E97 C.A. Briggs Dating

[Cozumeleno]

Yeah, it definitely could be. I don't know that we'll ever fully know. I just wonder why they wouldn't have gotten the team name correct if it happened well in advance of the printing (assuming the late 1908 or early 1909 print date). Here's what we know, assuming that print timeline.

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by Cozumeleno

Yeah, it definitely could be. I don't know that we'll ever fully know. I just wonder why they wouldn't have gotten the team name correct if it happened well in advance of the printing (assuming the late 1908 or early 1909 print date). Here's what we know, assuming that print timeline.

Another thing confusing to me is why they didn't get it right on Irv if they made a correction in 1910? Irv spent the entire 1909 season in Minneapolis. Still, he was acquired by the White Sox in August, 1909. By 1910 he could have been corrected to show him with the White Sox just as easily as having "Cy" with Cleveland. Also, if the idea was to have two players for each of the teams represented, adding Irv as a Chicago southsider would have meshed nicely with the now "Billy" Sullivan who is checklisted as the only White Sox player.

[Cozumeleno]

I think by then it was clearly supposed to be Cy. That's evidenced by the fact that the team was changed to Cleveland as Irv never played there. There's no doubt to me that, if nothing else, the card was changed to be a Cy Young card after that change was made.

I think the artwork remaining the same after the team change to Cleveland (and in the case of Sullivan) was merely a case of not wanting to create an entirely new picture. They just passed it off as Irv. Easy to change print/type - not as easy to find a new artist, get a new rendering, etc.