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Originally Posted by ValKehl
Hank, as best as I have been able to determine, no contemporaneous cards were issued for the following players (with the number of games in which each appeared for the 1924 Senators in parenthesis):
- Carl East (2 games).
- George "Showboat" Fisher (15 games).
- Harold "Chick" Gagnon (4 games).
- Bert "Buck" Griffith (Matt Williams' grandfather) (6 games).
- Carr Smith (5 games).
- Tommy Taylor (26 games).
And, not that you asked, I believe only one contemporaneous card was issued for each of the following players:
- Wade Lefler (5 games) - 1921 Baltimore Orioles White's Tip Top Bread (don't have).
- Walter "Slim" McGrew (6 games) - 1924 Diaz Cigarettes (see below).
- Ralph Miller (9 games) - 1925 Holland Creameries (see below).
- Ernest "Mule" Shirley (30 games) - 1925 Holland Creameries (see below).
This has been very much a challenging and fun collecting endeavor.
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Thanks, Val. Amazing that all these guys played on a team that would go on to win the world series! Lefler's is an incredible story: basically, he won them the pennant during his cup of coffee, then didn't make the world series squad, in spite of his record with them of 5 for 8 with 4 key RBIs. How could they not take him to the series as a pinch-hitter? One of many strange stories from that season. I knew his niece, by the way, a beautiful girl.