Horizontal t206's

[veloce]

Looks vertical to me. It would make sense that the original picture would have him catching a pop up since Dunn's a pitcher and he's probably not diving for many fly balls.

As for the arm injury idea... I doubt he could stretch out like that if he couldn't lift his arm over his head.

Edit: Actually I guess he was no longer pitching in those years... still an infielder is more likely to be catching pop ups.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by veloce

Edit: Actually I guess he was no longer pitching in those years... still an infielder is more likely to be catching pop ups.

Although he mostly played the infield, he did play the outfield in the 1902 & 1904 (his last) seasons.

[veloce]

Presumably the original picture would date to his active days with Baltimore to be relatively current with the set. Of course, I don't know what position he played those years.

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Although he mostly played the infield, he did play the outfield in the 1902 & 1904 (his last) seasons.

[slipk1068]

Originally Posted by wazoo

the position of the glove would probably not be correct

Not sure the artists always got glove positioning correct. Look at Sleepy Bill Burns with his glove on the wrong hand

The card does look cool as a horizontal but it always has been and always will be a vertical until someone finds the original photo and proves otherwise.

[vintagetoppsguy]

I found this old thread (poll) while actually trying to find more information on Google.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=116396

It's a little over 4 years old and I wonder if the consensus would still be the same today? Anybody want to start a new poll with only horizontal or vetical as being the only two choices (not the other three options in the original poll)?

[Bpm0014]

In addition to pitching, he also played right field and shortstop.