There is a SABR-adjacent site that has 99% of all the old data/bio card records for players in Organized Ball entered/scanned in. I'm not sure what the cutoff is in terms of earliest and latest dates but it goes back very far. The link is here and I've copied in Persons available info below:
https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3
Display Name
Archie Persons
Card Group
Players Archived
Name Details
First: Archie Last: Persons Given: Archie
Career Began
1908
Career Ended
1912
Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=person001arc
Name LastFirst
Persons Archie L.
Player Contract Info
1. Name Position Bats Throws
2. Persons, Archie L.
3. Born-Place Date Married
4. Address Height Weight
5. Teams Played With
6. Little Rock 1909-Omaha 1910-rel. 7/10-San Anton
7. io 1911-rel. to Oklahoma City 5/11-rel. 7/11-
Published Career
1908 Montgomery | Southern Association
1909 1. Montgomery | Southern Association
1909 2. Little Rock | Southern Association
1911 1. Oklahoma City | Texas
1911 2. San Antonio | Texas
1912 Bassano | Western Canada
Citation
The Sporting News Player Contract Cards, ScanID: 1035001325 Archie L. Persons plus URL of this page.
ScanID
1035001325
SABR PersonID
2019557e
BBRef RegisterID
person001arc
Box Number
35
Box Label
PENYER_PORREVECCHIO
Scan Set
PERSI_PESEK
Scan Sequence
25
Archival Scan File Name
PERSI_PESEK_025.tif
Cards
1
Sides
1
Rights
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