Least appealing T206 card and why ? Now keeping tallies !! Shannon is in the lead!!

[Joshchisox08]

Although some may find it hard to pick one or say that they don't hate any card in the set. Imagine if you had to pick just one (although you can post as many as you want) that if you didn't pick just one you had to ....... idk give up you entire collection of everything.

For me it's the ole Mr. Ed, and Otto Kruger they're both pretty scary looking dudes especially Creeper I mean Kruger.

Time to keep a tally and see who is the worst card in the set. Frank I apologize in advance for stealing your idea but this is all in good fun. Hope you understand.

Last updated March 4th 6:40am 2016

Spike, Shannon, 12
Dick, Eagan, 10
Billy, Purtell, 6
Fred, Burchell, 3
Rube, Kisinger, 3
Matty, McIntyre, 3
Bill, Burns, 2
Otto, Kruger, 2
Joe, Kelley, 2
George, Mullin, horz, 2
Rube, Marquard , throwing, 1
Fred, Jacklitsch , 1
Frank, Baker, 1
Art, Fletcher, 1
Cy, Young, bare hand, 1
Bill, Lattimore , 1
Clyde, Engle, 1
Beals, Becker, 1
Moose, McCormick, 1
Chief, Bender, no trees, 1
Walter, Johnson, pitching, 1
Walter, Johnson, portrait, 1
Shag, 1
Jack, Pfeister, throwing, 1
Rudy, Hulswitt, 1
Honus, Wagner, 1
John, Anderson, 1
Carleton, Molesworth, 1
Ed, Lennox, 1
Admiral, Schlei, catching, 1


Total of t206 found to be not appealing 30 out of 524 or 5.7%

[cincyredlegs]

OH NO Josh, Not Dick Egan.......LOL. He actually is one of my favorite cards in the set. I'm trying to do a back run of him.

I am not sure there is one card I don't like to be honest. I will have to think about this. Good thread though.

Mark

[ullmandds]

I hate them all......but I think I hate shannon the most. It's just a ridiculous pose and he looks like a pickled person!

[Econteachert205]

Billy purtell. The 06 set has inconsistent artwork for sure

[edjs]

Kelley. I can't even bring myself to buy it. Good thing I still need a whole lot of them. My last 5 to complete the set will be Magie, Doyle, Plank, Wagner, and then Kelley.

[insccollectibles]

Matty Mcintyre

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by insccollectibles

Matty Mcintyre

I knew Matty would make the list and no not Big 6.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by cincyredlegs

OH NO Josh, Not Dick Egan.......LOL. He actually is one of my favorite cards in the set. I'm trying to do a back run of him.

I am not sure there is one card I don't like to be honest. I will have to think about this. Good thread though.

Mark

Haha sorry mark can't get past those Mr. Ed teeth.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

Billy purtell. The 06 set has inconsistent artwork for sure

I agree and although I needed him for to close in on my Sox list It was my least desirable of the Sox players. Not to mention besides Fiene he was probably the worst player for the Sox in the set.

[7nohitter]

Ha! Great thread idea! Definitely Egan and those idiotic teeth...looks like he needs to be given some sugar cubes and put out to pasture.

[Luke]

I love the set, but unfortunately don't love a lot of the cards in it. There are a bunch of cards that are an action shot, but the artwork is too close-up and it just looks weird. Marquard throwing, Jacklitsch, Baker, Fletcher, Kisinger, Young bare hand, Lattimore, Engle, Becker, Purtell, McCormick, Bender no trees to name a few.

I also think they got lazy in the 350 series and starting using single color backgrounds, and those cards kind of stand out to me compared to the background detail from the 150 series.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

I love the set, but unfortunately don't love a lot of the cards in it. There are a bunch of cards that are an action shot, but the artwork is too close-up and it just looks weird. Marquard throwing, Jacklitsch, Baker, Fletcher, Kisinger, Young bare hand, Lattimore, Engle, Becker, Purtell, McCormick, Bender no trees to name a few.

I also think they got lazy in the 350 series and starting using single color backgrounds, and those cards kind of stand out to me compared to the background detail from the 150 series.

Some of those I'll def agree with but I actually like the Engle. Purtell sucks I think the Bender trees and no trees is nothing special.

[ullmandds]

Burchell DOES SUCK!!!!

[clydepepper]

Because of this card, not only can I not ever, in good taste, complete my desired group of 'affordable' T206 left-handed pitchers, but I can't watch Ghost Busters again without thinking of him.

DAMN YOU, FRED BURCHELL!!!

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[xplainer]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

Although some may find it hard to pick one or say that they don't hate any card in the set. Imagine if you had to pick just one (although you can post as many as you want) that if you didn't pick just one you had to ....... idk give up you entire collection of everything.

For me it's the ole Mr. Ed, and Otto Kruger they're both pretty scary looking dudes especially Creeper I mean Kruger.

Kruger drank grape soda. Hair parted down the middle... come on man, dead give away.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Because of this card, not only can I not ever, in good taste, complete my desired group of 'affordable' T206 left-handed pitchers, but I can't watch Ghost Busters again without thinking of him.

