Least appealing T206 card and why ? Now keeping tallies !! Shannon is in the lead!!
 

Although some may find it hard to pick one or say that they don't hate any card in the set. Imagine if you had to pick just one (although you can post as many as you want) that if you didn't pick just one you had to ....... idk give up you entire collection of everything.

For me it's the ole Mr. Ed, and Otto Kruger they're both pretty scary looking dudes especially Creeper I mean Kruger.

Time to keep a tally and see who is the worst card in the set. Frank I apologize in advance for stealing your idea but this is all in good fun. Hope you understand.

Last updated March 4th 6:40am 2016

Spike, Shannon, 12
Dick, Eagan, 10
Billy, Purtell, 6
Fred, Burchell, 3
Rube, Kisinger, 3
Matty, McIntyre, 3
Bill, Burns, 2
Otto, Kruger, 2
Joe, Kelley, 2
George, Mullin, horz, 2
Rube, Marquard , throwing, 1
Fred, Jacklitsch , 1
Frank, Baker, 1
Art, Fletcher, 1
Cy, Young, bare hand, 1
Bill, Lattimore , 1
Clyde, Engle, 1
Beals, Becker, 1
Moose, McCormick, 1
Chief, Bender, no trees, 1
Walter, Johnson, pitching, 1
Walter, Johnson, portrait, 1
Shag, 1
Jack, Pfeister, throwing, 1
Rudy, Hulswitt, 1
Honus, Wagner, 1
John, Anderson, 1
Carleton, Molesworth, 1
Ed, Lennox, 1
Admiral, Schlei, catching, 1


Total of t206 found to be not appealing 30 out of 524 or 5.7%

OH NO Josh, Not Dick Egan.......LOL. He actually is one of my favorite cards in the set. I'm trying to do a back run of him.

I am not sure there is one card I don't like to be honest. I will have to think about this. Good thread though.

Mark

I hate them all...:D...but I think I hate shannon the most. It's just a ridiculous pose and he looks like a pickled person!

Billy purtell. The 06 set has inconsistent artwork for sure

Kelley. I can't even bring myself to buy it. Good thing I still need a whole lot of them. My last 5 to complete the set will be Magie, Doyle, Plank, Wagner, and then Kelley.

Matty Mcintyre

I knew he'd be one of them
 

I knew Matty would make the list and no not Big 6.

Haha sorry mark can't get past those Mr. Ed teeth. :D

Purtell
 

I agree and although I needed him for to close in on my Sox list It was my least desirable of the Sox players. Not to mention besides Fiene he was probably the worst player for the Sox in the set.

Ha! Great thread idea! Definitely Egan and those idiotic teeth...looks like he needs to be given some sugar cubes and put out to pasture.

I love the set, but unfortunately don't love a lot of the cards in it. There are a bunch of cards that are an action shot, but the artwork is too close-up and it just looks weird. Marquard throwing, Jacklitsch, Baker, Fletcher, Kisinger, Young bare hand, Lattimore, Engle, Becker, Purtell, McCormick, Bender no trees to name a few.

I also think they got lazy in the 350 series and starting using single color backgrounds, and those cards kind of stand out to me compared to the background detail from the 150 series.

Engle ?
 

Some of those I'll def agree with but I actually like the Engle. Purtell sucks I think the Bender trees and no trees is nothing special.

Burchell DOES SUCK!!!!

Because of this card, not only can I not ever, in good taste, complete my desired group of 'affordable' T206 left-handed pitchers, but I can't watch Ghost Busters again without thinking of him.

DAMN YOU, FRED BURCHELL!!!

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Kruger drank grape soda. Hair parted down the middle... come on man, dead give away.

OMG Yes !!!
 

Unfortunately for me I just won his card in the Sterling auction to be my first and only EDPG back haha.

Funny comparison.

Agreed.
 

I can totally see that ! :D

Bill Burns

Whomever was the artist on that card had never played baseball before, nor did they understand human anatomy with the glove being on the wrong hand. Just way too distracting and dumb looking

Johnson pitching. No resemblance.

Shannon for sure.

The Shannon card is terrible. It looks like a kindergarten art project. There are several ugly action poses.

