Possible Earliest Jack Chesbro Baseball Collectible

[h2oya311]

Yep, that's Chesbro's earliest collectible. I once owned that Team Supplement (sold it in 2013) after having acquired it from Phil G. I'm not sure if it's the exact same one I once owned or if it's an additional copy. I'll have to check my saved images on my computer.

I never really liked that Chesbro's face was photoshopped onto that other player's body for this item. That said, it is certainly his earliest collectible (that I know of), and assuming it's not a later reproduction of the original.

Nice pick-up!

[aelefson]

Thank you Derek! I don't know how I missed seeing yours when I searched earlier. I also did not consider the odd look to Chesbro but I see it now.

Alan

[RUKen]

About the team nickname (Maroons vs. Ponies), all such names were informal. The team was named the Springfield Baseball Club, or something similar, and were called the Ponies, the Maroons, or whatever else people wanted to call them. BaseballReference.com seems to have arbitrarily chosen a single nickname for each team, each season, but that is misleading. Both nicknames were probably used during the 1895 season, and any other seasons that the team had maroon among its uniform colors.

Originally Posted by h2oya311

I never really liked that Chesbro's face was photoshopped onto that other player's body for this item.

The head of Fielder Jones (top row, far right) has also been pasted over another player's. Here is what the original looked like (I do not own this):

[aelefson]

Thank you! I really appreciate the information on the names and it is good to note the other edit that was made.

Alan

[paul]

I also once owned that supplement. I traded it to Phil G., though my recollection is that the condition was not as nice as this one, so it may have been another example of it. I always thought the player seated second from the left looks a lot like Wagner, though it's obviously not him.

[doug.goodman]

Congrats on the pickup Alan.