Please Show your Carl Lundgren Cards

[leftygrove10]

It turns out that my son's friend is related to Carl Lundgren. Carl pitched for the Chicago Cubs from 1902 to 1909. He went 91-55 over those 8 years. I would say that was a decent record.

Please show your Carl Lundgren cards. It appears that he has several in that time period. Thanks!

[tedzan]

HAPPY FATHER's DAY Net 54er's







TED Z

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LOOKING FOR these T206 guys to complete my AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 sub-set

AMES....CAMNITZ....CRAWFORD (bat)....DOYLE (port)....JORDAN (bat)....McGRAW (port-cap)
McQUILLAN (bat)....TINKER (bat off)....WILTSE (port-cap)

[jerrys]

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[whitehse]

Carl Lundgren grew up and is buried in a town not far from me, Marengo Illinois. There is a baseball field dedicated to him and it just so happens to be a field that legendary Hall of Famer Cap Anson played on back in the day as well.

I believe a fellow board member here has a postcard that showed Anson playing on the same field in question that is now Carl Lundgren field and has documented this find here on the boards. Have your son's friend Google "Carl Lundgren Marengo Illinois" and you will find some good information.

[leftygrove10]

Thank you guys for the responses.... I think it is interesting that some of the T206's show Lundgren with Kansas City... It doesn't appear to me that he ever played for Kansas City. He did play in the minors between 1909 and 1912, but not for Kansas City.

[mrvster]

trying to get my lund 350 scan up.........

Ted, I love the scrap Lun(as you already know)....

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by leftygrove10

Thank you guys for the responses.... I think it is interesting that some of the T206's show Lundgren with Kansas City... It doesn't appear to me that he ever played for Kansas City. He did play in the minors between 1909 and 1912, but not for Kansas City.

This is what I’ve been able to gather.

At the start of the 1909 season Frank Chance wasn’t happy with Lundgren and put him on waivers the first week of May. Several teams showed interest and after about a week Lundgren was sold to Brooklyn. Team President Ebbets almost immediately sent him to Toronto.

He reported to Toronto the third week of May where he played for manager Joe Kelley. After a 1-3 start Kelley suspended Lundgren on June 16 for being out of shape. He was then released and his contract was purchased by Kansas City. Lundgren however refused to report to Kansas City and went home to the Chicago area. For the remainder of 1909 he played baseball on local teams.

In 1910 he again went to play in Toronto with similar results to 1909.