The holy Grail of your collection

[Kenny Cole]

Sweet card Phil!!! That one is high on my want list.

[Bicem]

wow Phil, congrats!!

[ullmandds]

nice phil...real tough one...hardly a card though!!!!!

[CW]

Wow, very nice, Phil! Not only for its rarity and the subject, but that is simply a very cool image of Joe Jackson! One I had not seen before.

[rhettyeakley]

Extremely rare oversized postcard from the 1909 Atlanta Crackers, I collect Roy Castleton as he was the first LDS Major League ballplayer, the centerpiece of my Castleton accumulation (I just need to find a Western Playground and a T4 Obak Cabinet if one is ever uncovered)...

[Mark]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Extremely rare oversized postcard from the 1909 Atlanta Crackers, I collect Roy Castleton as he was the first LDS Major League ballplayer, the centerpiece of my Castleton accumulation (I just need to find a Western Playground and a T4 Obak Cabinet if one is ever uncovered)...

The Western Playground and t4 cards would be Holy Grails in the strict sense. Best of luck.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Extremely rare oversized postcard from the 1909 Atlanta Crackers, I collect Roy Castleton as he was the first LDS Major League ballplayer, the centerpiece of my Castleton accumulation (I just need to find a Western Playground and a T4 Obak Cabinet if one is ever uncovered)...

Approximately how many LDS major leaguers have there been? I don't think I could name one -- but I assume there are a bunch?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Approximately how many LDS major leaguers have there been? I don't think I could name one -- but I assume there are a bunch?

Alan Ashby, catcher[44]
Roy Castleton was the first Mormon to ever play professional baseball.[45] He threw perfect game in the Ohio-Pennsylvania League.[46] New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds in the Pacific Coast League.
Gary Cooper, 3rd baseman/outfield, 1986 June draft Housing Astros, major league debut Sept. 1991, had over 1,000 minor league hits. Named Triple A All Star MVP.[citation needed]
Bobby Crosby, shortstop[47] Oakland Athletics
Dennis Eckersley, Hall of Fame pitcher for the Oakland Athletics
Jacoby Ellsbury, Outfielder, Boston Red Sox[48]
Jim Gott, Pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Jeremy Guthrie, pitcher[49]
Roy Halladay, pitcher[44] Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies
Bryce Harper, 2010 MLB #1 draft pick, outfielder for the Washington Nationals[50]
Bruce Hurst, former MLB Pitcher, pitched and won games 1 and 5 and started game 7 for the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series against the New York Mets.[51]
Cale Iorg, minor league baseball player in the Detroit Tigers organization.[52][53]
Garth Iorg, a former Major League Baseball player who played his entire career (1978–1987) for the Toronto Blue Jays.[54]
Wally Joyner, first baseman[55] former California Angels player
Jeff Kent, former second basemen[56] Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants
Harmon Killebrew, first baseman[57] Hall of Famer for the Minnesota Twins
Vance Law, former third basemen[44] and current Brigham Young University head coach. son of Vern Law
Vern Law, pitcher[58] Cy Young Award winner with the Pittsburgh Pirates
Matt Lindstrom, pitcher[44] Florida Marlins
Brandon Lyon, Pitcher[47]
Jack Morris, All-Star and World Series hero with the Detroit Tigers [47]
Dale Murphy, Outfielder 2 time National League MVP [59] Atlanta Braves
Cory Snyder, Infielder with five MLB teams[47]
Clyde Wright, Pitcher[47] California Angels
Jaret Wright, Pitcher[47] Cleveland

[rhettyeakley]

There have been quite a few actually (somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-75 or so), some are not really active members of the LDS faith but are baptized as such...

As far as pre-1945 guys are concerned:
Roy Castleton
Spencer Adams
Ray Jacobs
Red Peery
Newt Kimball
Monte Pearson (not sure how active he was but was born into the church)

Other notables from post-1945:
Harmon Killebrew (don't think he was particularly active)
Fred Sanford
Ken Hubbs
Vernon and Vance Law
Danny Ainge
Barry Bonnell
Iorg brothers (Dane and Garth)
Dale Murphy
Cory Snyder
Jack Morris
Bruce Hurst
Wally Joyner
Jeff Kent
Jeremy Guthrie
Roy Halladay
-and probably most notably right now is Bryce Harper