obak Premiums T4 #54 Spider Baum
1912 Zeenuts #76 Charles Baum
1913 Zeenuts #130 Charles Baum
1914 Zeenuts #101 Charles Baum
1915 Zeenuts #95 Charles Baum
1916 Zeenuts #97 Charles Baum
1917 Zeenuts #82 Charles Baum
1918 Zeenuts #75 Charles Baum
1919 Zeenuts #82 Charles Baum
1920 Zeenuts #77 Charles Baum

ChiSoxFan

Looking for T206 Sweet Caporal Fact. #30 White Sox in Poor to Fair condition.

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Posted By: ChiSoxFan

Rhett,

Looks like you posted your checklist just before mine.

ChiSoxFan

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Your's includes more info for those not so familiar with the ACC #'s, so I'm sure yours is even more useful
-Rhett

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Posted By: Fred C

I'd contact Mark Macrae - he's probably the best source of information and cards from the early PCL days.

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Posted By: Zinn

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Posted By: Brian

http://minors.sabrwebs.com/cgi-bin/person.php?milbID=baum--002cha

Charles Baum
Given name: Charles Adrian Nickname: Spider Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6-1 Weight: 165
Born: 1882-5-28 at San Francisco, CA (US) Died: 1955-6-28 at Renton, WA (US)
IDs: MiLB-DB: baum--002cha SABR: MLBAM:


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Teams

Year League Club Organization Stint First game Last game
1902 California League (Independent) San Francisco none
1903 Pacific Coast League (Independent) Los Angeles Angels none
1904 Pacific Coast League (A) Los Angeles Angels none
1905 Pacific Coast League (A) Los Angeles Angels none
1906 California League (Independent) Sacramento Cordovas none
1906 Tri-State League (Independent) Altoona Mountaineers none
1907 California League (Independent) Sacramento Cordovas none
1907 Tri-State League (B) Altoona Mountaineers none
1908 California League (Independent) Fresno Tigers none
1909 Pacific Coast League (A) Sacramento Sacts none
1910 Pacific Coast League (A) Sacramento Sacts none
1911 Pacific Coast League (A) Sacramento Sacts none
1912 Pacific Coast League (AA) Sacramento Sacts none
1912 Pacific Coast League (AA) Vernon Tigers none 2
1913 Pacific Coast League (AA) Venice Tigers none
1914 Pacific Coast League (AA) San Francisco Seals none
1915 Pacific Coast League (AA) San Francisco Seals none
1916 Pacific Coast League (AA) San Francisco Seals none
1917 Pacific Coast League (AA) San Francisco Seals none
1918 Pacific Coast League (AA) San Francisco Seals none
1919 Pacific Coast League (AA) San Francisco Seals none
1919 Pacific Coast League (AA) Salt Lake City Bees none 2
1920 Pacific Coast League (AA) Salt Lake City Bees none