Otto Knabe - show em!
#1 card in the 1914 and 15 CJ set, Otto (nicknamed "Dutch") was born in Carrick PA in 1884 and played from 1905 to 1916 for the Pirates, Phillies, Terrapins (Federal League), Pirates and Cubs. He was the player-manager for the Terrapins in the new federal league in 1914 and 1915.
Knabe twice received a single vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame, once in 1939, and the other in 1942. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was interred at New Cathedral Cemetery in 1961.
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