Fun things added to blank back cards

[RCMcKenzie]

One Doc Crandall w/ stats. The other looks like it says "Pot is Crandall" or "Pot 15 Crandall" Don't know.

[ValKehl]

The writing on the back of the 1921 card is likely intended to mean:

P (for pitcher) Otis Crandall (also known as "Doc" Crandall).

https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=cranda002jam

[RCMcKenzie]

Ah, thanks, Val. That's it. I read some more on Crandall just now, that Damon Runyon gave him the nickname "Doc", "the physician of the pitching emergency."

[brianp-beme]

I haven't seen the writing on Val's card before, but I have seen the writing seen on the Crandall card. If I remember M. MaCrae's info correctly, he of the incredible PCL and card knowledge, these came from a collector with a substantial Zeenut collection who wrote on these as a kid in this distinctive fashion, and showed up in the Bay Area collecting scene in the 70-80's(?) There are a lot of them out there, I have a few.

Brian

[oaks1912]

The writing on the back of the Crandall card is from Norm McTeer's collection. He was an advanced West Coast collector from the 30's-70's. His collection of several thousand (Bay Area released) cards was broken down in the mid 70's and virtually every intermediate to advanced PCL collection will contain examples from his collection... By the way Brian, great collection of 'personalized' backs

[brianp-beme]

I knew Mark would be able to reach back into the Rolodex of his mind and come up with more details of the handwriting seen on the Crandall card.

And of course I also have to thank Mark for a good chunk of the cards seen in my scans. In many cases when I was at a show I had multiple of the same card to choose from his glorious stacks, and I chose the ones I posted.

Brian