Posted By:
Matt E.
Good question, I would like to know the story behind it as well. Possibly due to the fact that baseball was becoming hugely popular in that time period and there were several factories were producing different cards of the players. Since no portrait variations exist in Minor Leaguers it may have been due to poularity of the player.
Bresnahan and Ford have different portraits as well. All of the players who have different poses are with the same team for each portrait.
Here is a link that shows the various T205 portrait variations as well as other variations.
http://imageevent.com/babybingbaseball/forsaleortradepage
Any T205 thread is a good thread