Stuff about collecting Negro Leaguers

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Posted By: Chad

Just thought I would throw this out there for anybody who has an interest. I've been doing some research on cards featuring players who appeared, no matter how briefly, in the Negro Leagues and I've come up with some interesting stuff.

There's roughly 300 different players who appeared in the NLs that are pictured on a card issued during their playing careers. Some of these are ridiculously tough--Pete Hill, Bruce Petway, Home Run Johnson--and some are stupidly easy--Paul Casanova, I'm looking at you. There are cards of Negro Leaguers from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Canada, Japan, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Mexico and, of course, the good ol' USA. The dates of the card issued range from cabinets issued in the 1890's to Hank Aaron's last Topps card in 1976. The research is still rough, very rough, but there are a lot more players and a lot more cool cards of Negro Leaguers than I ever imagined when I started collecting them a few years ago.

--Chad

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Posted By: Steve f

Chad, Do you have a checklist of cards issued featuring Negro Leaguers?

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Posted By: Chad

But it needs lots and lots of work. Finding accurate checklists of the Latin stuff is damn near impossible and there are many guys who I still have to determine if they were Negro Leaguers or not. And, it's debatable whether some of the issues I've included in my checklist are even cards or, in many cases, if they even exist. Despite all these difficulties, I have created a working checklist and I'll be glad to share it, as long as it's not taken as gospel. Like I said, it's still very rough.

--Chad

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Posted By: Steve f

I can only imagine the legwork involved. Incidentally, I replied to your Costa Rica post in the other thread.

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Posted By: Chad

I checked out the sight and it looks good, Steve.

You're right, the legwork was rough, but I managed to do it all on company time!

--Chad

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Posted By: Paul

Chad, what set was issued in Mexico? I'm not familiar with any baseball sets from Mexico. Thanks.

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Posted By: Chad

There are no sets, just a single card of Martin Dihigo. I can't find a link to the card, but, Ryan, if you check this out, could you hook a brother up? One of my many daydreams is that one day a bunch of forgotten sets of cards will be discovered from the Mexican professional leagues. I doubt it, but I can daydream.

--Chad

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Posted By: Ryan Christoff

The Dihigo card is from 1947, but it was a multi-sport issue and I have never seen another baseball player from it. The scan shows Dihigo, a soccer player and two matadors. There were probably actors and actresses in the set as well. The picture on the magazine was probably taken around the same time as the one on the card. He was only on that team in 1947 and only for part of the season.

I have seen one other Mexican baseball card and that is it. That one looked like it probably was part of a baseball issue. It was from around 1950 and it was photographic. Really cool. Looked sort of like a 1923-24 Billiken card. If I can convince the owner to sell it to me I'll have a total monopoly on vintage Mexican baseball cards! Both of them.





-Ryan

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Posted By: Paul

Totally cool. Thank you both.

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Posted By: Clint

Does anyone know of any cards or photos of Frank Wickware. Any help would be appreciated.

-Clint

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Posted By: Chad

A great player, though. I think a photo might be your only shot to get an image of him.

--Chad

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Posted By: Clint

Thanks Chad appreciate the help.

-Clint

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Posted By: Ken McMillan

I just spent last week at Cubs Fantasy Baseball camp and Ernie Banks was there. He was with the Kansas City Monarchs before he joined the Cubs. My aunt also knew Buck O'Neill in Kansas City before he passed in the last few months. Both pretty cool men.

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Posted By: Chad

--Chad