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.

Wow. Carrick is a suburb of Pittsburgh. Less than 5 minutes from me. Thanks for sharing.

here's my e92

http://net54baseball.com/picture.php...ictureid=14961http://net54baseball.com/picture.php...ictureid=14962

One of my favorites...

Attachment 258930

What else?
 

An '07

t206 tolstoi

Otto Knabe T206
 

My Mr. Knabe (SC350 reverse)..........

Re: Otto Knabe - show em!
 

Whenever these posts appear I love going to SABR and reading the bio's on each player.
Here's the bio on Otto Knabe:

http://www.sabr.org/bioproj/person/310d7ec8

A couple of interesting notes. The bio states his father was of German descent. I wonder
if he wasn't given the middle name "Otto" from the reigning and popular chancellor of
Germany at the time of his birth, Otto von Bismark (in office 1871-1890). Knabe was
born in 1884.

Also, the bio explains that Knabe got wind of the 1919 World Series fix and "investigated
the matter, confirmed something crooked afoot, and reported this to Gleason, then
managing the White Sox."

Just a couple of tidbits I thought were worth noting.

ErikV

Knabe
 

Knabe

T216 mino
 

Here's a Mino........Jerry

T213-2
 

Knabe

More People's
 

Following up that awesome Mino with a beater Virginia Extra.
A very tough type card, just happens that mine is Otto!

Virginia Extra
 

Any Virginia Extra is in good condition.......Jerry

Was recently reflecting on perhaps the most significant card upgrade I made in "stuff I collect"

Both are from the rather scarce E104-III series. The second example came from Dan Gantt's collection. Which, in an interesting coincidence, I have another high grade E104-III from Dan that I had acquired in trade having provided by Niagara Baking Knabe card.

At any rate, here are the two:

Had this Knabe Rose Co. postcard in my collection.

Newbie question. How do you pronounce "Knabe"? Am guessing something akin to a Canadian saying knob, eh but I reserve the right to be wrong.

German
 

Nice Nadja Marc S.........I took four semesters of German and was glad to gets Cs but I think Knob-eh with the K pronounced would be right or richtig....Jerry

Here are some more Otto portraits...

I like that Virginia Extra!

Cheers,
Steve

Marc, I know the collector grade is a Nadja back, is the high grade also? Beauty, eh!

You guys are killing me with the T216s! Great to see.

I can certainly see why! Nice T216s, Steve!

Signed T206
 

I don't show this one too often, but it is really cool!

Hi Ed, it is, in fact, also a Nadja back:

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/...nabe-sgc-2.jpg

Don't see too many sigs on the back. Very cool!