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Posted By: Zach Rice

The white pin you have with Captain on it is known as a position pin. It is from a set, circa 1910, that is made up of generic ball players in different poses and then their playing position is writting on the pin. There are many different types of circa 1910 "position pins". Some have all gold backgrounds, some have white backgrounds like yours but have red and white uniforms instead of blue and white, etc. Below is a checklist of all the players in the set-
Batsman
Captain
Catcher
Centre Field
First Base
Left Field
Pitcher
Right Field
Second Base
Short Stop
Third Base
Umpire

For the most part they can be found pretty easy and aren't worth as much as many pins of the same era because of the generic images used. I would put a $20 value or so on your Captain pin because of it not being too difficult and because of the staining on it.