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Posted By: barrysloate

Mort Rogers scorecards are pretty rare. They can be found whole, and also with just the front cover and photo. I believe the Harry Wright that Roger has is the only complete one with a HOFer, although in the 1990's, a complete set of Boston players was found with just the front covers.

Mort Rogers was a player in the 1860's who was good at marketing and came up with the great idea of including a photograph of a player on his scorecards. Before that, they were plain. In this way, a very early collectible was born, as fans would invariably try to acquire as many different ones as they could. They may have been issued for two years, 1871 and 1872, because some were sold for 5 cents, and others for 10 cents.