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Old 06-09-2010, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve D View Post
I just looked at baseball-reference.com, and Irv's record shows he played for the Boston Beaneaters (NL) from 1905-1908. He then went to Pittsburg for a year, and then to the White Sox his final two seasons. So the E97 and E98 which read "Cy Young, Cleveland" were clearly meant to be Denton Young. It's a simple case of using the wrong player's picture on them.

Steve
Not for E97, Steve, as the Young card has a Boston NL variation...could well have been intended to be Irv Young.

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