1903-1911 Detroit BB Club Expense Ledger?

[jcmtiger]

It is original. I will post some more pics with Cobb's Salary and the 1st misc payment to him in 1905.

Joe

[marvjung]

That really is a neat piece - and I have to admit, that's some darn good handwriting!

[jcmtiger]

The Ledger is 10 1/2 x 16, 152 pages, but only 78 pages have information. The others are blank.

[Kotton King]

Yeah Joe....definitely an awesome piece.

[bijoem]

value: priceless.

[BobbyVCP]

A museum quality piece....very nice and thanks for sharing.

[Joe_G.]

Very nice piece Joe !!

My how salaries rose over ~20 years. Here is what the 1887 Wolverines came in at:

Manager
Bill Watkins => $3,000

Catchers
Charles Bennett => $3,000
Fatty Briody => $1,750
Charlie Ganzel => $2,000
Sy Sutcliffe => ?

Pitchers
Lady Baldwin => $3,200
Ed Beatin => ?
Bill Burke => $2,000
Pete Conway => ?
Charlie Getzien => $2,000
Henry Gruber => ?
Larry Twitchell => $1,200 (also played LF)
Stump Wiedman => $1,750

Fielders
Dan Brouthers => $4,000
Fred Dunlap => $4,500
Deacon White => $3,500
Jack Rowe => $3,500
Sam Thompson => $2,200
Ned Hanlon => $2,200
Hardy Richardson => $4,000
Billy Shindle => $1,750
Jimmy Manning => ?

Estimating an additional $7,000 for the five missing players and the team's total comes in at ~$55.5k. This information may seem a bit O/T but Joe might find it interesting.

So Joe, how and when did you acquire such a neat piece?

[baseballfan]

that is a very cool piece of memorabilia

thanks for sharing