N172 help please...PL

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Posted By: robert

I am getting the N172 set with images ready for my site when I came accross that some cards are classified PL with out there even being a PL on the card. How can this be so???? What are the criteria for a card being a PL?

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

The team they are listed on is a Player's League team.

For example: Comiskey in 1890 for Chicago.

He played 1889 and 1891 for St. Louis in the Ntl. League.

The only Chicago team he ever played for during the N172 days was the Player's League team:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/comisch01.shtml

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Posted By: Zach Rice

Not every 1890 N172 is marked PL or NL like the Comiskey that Hal pointed out. However the card can be dated to 1890 because Comiskey is shown playing for Chicago and he only played with them for one year, 1890. Chicago happened to be a team in the Players League.

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Posted By: Jim Clarke

PL cards rarely come up for sale/trade. I only see a few each year. They are one of my favorite Old Judge cards and I try to aquire them anytime I get a chance too!!