When Did the Last Surviving T206 Subject Pass Away?

[piecesofthegame]

I find all these obscure facts about obscure players very I interesting. I think someone (not me) needs to write a book about “The 25 Most Obscure Players From T206 and What Happened to Them After Baseball”. Who’s gonna write it?

[pclpads]

More to the point, who's going to read it?

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by piecesofthegame

I find all these obscure facts about obscure players very I interesting. I think someone (not me) needs to write a book about “The 25 Most Obscure Players From T206 and What Happened to Them After Baseball”. Who’s gonna write it?

I've spent most of my life compiling a manuscript of what happened to every MLB player from 1876-2000, in addition to keeping track of causes of death. I have info for over 97% of all players from those 125 seasons. I have to agree with the poster right after you who replied, "Who's going to read it?". Obviously, it would have an audience, but is it worth my time to publish? Thus far, I've found it's been more beneficial to me to keep the info and use it for my own gain. Definitely more selfish than altruistic. There are other reasons to keep a lot of this info to myself, though. There's the chance that anyone still living may take (legal) issue with the publication of information that's not found in publicly accessible areas, let alone any little typo or incorrect fact that may have slipped through the cracks. Imagine having to cite sources for every bit of information gleaned for thousands of players? Thankfully, I've kept all of those citations, but what an absolute nightmare it would be to deal with. And for what, next to no money?

[piecesofthegame]

Just to clarify what I meant in saying someone should write a book..
I’m reminded of a book I read shortly after it came out out in 2020-“The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife”. The concept was interesting to me. The author cracked open a pack of cards, I can’t remember off-hand,might’ve been like 89 Topps or something. Then he wrote a chapter about researching the life of each random player in the pack. Some were borderline stars,some were journeymen. It was a great read, and got to #7 on the LA Times best seller list, also named one of the best books of 2020 by NPR. Not saying a t206 book would do as well by any means. But there is so much publicity around this set, even casual collectors know some about it. And we all know about the Cobbs and Mathewsons. But not everyone knows about Bugs Raymond, or Dan McGann. Not saying everyone’s story is fascinating, but I know some are. And a good author could bring that to life. NO DOUBT it would be a labor of love. But I guarantee many of the thousands of T206 collectors on this board would read it. I simply disagree no one would read it. It would be unlike any Deadball era book written. I’m talking myself into writing it when I retire!

[T206Collector]

If people are interested in writing bios of T206 players, which I fully support of course, there are plenty of un-researched players on SABR. I am pretty sure SABR would love the help!

A good example is T206 player bull Durham, who has been thoroughly researched here:

https://sabr.org/journal/article/in-...f-bull-durham/

Originally Posted by piecesofthegame

But not everyone knows about Bugs Raymond, or Dan McGann. Not saying everyone’s story is fascinating, but I know some are. And a good author could bring that to life. NO DOUBT it would be a labor of love. But I guarantee many of the thousands of T206 collectors on this board would read it. I simply disagree no one would read it. It would be unlike any Deadball era book written.

I would note that Dan McGann and Bugs Raymond have well-researched chapters in Deadball Stars of the National League, which is available on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Deadball-Star.../dp/1574888609

(You can also read similar versions of McGann and Raymond’s bios on SABR).

[murraydrew115]

Originally Posted by piecesofthegame

I find all these obscure facts about obscure players very I interesting. I think someone (not me) needs to write a book about “The 25 Most Obscure Players From T206 and What Happened to Them After Baseball”. Who’s gonna write it?

Same to me i need someone who can write about T205.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by murraydrew115

Same to me i need someone who can write about T205.

Not same to me as someone can only ban who need T205 write about.

Brian