Collecting every team

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Post 1900 Bob and no postcards or I would nominate 1908 Rose PC Scranton Miners. Tough question and really obscure when adding the minor leagues in the mix, so many one and done minor league sets out there.

Sorry, sorry ,sorry, my bad, missed the post 1900 point. I still mention the Federal League teams from 1913-1915. Outside of Cracker Jacks, not really sure where you'd find them. And so many rare and obscure minor league teams after 1900, there's probably some regional issue where only a card or two from a particular team still exists. And there are probably still some others out there that no one may even know about in the overall hobby yet. Bob Lemke and his SCD catalog crew never listed every single card set that ever existed. I'm sure there are some that even they didn't know about.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by BobC

Sorry, sorry ,sorry, my bad, missed the post 1900 point. I still mention the Federal League teams from 1913-1915. Outside of Cracker Jacks, not really sure where you'd find them. And so many rare and obscure minor league teams after 1900, there's probably some regional issue where only a card or two from a particular team still exists. And there are probably still some others out there that no one may even know about in the overall hobby yet. Bob Lemke and his SCD catalog crew never listed every single card set that ever existed. I'm sure there are some that even they didn't know about.

I'd also nominate the H998 Western Playground set although one could find the same players in other west cost issues.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

I'd also nominate the H998 Western Playground set although one could find the same players in other west cost issues.

But the OP's question depends on the team, not the players, right? That's what can make this question all the tougher. Also, listings of sets and such don't always automatically include the teams they were shown playing for. For many, you need to get images of pretty much all the different cards in every set to verify the teams, or be prepared to do a lot of cross-checking of players to teams they played with over the years. I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to obscure minor league teams. There may be some others on the board aware of some of these really obscure and rare minor league sets, that could lead to images of even rarer minor league team's players.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by BobC

But the OP's question depends on the team, not the players, right? That's what can make this question all the tougher. Also, listings of sets and such don't always automatically include the teams they were shown playing for. For many, you need to get images of pretty much all the different cards in every set to verify the teams, or be prepared to do a lot of cross-checking of players to teams they played with over the years. I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to obscure minor league teams. There may be some others on the board aware of some of these really obscure and rare minor league sets, that could lead to images of even rarer minor league team's players.

Agreed, every west coast team could be covered with Obaks, OPs post makes my brain do too much math.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Agreed, every west coast team could be covered with Obaks, OPs post makes my brain do too much math.

Agree 100% Phil, that is an absolutely great, and also exceedingly tough as hell question by the OP. I don't know if anyone could even do more to answer it than to simply make their best educated guess. Still waiting to hear some possible answers from others.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by BobC

Sorry, sorry ,sorry, my bad, missed the post 1900 point. I still mention the Federal League teams from 1913-1915. Outside of Cracker Jacks, not really sure where you'd find them. And so many rare and obscure minor league teams after 1900, there's probably some regional issue where only a card or two from a particular team still exists. And there are probably still some others out there that no one may even know about in the overall hobby yet. Bob Lemke and his SCD catalog crew never listed every single card set that ever existed. I'm sure there are some that even they didn't know about.

Bob, right off the top of my head, I know there are cards of Federal League players in the T214 and T216 sets, and perhaps in other sets as well. Here's a T214 Federal League card:

[BobC]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Bob, right off the top of my head, I know there are cards of Federal League players in the T214 and T216 sets, and perhaps in other sets as well. Here's a T214 Federal League card:

Thanks Val,

Like I said, I wasn't sure, and was hoping if I was wrong that someone else might speak up, so thank you for chiming in. For me, the T214 and T216 sets are ones I never really got into collecting, so don't know much about them. Always great to learn something new though.

[BobC]

Hey, for the OP, here's the list of teams that made up the Federal League from 1913-1915. It might be used to look at what cards of what Federal League teams did show up in the Cracker Jack, T214, and T216 sets. There could maybe be a case where only one card for a particular Federal League team was ever issued among these different sets. That would certainly seem to make that team's card a possible candidate to answer the OP's question.


Teams........................Seasons.....Comment
Baltimore Terrapins......1914–15
Brooklyn Tip-Tops........1914–15
Buffalo Blues...............1914–15....Initially known as the Buffeds
Chicago Whales...........1913–15.....Initially known as the Federals or Keeleys
Cleveland Green Sox....1913
Covington Blue Sox......1913..........Also known as the Colonels. Transferred to Kansas City, mid-season 1913
Indianapolis Hoosiers....1913–14.....Moved to Newark in 1915
Kansas City Packers......1913–15.....Had been in Covington until mid-season 1913
Newark Peppers...........1915...........Moved from Indianapolis following the 1914 season
Pittsburgh Rebels.........1913–15.....Known as the Filipinos in 1913, and initially as the Stogies in 1914
St. Louis Terriers....... ..1913–15

After coming across some more info regarding Federal League teams on baseball cards, from SABR's site, looks like one of the Federal League teams may not be the answer to the OP's question after all. The article also mentions heretofore unnamed other sets that Federal League team players were included in.

https://sabr.org/research/article/fe...aseball-cards/

[brianp-beme]

Here is a relatively recent thread that has some good information on sets featuring Federal League players.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...hlight=federal

Brian

[BuzzD]

Maybe Bresnahan, Toledo Iron Men 1916-19?

[nolemmings]

This T213-2 should prove to be a challenge (not mine of course):


You'll probably encounter some pretty obscure team-issued minor league sets as well.

[jjbond]

Just saw this thread, and it got me thinking - *WERE* there cards of the 1913 Federal League teams? (when they were a minor league). So, the Green Sox, Colonels/Blue Sox/Packers, Filipinos, Keeleys, Hoosiers, Terriers. Had never thought that that could be a possibility......

Originally Posted by BobC

Hey, for the OP, here's the list of teams that made up the Federal League from 1913-1915. It might be used to look at what cards of what Federal League teams did show up in the Cracker Jack, T214, and T216 sets. There could maybe be a case where only one card for a particular Federal League team was ever issued among these different sets. That would certainly seem to make that team's card a possible candidate to answer the OP's question.


Teams........................Seasons.....Comment
Baltimore Terrapins......1914–15
Brooklyn Tip-Tops........1914–15
Buffalo Blues...............1914–15....Initially known as the Buffeds
Chicago Whales...........1913–15.....Initially known as the Federals or Keeleys
Cleveland Green Sox....1913
Covington Blue Sox......1913..........Also known as the Colonels. Transferred to Kansas City, mid-season 1913
Indianapolis Hoosiers....1913–14.....Moved to Newark in 1915
Kansas City Packers......1913–15.....Had been in Covington until mid-season 1913
Newark Peppers...........1915...........Moved from Indianapolis following the 1914 season
Pittsburgh Rebels.........1913–15.....Known as the Filipinos in 1913, and initially as the Stogies in 1914
St. Louis Terriers....... ..1913–15

After coming across some more info regarding Federal League teams on baseball cards, from SABR's site, looks like one of the Federal League teams may not be the answer to the OP's question after all. The article also mentions heretofore unnamed other sets that Federal League team players were included in.

https://sabr.org/research/article/fe...aseball-cards/