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Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities
Other players, such as Louis Castro, were offered for years after they played baseball. Castro's last year in the Majors was in 1902, but the SL was still offering his card as late as 1907 - the last year that I have records for. Obviously, he was not a popular choice by the readers of the SL.
When the SL offered their cards, they organized most of the players by their current team. In September of 1903, they began offering "Other Noted Players" which consisted of retired players.
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Originally Posted by sb1
As Kevin and others have alluded to the W600's offered changed on an ongoing basis. Many players were offered for several years, others only a short time. As late as 1913 they were stilling offering left over stock.
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Here's a scan of the cabinet ad in the April 27th, 1912 issue of Sporting Life. I've tried to clean it up a bit for detail.
At that point, the players were listed in alphabetical order, en masse. Castro was
still available, a full decade after his only year in the majors.
Wish I could go back and tell my great-great-grandpa to spend $2 on some premiums and take good care of them.