Any card that is printer's scrap! (Hi Johnny V.) :D

Purtell for sure

http://http://www.psacard.com/CardFa...ball-cards.jpg

I'll will have to agree with Purtell and Egan. However, I would also have to throw in Shag as well just because I find something creepy about his eyes. And the fact that he has a collar that looks like he stole it off of Beethoven.

WOW!! LMAO!!:eek:

I would love to see more of the original photos that some of the stranger T206's were made from. In some cases, the photo image is just as weird - I don't have it on this computer, but the Mullin horizontal is a good example.

Mirror image.

throughts
 

Rube Kisinger - Looks like my son when he was 2 and just learned to throw anything he could get his hands on. That or a fast-pitch softball pitcher. The "fade-away" grip is atrocious. Plus the dude is entirely too happy.

Pfeister throwing - Looks like Skeletor from the Masters of the Universe, He-Man series.

Shannon - My 7 year old son could draw a better picture while riding in a Jeep Wrangler after his 2nd can of red bull.

Maybe Kisinger just farted ?

Love the "Skeletor" haha that brings me back to when I was realllllll young.

Shannon is a popular vote here I feel like I should start tallying up like Frank does with the monster number of who is the most hated t206 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

It's funny, this thread pops up every once in a while. Although I agree, the "regular" gang of "beauties" are mostly the same. The one that never gets mentioned (as far as I can remember) is my all time worst .......

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No resemblance of anything .... just a cartoon character that played for Charlie Brown's LL team.

Haha
 

Rudy has been added to the list Scott !

Egan, definitely Egan.

Another
 

+ 1 for Egan !

Put my vote down for Purtell.

I vote for Honus Wagner since I will never own one!

Purtell pulls ahead !
 

Another Purtell

and + 1 for Honus haha.

I don't hate any of them, but Spike Shannon isn't a pretty looking card. I vote for Spike.

+ 1 for shannon
 

Perhaps I'll rephrase to least appealing lol.

Purtell and Shannon are tied at 5 !

I honestly think the WaJo portrait does not look like him.

Dick Egan
 

Was the patron saint of the Sabr Deadball committee and we almost burned a T206 card of his as a sacrifice to ensure a successful committe.

We all thought he was the most hard scrabbled portrait in T206

Riich

Three way tie now ! Purtell, Egan, and Shannon.

Johnson portrait has been added to the list !

I actually like the Purtell and Shannon because of the colors and details in the grass/background.

Egan is definitely my least favorite. Hate the teeth. Absolutely horrific looking.

I think we have an interesting new sub-set idea!

"I'm four cards away from a Least Appealing set!"

Burns is my vote too.

Neither of these are mine, just images pulled off the net, but how can you guys not see it?

list updated!!!

Shannon! What's he doing, releasing a dove?

Rich has a point, it has been pointed out that Egan's hitting and fielding almost ruined the deadball era!

Another for Shannon and another for Egan.

Egads Egan
 

Whenever the subject of the T206 Egan being unpleasant to look at comes up, I always have to trot out this D381 card. He was not a very attractive gentleman, and I believe the T206 artisians did a fine job making him look presentable.

Brian

?
 

Is this an official vote for Egan ?

Val....
 

LOL! your the man! the uglier the scrap, the better for me:);)

I'm surprised no one mentioned Anderson:confused:

looks rather "creepy" to me....

altho this litho set is so beautiful, there are some where I think the artist was out to lunch.....

I'm surprised Wagner and Johnson were mentioned:confused:

my top 5 worst:

1) Shannon
2)Anderson
3)mullin
4)purtell
5)Kissinger


5 fav

1)Honus Wagner
2)Sherry Magee(port)
3)Wid Conroy (bat)
4)Hal Chase( Port)
5)Ty Cobb (port) red back

Egan for me
 

Definitely Egan but McIntyre looks like he is ready to welcome us to Munchkin land

another vote
 

for Egan

Oval
 

No. I have always disliked some of the Minor League portraits, especially what I have always referred to in my head as the 'oval heads'. Will have to get back with a list of suspects.

Brian

And Dick takes the lead !!! Followed by Shannon, and Purtell. It's a close race here.

