1894 Betz Baltimore Cabinet Card

[JeremyW]

Here's a better scan. Didn't realize I was supporting a scumbag, but the image quality is, as previously stated, better than most examples I've found. I think the artist did a damn good job on the Gleason portrait, even though he left out the white carnation.

[scooter729]

Great item, Jeremy - I wish I could've been the high bidder!

[benjulmag]

Heckuva card! It depicts 7 HOFers. Is there any other team card known with that many HOFers?

[GaryPassamonte]

Corey- The only team that comes close is the NY Giants of the late 1880s. This team had 6 HOFers: Ewing, Ward, Keefe. O'Rourke, Connor, and Welch. I believe they are all pictured on a Joseph Hall cabinet as well as other period images.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by benjulmag

Heckuva card! It depicts 7 HOFers. Is there any other team card known with that many HOFers?

Don't know about a card, but the 1924 New York Giants world series roster had 8 players who made the HOF, plus McGraw:

Kelly
Terry
Frisch
Jackson
Lindstrom
Youngs
Wilson
Southworth

McGraw

[bcbgcbrcb]

Hank's on the right track, actually, the 1925 W504 NY Giants team card pictures 9 HOF'ers. I'm sure that is the all-time record.

[Bicem]

Great, great cabinet!

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Hank's on the right track, actually, the 1925 W504 NY Giants team card pictures 9 HOF'ers. I'm sure that is the all-time record.

It's ugly, but this is the one Phil referenced w/ 9 HOFers.

It includes H. Wilson, R. Youngs, F. Frisch, H. Jennings, G. Kelly, B. Southworth, T. Jackson, B. Terry, & F. Lindstrom. It doesn't hold a candle to the 1894 Orioles pieces, but it probably is the "record" for HOFers on one card.