1921-23 E220 National Caramel Dating Re-evaluation

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Originally Posted by paul

Has anyone else noticed that the E220 Frisch lists him as a third baseman, just like the 1921 E121-80, but unlike the 1922 E121-120? This could be evidence of a 1921 issue date. But it's pretty weak evidence compared to the information Rhett presented 14 years ago, so I'm still sticking to Rhett's 1922 date.

Definitely Frisch was almost strictly a 3rd baseman in 1920, and in 1921 and 1922 he played in a significant amount of games at both 2nd base and 3rd base. So definitely I could see that his 1920 season would have pegged him to be listed as a 3rd baseman if produced in 1921. But then again he also played over 60% of his playing time in 1921 at 3rd base, so he was still probably seen as primarily as a 3rd baseman going into the 1922 season.

I also still agree with Rhett's 1922 assessment as well.


1920 3B 109 games

1920 SS 2 games


1921 3B 93 games

1921 2B 61 games


1922 2B 85 games

1922 3B 53 games

1922 SS 1 game


Brian