T206 for Dummies: An Overview of the Popular Set
‘It’s In The Details’
| Title | T206 White Border |
| Year | 1909-11 |
| Size | 1 7/16″ x 2 5/8″ |
| Images | Color |
| Type | Tobacco |
| Number in Set |
524 |
T206 Overview
Other sets may be more scarce but in terms of overall popularity, the T206 white border set remains the king of pre-war baseball card sets and is often heralded as the top release of all time.
Perhaps it’s the elusive Honus Wagner card or the others in the ‘Big Four.’ Perhaps it’s the massive size. Or maybe it’s the beauty of the artwork. Possibly, it’s the various back advertisements. Likely, it’s a combination of all of those factors that has made it so popular among collectors.
This article isn’t meant to be a be all/end all of the T206 set by any means. Many more exhaustive resources have been developed. Instead, I hope to give collectors who know little about the set a bit more background information – hence the name, ‘T206 for Dummies.’
T206 Introduction
Produced from 1909-1911 by the American Tobacco Company (ATC), the large 524-card release includes numerous Hall of Famers, minor leaguers, and other star players. While 524 is the number most cited when determining how many cards are in the set, there’s some ambiguity there, depending on what you think should count/not count. The set is widely collected and extremely popular. But if you look hard enough, you can find a few improvements that could have been made.
The T206 set got its name from famous collector Jefferson Burdick. Burdick created a book called the American Card Catalog, which he used to help keep track of all of the various types of trading cards. ‘T’ was issued for cards produced by tobacco companies and 206 was simply the number of the set assigned to the issue.
The ATC was a conglomerate of various tobacco companies and had the cards designed and printed for their products. For this reason, the T206 cards have some of those companies on the backs of the cards. In other words, you will find a card with the same front but different backs. This means that even though there are 524 different card ‘fronts’ in the set, there are thousands of different cards due to all of the back combinations. Today, we know of most front/back combinations available but new ones are still being discovered. Some known combinations have only a few copies and are very scarce. For that reason, it is practically impossible to complete a master set.
The set includes a strong mix of portrait and action poses. While both are attractive, prices for portraits are generally a bit higher than the action shots.
The cards are small, measuring at only 1 7/16″ wide x 2 5/8″ tall. Many other specific details of the cards can be seen under magnification. Sometimes, though, they will be found a bit larger or smaller due to the way they may have been cut. Shorter cards often mean the cards have been trimmed by collectors afterwards. However, like other pre-war issues, the cards may have simply been factory cut a bit short and cards that measure a little shorter isn’t always indicative of trimming. The fronts have full color artwork with the player’s name and team on the bottom.
Despite being more than 100 years old now, the cards are somewhat plentiful compared to other pre-war issues. Money is about the only thing that stands in the way of buying almost all of the cards since 99% aren’t too difficult to find. Part of the reason the set remains in high demand is because of the affordability of commons in low-grade condition.
Most of the cards in the set have a vertical layout. However, six are horizontal pictures and those generally sell for a bit more money. Still, they aren’t too expensive. Barney Pelty’s horizontal card is the most desirable and, in low-grade condition, that card starts in the $30-$40 range.
Here are 50 fast facts about the set.
Honus Wagner and The Big Four
The biggest reason the set is nearly impossible to complete is that aforementioned ‘Big Four’ – the Wagner, Sherry Magie (spelling error – his actual name was Magee), Eddie Plank, and Joe Doyle Nat’l.
The Wagner, selling for six or seven figures depending on condition, is the most expensive trading card of all time. It is famous because it was apparently printed before Wagner’s approval could be given and only a few copies made it into the public. No one really knows why Wagner wouldn’t want to be included in the set. Some collectors believe he was against his image being used to help sell tobacco. Others think he wanted more money. But no absolute proof has ever been fully confirmed. An example of Wagner’s card sold for more than $3 million in 2016.
While there are many reprints and fakes of the card, it is extremely difficult to find.
The Plank is an ultra rare card of a pre-war era superstar with somewhere around 100 copies in existence by many accounts. The Magie likely has only slightly more copies and the Doyle is the rarest of them all with only a handful of known examples with the ‘Nat’l’ printed on the front of the card.
