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Originally Posted by ValKehl
My #1 collecting focus is cards of all the players who were on the Washington Senators 1924 World Series Championship team. Many players on this team, such as HOFer Sam Rice, appear on no tobacco cards. Fortunately, in 1924, a Cuban tobacco company produced a set of 136 cards of American pitchers, many of whom appear on few or no other cards. Below are pics of the 1924 Diaz cards (N258 per the ACC) in my collection.
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A few additional 1924 Senators appeared on tobacco cards. Some of my favorites are shown below:
Walter Johnson - After losing his 2 starts in Games 1 and 5 against the powerful NY Giants, he was the winning pitcher in relief in the 12th inning of Game 7 after pitching 4 shutout innings.
Clark Griffith - I include Griffith in my collection because he was the GM and majority owner of the 1924 Senators.
George Mogridge - One of the unsung heroes of the 1924 WS, 35-year-old Mogridge started Game 4, pitched 7.1 innings giving up 2 earned runs, and was the winning pitcher. This is the only WS game the Senators won at NY. In Game 7, manager Bucky "The Boy Wonder" Harris started righty Warren "Curly" Ogden to get John McGrew to start his left-hitting lineup; after a strike out and a walk, Harris brought in lefty Mogridge who pitched 4.2 innings, holding the Giants to 1 earned run.
Roger Peckinpaugh - The Senators' shortstop had a 17-year MLB career, mostly with the NY Yankees. He was named the AL MVP for 1925. He managed the Cleveland Indians for several years after his playing career ended. The following is taken from SABR's bio of Peckinpaugh:
"The veteran shortstop teamed with the young second baseman Bucky Harris to form one of the best double play combinations in the American League. Everything fell into place by the 1924 season when owner Griffith appointed Harris the manager. Harris considered Peck his assistant manager, and together they led the Senators to back-to-back pennants in 1924 and 1925. Peck was a hero of the 1924 World Series, hitting .417 and slugging .583, including a game-winning, walk-off double in Game 2. However, while running to second base (unnecessarily) on that hit, Peckinpaugh strained a muscle in his left thigh, which sidelined him for most of Game 3 and all of Games 4 and 5. But in what Shirley Povich called 'the gamest exhibition I ever saw on a baseball field,' Peckinpaugh took the field for Game 6 with his leg heavily bandaged and went 2-for-2 with a walk before re-aggravating the injury making a brilliant, game-saving defensive play in the ninth inning. Although Peckinpaugh had to sit out Game 7, he had already done more than his share to bring the Senators their first world championship."
"Oyster Joe" Martina - 1924 was Martina's only year in the majors. He had a 6 - 8 won-loss record and a 4.67 ERA with the Senators. However, he won 322 games (vs. 254 losses) during his 21 years in the minors. Martina pitched 1 scoreless inning in the 1924 WS.
William "Pinky" Hargrave - He was a back-up catcher who played very sparingly in 1924, and did not appear in the WS. He played with Minneapolis of the Am. Assn. in 1934-36, during which time his Worch Cigar cards shown below were produced. His older brother, Eugene "Bubbles" Hargrave, also was a MLB catcher.