T206 The Elite 11

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hi Pat.... Yes, Lundgren is an interesting subject.

Lundgren is a University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) Engineering graduate. I guess that's part of the reason I like him. When I was in the Air Force (stationed in central Illinois),
I attended Engineering courses there.
Anyhow, Lundgren had a fairly good pitching record (91 - 55, W-L). He left the Cubs on April 23, 1909. And, perhaps that is why American Litho Short-Printed his MLB card.





Furthermore, that (short-printing) may explain why the Dahlen (Boston) and Tubby Spencer cards are tougher to find. Both their careers changed during the period of when these
Elite 11 cards were being printed.


TED Z

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I don't think that's the reason Ted, for example Ganley who is the most populous of the elite 11 was picked up by Philadelphia off waivers in May 1909.

Lundgren who is depicted with Kansas City on his print group 2 T206's never even played for them. He was picked up off waivers by Brooklyn in May 1909 and was immediately sold to Toronto for $1000 who then sold him to Kansas City in June 1909 but he never played for them.