I think the answer lies in fairly constant production, and the print groups actually being just a rough framework to give some idea what cards could exist or not. Those print groups were as good as we had when they were new, and still for a nice introductory framework.
Some of the player selection would be based on exactly when a particular subject was printed, and when the art to make the plates from was ready.
Ball was probably ready to go fairly early, and they just didn't bother to fix the team. It's sometimes a puzzle why some cards get updated and others just don't. Maybe it was just too much work to change his entire uniform to match most of the other Cleveland uniforms?
Brown was a pretty simple change in the caption, so that would have been easier.
Lundgren was changed between 150 and 350, I believe the Chicago 350s were done from leftover sheets.
Steve B
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