DAMN YOU, FRED BURCHELL!!!

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Unfortunately for me I just won his card in the Sterling auction to be my first and only EDPG back haha.

Funny comparison.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by xplainer

Kruger drank grape soda. Hair parted down the middle... come on man, dead give away.

I can totally see that !

[asoriano]

[rhettyeakley]

Bill Burns

Whomever was the artist on that card had never played baseball before, nor did they understand human anatomy with the glove being on the wrong hand. Just way too distracting and dumb looking

[Peter_Spaeth]

Johnson pitching. No resemblance.

[Bpm0014]

Shannon for sure.

[ZachS]

The Shannon card is terrible. It looks like a kindergarten art project. There are several ugly action poses.

[ValKehl]

Any card that is printer's scrap! (Hi Johnny V.)

[peterb69]

Purtell for sure

[LKeeler]

I'll will have to agree with Purtell and Egan. However, I would also have to throw in Shag as well just because I find something creepy about his eyes. And the fact that he has a collar that looks like he stole it off of Beethoven.

[Enfuego]

Originally Posted by asoriano

WOW!! LMAO!!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Shannon for sure.

I would love to see more of the original photos that some of the stranger T206's were made from. In some cases, the photo image is just as weird - I don't have it on this computer, but the Mullin horizontal is a good example.

[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by Enfuego

WOW!! LMAO!!

Mirror image.

[Thromdog]

Rube Kisinger - Looks like my son when he was 2 and just learned to throw anything he could get his hands on. That or a fast-pitch softball pitcher. The "fade-away" grip is atrocious. Plus the dude is entirely too happy.

Pfeister throwing - Looks like Skeletor from the Masters of the Universe, He-Man series.

Shannon - My 7 year old son could draw a better picture while riding in a Jeep Wrangler after his 2nd can of red bull.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Thromdog

Rube Kisinger - Looks like my son when he was 2 and just learned to throw anything he could get his hands on. That or a fast-pitch softball pitcher. The "fade-away" grip is atrocious. Plus the dude is entirely too happy.

Pfeister throwing - Looks like Skeletor from the Masters of the Universe, He-Man series.

Shannon - My 7 year old son could draw a better picture while riding in a Jeep Wrangler after his 2nd can of red bull.

Maybe Kisinger just farted ?

Love the "Skeletor" haha that brings me back to when I was realllllll young.

Shannon is a popular vote here I feel like I should start tallying up like Frank does with the monster number of who is the most hated t206 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[mybuddyinc]

It's funny, this thread pops up every once in a while. Although I agree, the "regular" gang of "beauties" are mostly the same. The one that never gets mentioned (as far as I can remember) is my all time worst .......

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No resemblance of anything .... just a cartoon character that played for Charlie Brown's LL team.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by mybuddyinc

It's funny, this thread pops up every once in a while. Although I agree, the "regular" gang of "beauties" are mostly the same. The one that never gets mentioned (as far as I can remember) is my all time worst .......

No resemblance of anything .... just a cartoon character that played for Charlie Brown's LL team.

Rudy has been added to the list Scott !

[Beatles Guy]

Egan, definitely Egan.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Beatles Guy

Egan, definitely Egan.

+ 1 for Egan !

[Sean]

Put my vote down for Purtell.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I vote for Honus Wagner since I will never own one!

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Sean

Put my vote down for Purtell.

Another Purtell

and + 1 for Honus haha.

[slipk1068]

I don't hate any of them, but Spike Shannon isn't a pretty looking card. I vote for Spike.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by slipk1068

I don't hate any of them, but Spike Shannon isn't a pretty looking card. I vote for Spike.

Perhaps I'll rephrase to least appealing lol.

[Joshchisox08]

Purtell and Shannon are tied at 5 !

[sago]

I honestly think the WaJo portrait does not look like him.

[Rich Klein]

Was the patron saint of the Sabr Deadball committee and we almost burned a T206 card of his as a sacrifice to ensure a successful committe.

We all thought he was the most hard scrabbled portrait in T206

Riich

[Joshchisox08]

Three way tie now ! Purtell, Egan, and Shannon.

Johnson portrait has been added to the list !

[T206Collector]

I actually like the Purtell and Shannon because of the colors and details in the grass/background.

Egan is definitely my least favorite. Hate the teeth. Absolutely horrific looking.

[PM770]

I think we have an interesting new sub-set idea!

"I'm four cards away from a Least Appealing set!"

[rats60]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Bill Burns

Whomever was the artist on that card had never played baseball before, nor did they understand human anatomy with the glove being on the wrong hand. Just way too distracting and dumb looking

Burns is my vote too.

[edjs]

Neither of these are mine, just images pulled off the net, but how can you guys not see it?

[Joshchisox08]

list updated!!!

[Mountaineer1999]

Shannon! What's he doing, releasing a dove?

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Rich has a point, it has been pointed out that Egan's hitting and fielding almost ruined the deadball era!