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Old 02-26-2011, 05:10 PM
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Default B79 equates to birthdate

I have always thought the Wiggs T212 was a classic card as well.

According to The Baseball Reference, Big Jim Wiggs was born on "September 1, 1876 in Trondhjem, Norway." My guess is that B79 was meant to be a notation for date of birth, although there seems to be a 3 year difference from the data on The Baseball Reference page.


Patrick

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