I'm sick of all this damn money talk; let's have a virtual card show

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Clutch-Hitter

Brian, those E91s are very interesting. Looking at them without the comparison, I wouldn't guess they resembled the player as well as they do. Looking forward to the next.

Thanks Greg, E91A cards (and nearly 1/2 the cards from E91B) deserve any boost I can give them. The artistic styling seen on the cards are not my favorite, but they definitely tried to capture the facial characteristics of the players. Here is a nice comparison of a E91A (also in E91B set) Eddie Plank and an E95 of him.

Brian

[Exhibitman]

[Clutch-Hitter]

Adam, some may not know how tough those are, especually the w516-2-3, both type 1 and 2 big heads, and the nearly impossible poster card.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Oh there's a w516-1-2 in there. Those are 2nd toughest to poster cards in my experience. Outstanding

[GeoPoto]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Here is a nice comparison of a E91A (also in E91B set) Eddie Plank and an E95 of him.

Brian

The E91-C team presents Eddie Plank playing the role of Long Tom Hughes:

Thomas J. "Tom" Hughes. "Long Tom". Pitcher with the Washington Senators in 1904-1909 and 1911-1913. 132 wins and 15 saves in 13 MLB seasons. 1903 World Series champion with the Boston Americans.

Hughes had a career ERA of 3.09. He debuted with the Chicago Orphans in 1900-1901. He went 20-7 for the 1903 world champion Boston team, but his best season may have been 1908 with Washington despite a 18-15 record as he posted a 2.21 ERA in 276.1 innings pitched.

Excerpt from his SABR biography: Long Tom Hughes mixed a happy-go-lucky lifestyle with a Chicago-tough pitching moxie. Tall for his time at 6-foot-1, he stayed at about 175 pounds throughout his career. A heavy smoker and drinker, he took no particular care of his body, yet managed to stay in the major leagues until nearly age 35, and in the semi-pro ranks past age 40.

Hughes loved being on the mound, at the center of the game. He had an outstanding drop curveball, a good change of pace that helped his fastball, and a rubber arm. After throwing 200 or more innings every year from 1903 to 1908, Hughes’s arm finally gave out, and he spent the 1910 season in the minors. Yet, in this age before reconstructive surgery, Hughes then succeeded in doing what few pitchers of his era could: he came back from a lame arm, and pitched three more seasons in the major leagues, winning 28 games for the Senators from 1911 to 1913.

“Prize fighters might not be able to come back,” Alfred Spink observed prophetically in 1910, “but good, old, sturdy, big-hearted athletes like the grand old man, Hughes, can.”

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1623529804

[qed2190]

A couple more Hughes and a Wood that doesn't resemble Wood

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by qed2190

A couple more Hughes and a Wood that doesn't resemble Wood

Noted scofflaw here breaking the one a day post rule, but for a good cause. Joe Wood is in the E91C set, where no player is based upon the player's facial image. Here is the E91A McGinnity that has the same artwork as the Wood, and McGinnity's E254 counterpart.

Brian

[Clutch-Hitter]

1920 Big Head Type 1 Fulton to tie into the previous and one of my favorite cards.


1916 Big Head Strip Cards (Fulton) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

1910 E96 Philadelphia Caramel by Greg Martin, on Flickr


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[CobbSpikedMe]

Sticking with the current theme, here are my other three Big Heads. I love these cards. They colors are great on them.


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[benge610]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Thanks Greg, E91A cards (and nearly 1/2 the cards from E91B) deserve any boost I can give them. The artistic styling seen on the cards are not my favorite, but they definitely tried to capture the facial characteristics of the players. Here is a nice comparison of a E91A (also in E91B set) Eddie Plank and an E95 of him.

Brian

I'd like to think Tom Hughes and Eddie Plank looked a lot alike, lol.