Persons and Capote / Poss OT

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by drmiraculous

Yeah I'm a little late to this discussion! But I'm a rookie here and glad to find I wasn't the only one who wondered who this guy was and have something to add to the convo!

Welcome, you won't find a greater more knowledgeable group of folks.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I would try the Baseball HOF before the library of congress on something like this.

[toppcat]

There is a SABR-adjacent site that has 99% of all the old data/bio card records for players in Organized Ball entered/scanned in. I'm not sure what the cutoff is in terms of earliest and latest dates but it goes back very far. The link is here and I've copied in Persons available info below:

https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3



Display Name
Archie Persons
Card Group
Players Archived
Name Details
First: Archie Last: Persons Given: Archie
Career Began
1908
Career Ended
1912
Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=person001arc
Name LastFirst
Persons Archie L.
Player Contract Info
1. Name Position Bats Throws
2. Persons, Archie L.
3. Born-Place Date Married
4. Address Height Weight
5. Teams Played With
6. Little Rock 1909-Omaha 1910-rel. 7/10-San Anton
7. io 1911-rel. to Oklahoma City 5/11-rel. 7/11-
Published Career
1908 Montgomery | Southern Association
1909 1. Montgomery | Southern Association
1909 2. Little Rock | Southern Association
1911 1. Oklahoma City | Texas
1911 2. San Antonio | Texas
1912 Bassano | Western Canada
Citation
The Sporting News Player Contract Cards, ScanID: 1035001325 Archie L. Persons plus URL of this page.
ScanID
1035001325
SABR PersonID
2019557e
BBRef RegisterID
person001arc
Box Number
35
Box Label
PENYER_PORREVECCHIO
Scan Set
PERSI_PESEK
Scan Sequence
25
Archival Scan File Name
PERSI_PESEK_025.tif
Cards
1
Sides
1
Rights
Copyright 2019 by The Society for American Baseball Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

[Yoda]

I wonder if Arch ever enjoyed, "Breakfast at Tiffanies."

[drmiraculous]

Originally Posted by toppcat

There is a SABR-adjacent site that has 99% of all the old data/bio card records for players in Organized Ball entered/scanned in. I'm not sure what the cutoff is in terms of earliest and latest dates but it goes back very far. The link is here and I've copied in Persons available info below:

https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3



Display Name
Archie Persons
Card Group
Players Archived
Name Details
First: Archie Last: Persons Given: Archie
Career Began
1908
Career Ended
1912
Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=person001arc
Name LastFirst
Persons Archie L.
Player Contract Info
1. Name Position Bats Throws
2. Persons, Archie L.
3. Born-Place Date Married
4. Address Height Weight
5. Teams Played With
6. Little Rock 1909-Omaha 1910-rel. 7/10-San Anton
7. io 1911-rel. to Oklahoma City 5/11-rel. 7/11-
Published Career
1908 Montgomery | Southern Association
1909 1. Montgomery | Southern Association
1909 2. Little Rock | Southern Association
1911 1. Oklahoma City | Texas
1911 2. San Antonio | Texas
1912 Bassano | Western Canada
Citation
The Sporting News Player Contract Cards, ScanID: 1035001325 Archie L. Persons plus URL of this page.
ScanID
1035001325
SABR PersonID
2019557e
BBRef RegisterID
person001arc
Box Number
35
Box Label
PENYER_PORREVECCHIO
Scan Set
PERSI_PESEK
Scan Sequence
25
Archival Scan File Name
PERSI_PESEK_025.tif
Cards
1
Sides
1
Rights
Copyright 2019 by The Society for American Baseball Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

This leaves out his time in Oskaloosa, Nashville, Sacramento and Omaha as referenced on Bref.com. Persons was with two teams in 07, 09, 1910, 1911 and three in 1912, mostly at level A and B, so he was in the top tier of the minors most seasons. Prior to 2017 Persons had two Bref.com pages, one for Arch Persons and one for Archie Pearsons.