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Originally Posted by OldOriole
Hi Ted,
I was intrigued by your last post about Pennsylvania being the most common birthplace of T206 players. I had an hour or two to kill and took a look at the birthplaces of all of them (save the couple which are unkown). Turns out you are correct!! Here are the numbers for the most common birthplaces (I'll spare you the whole list):
1) Pennsylvania - 70 individuals
2) Ohio - 46
3) New York - 44
4) Illinois - 27
5) Massachusetts - 18
6) Missouri - 15
7) Michigan - 13
8) California - 11
8 tie) Wisconsin - 11
10) Indiana - 10
11) Texas - 9
12) Canada! - 8 (along with Maryland and Iowa)
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Hi Dave
I really appreciate your research. I was making an educated guess in the above post, based on my knowledge of most of the 388 different ballplayers in the T206 set.
Included in those 70 Pensylvanians are Matty, Plank, and Wagner. I would attribute this large representation to the coal mining regions in Pennsylvania which had well
developed semi-pro baseball.
It was great seeing you and your four daughters at the Philly Show, recently. We had a lot of fun.....and, I was surprised that two of your daughters are Yankees fans.
Take care,
TED Z
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