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Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie
Here's another interesting card of Elberfeld of the Brooklyn Robins. He last played for them in 1914 and went to Chattanooga in 1915 and 1916, for which he also has a card. The card on top is Hoblitzell Boston Amer. I could not find him on their roster for any year. Both these cards are 1914 cards because of Elberfeld's leaving Brooklyn after the 1914 season.
Hoblitzell is shown in baseball reference to have 1000 plate appearences in 1914 for Toronto, Cincy, and Boston Nats, which seems incorrect. He played for Braves for 1915 and 1916 as well.
Anyone else feel free to chime in with miscut T213, questions or answers. Rob
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I just re-read this post, and notice a couple of things. Rob, Dick Hoblitzell played for the Red Sox but never for Boston N.L.,so there is a mistake. However and interestingly (to me any anyway), Hoblitzell was not acquired by Boston from Cinci until July 16, 1914, so if he is appearing on an Elberfeld card with Brooklyn, who only played there in 1914, either there was a late printing in 1914 or the miscut card was printed before Elberfeld joined Chattanooga in April 1915. I'm guessing the former, since Elberfeld was released by Brooklyn well before he signed with Chattanooga. However, since Hoblitzell also has a t213-2 card with the Reds, that would mean there are two different printings from 1914.
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