Theft of intellectual property is sternly dealt with by the board.:eek:

lol
 

Sorry Frank I did say that I stole your idea. Hopefully you don't mind as this is a variation of what you're tracking. Three and a half years eh ? I doubt that this will keep up as long as yours. NO REGRETS !!!

Originally Posted by frankbmd View Post
Theft of intellectual property is sternly dealt with by the board.

This is the grammar problem I've had all my life: I've always thought it was dealt with sternly.
However, when it's stated:
That I get!:eek::D

I'm pretty shocked at how little traction my suggestion of Bill Burns has gotten as he is easily the dorkiest looking card in the set. I can only think this is the case because I didn't post a picture to begin with. No way is Billy "Tiny Legs" Purtell worse than this atrocity! IMO this should rival Shannon and Egan for the ignominious honor...

http://starsofthediamond.com/burns.jpeg

I vote Shannon. Absolutely horrible!

Burns
 

[QUOTE=rhettyeakley;1405039]I'm pretty shocked at how little traction my suggestion of Bill Burns has gotten as he is easily the dorkiest looking card in the set. I can only think this is the case because I didn't post a picture to begin with. No way is Billy "Tiny Legs" Purtell worse than this atrocity! IMO this should rival Shannon and Egan for the ignominious honor...


Yes the Burns is pretty damn ugly but alas it is a Sox card so I'm forced to almost like it.

You know, to me his Turkey Red looks like his glove has 6 fingers on it. Anyone else notice that?

Matty McIntyre is by FAR the creepiest T206 card of all!

My vote goes to Carleton Molesworth. He couldn't look less interested. Looks like a weekend beer leaguer after a particularly tough night.

Plus, with the name, he sounds like he should be a butler on Downton Abbey.

"I do say, Molesworth, it has come to my attention that you've taken to raiding the larder before retiring each evening. Ease up, as the indulgence is going to your waistline". :D

Mr. Moley has been added and +1 for Matty.

Ed Lennox
 

So I guess I am the only one who dislikes Lennox

http://www.psacard.com/CardFacts/Ite...baseball-cards

I mentioned the boring single color backgrounds and Lennox is one of the more boring.

I have to strongly disagree. How can a photograph of somebody not look like them? Regardless of whether or not it looks like him, is the card unappealing? That's the question being asked. I think the Johnson T206 portrait is one of the most beautiful cards ever made.

This card was released in 1909. Johnson started his career in 1907. When this card was in circulation in tobacco packs, Johnson was 20 years old, with a 19-23 career record. He wasn't even a star yet, and had 398 of his wins ahead of him yet.

The vast majority of pictures I've seen of the Big Train represent him later in his career. Well, this card portrays Johnson when he was still a kid, really. He's not going to look like a grizzled veteran at twenty years old.

Here's a tobacco ad of Johnson circa 1915. It is much closer in resemblance to the Johnson portrayed on his portrait card.

http://imageshack.com/a/img910/1245/8IT5bL.jpg

Oh my God, Raymond. LOL. When I saw this topic, the card I immediately thought of was Burchell, and my first thought was "he's awfully doughy. He looks like he's made out of marshmallow, like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man! http://www.williamgregory.net/images/laughing.gif

"Subcreatures! Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, The Traveller has come. Choose and perish!!!"

"The choice is made. The Traveler has come!"

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...BL._SY355_.jpg


You hit it on the head. Put me down for Mr. Stay Puft, Fred Burchell.

+ 1 for the dough boy
Mr. Lennox has been added to the list.

I agree Bill that was a hilarious observation about Burchell very clever and funny.

Peter-

Sorry for not getting back to you before now, but how many profile photos of Walter Johnson have you seen?

I can't recall any. You are probably right, I'd just like to see some proof, before Walter displaces any of the other uglies.

-Raymond

What about Admiral Schlei catching?

+1
 

+ 1 for The Admiral catching !

Egan and Shannon are neck and neck. Or is that teeth :D and teeth.

Spike Shannon. And it's not close.

Tom C

And Spike pulls ahead !

I vote for Egan, but ... the fact that Burns is shown wearing the wrong glove on the wrong hand makes it hard not to vote for that one.

HOW CAN SOMEONE NOT LIKE THIS CARD??????

Kidding...I'm just a little biased because I'm doing a back run for Admiral Schlei (catching).