Rob,
I completely missed this oversight. During the research of my book,
I was puzzled by four of the St. Louis players cards in the set (Spencer,
Karger, Murray and Mowery). Spencer, Karger and Murray were all
traded from their respective teams on 12-12-1908. All three were playing
for a St. Louis team when they got traded. Their E96 cards all portray
them playing for St. Louis.
Your post mentions the checklist of the E96 set being developed at the
same time of the E95 set. The book doesn't state this, but I seem to
agree. See my Net54 post (towards bottom of attached link).
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...MEL#post737836
I believe the fact that Mowery was traded on 8-22-1909 from Cincinnati
TO A ST. LOUIS TEAM (which his E96 card indicates) would suggest
that the E96 set/checklist was compiled likely as the E95 set was just
being released (late in 1909 baseball season). In fact, Claude Rossman
who was also playing for St Louis (indicated on E96), but was traded to the
Detriot Tigers on 8-20-1909.
Food for thought.
ErikV
www.PhiladelphiaCaramel.com