These cards are so scarce and valuable that many T206 collectors don’t even think about acquiring any of them – particularly the Wagner.
Here are 12 facts every collector should know about the Wagner card.
Interested in learning more about the Big Four? Below are links to a four-part series with each part taking a closer look at each card.
Part I: Eddie Plank
Part II: Sherry Magie Error
Part III: Joe Doyle Error
Part IV: Honus Wagner
The ‘Sort of Big Four’
After those four are two more rareties in the famous Ray Demmitt and Bill O’Hara St. Louis cards – although neither is anywhere nearly as prestigious as those first four cards.
Both cards feature players who went to St. Louis from other teams while the T206 set was being produced. Demmitt went to the St. Louis Browns in 1910 after playing with the New York Highlanders the year before. A small number of St. Louis cards were printed to signify the move. His same card was used with only ‘StL’ added to his jersey. Ironically, O’Hara also went from New York to St. Louis from 1909 to 1910 as Demmitt did. O’Hara, though, went from the New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals. O’Hara’s St. Louis card simply omitted the ‘NY’ on his jersey and features him with a blank one.
Polar Bear was the only cigarette manufacturer to print the cards out of Factory 6 so their cards are only found with Polar Bear backs. It isn’t known how many of these cards are out there but there are likely only a few hundred of each. The Demmitt and O’Hara cards could be some of the more underrated cards in the set.
On a much lesser scale than those two are two more cards that are a bit harder to find than others in the set – the Washington Kid Elberfeld (Portrait) and Brooklyn Bill Dahlen. Like Demmitt and O’Hara, Elberfeld and Dahlen went to new teams. Collectors should be careful not to get excited about the Washington fielding card of Elberfeld – it’s his portrait that is the significant card and all of his fielding cards include him with his new Washington team. And while Dahlen’s Boston card holds some value as he was a star player, the Brooklyn one is the more difficult find.
Hall of Famers
Even collectors willing to settle on a 518-card or 520-card ‘set’ can find that to be a difficult challenge. Much of the reason the set is so difficult to complete is the sheer volume of not only cards, but big names. Many of those big names have multiple cards, too. Below is a list of only Hall of Famers (in alphabetical order) with more than one card in the T206 set.
- Chief Bender – 3 cards
- Roger Bresnahan – 2 cards
- Three Finger Brown – 3 cards
- Frank Chance – 3 cards
- Fred Clarke – 2 cards
- Ty Cobb – 4 cards
- Sam Crawford – 2 cards
- Johnny Evers – 3 cards
- Clark Griffith – 2 cards
- Miller Huggins – 2 cards
- Hughie Jennings – 3 cards
- Walter Johnson – 2 cards
- Addie Joss – 2 cards
- Willie Keeler – 2 cards
- Nap Lajoie – 3 cards
- Rube Marquard – 3 cards
- Christy Mathewson – 3 cards
- John McGraw – 4 cards
- Joe Tinker – 4 cards
- Rube Waddell – 2 cards
- Cy Young – 3 cards
- Vic Willis – 3 cards
Even very low-grade Cobb cards sell in the $400-$500 range each so it’s very easy to see why this set is such a costly endeavor. There are four Cobbs but they are not valued equally with the green background variation the most expensive. Here’s more on the rarity of each one.
In addition to those multi-card Hall of Famers, there are also a bunch with only one card. Those include Home Run Baker, Jake Beckley, Jack Chesbro, Eddie Collins, Jimmy Collins, George Davis, Hugh Duffy, Elmer Flick, Joe Kelley, Iron Man McGinnity, Tris Speaker, Bobby Wallace, Ed Walsh, and Zack Wheat.
Southern Leaguers
It’s not only Hall of Famers that T206 collectors are after. Players from the old Southern League weren’t printed in the same large quantities that other cards were and, as a result, are harder to find.
Yet another problem with completing the T206 set is the large number of these cards. There are nearly 50 of them in the release and there are so many of them here that some collectors focus entirely on these.
Southern Leaguers are found with two different advertising backs – Piedmont and Old Mill. The Old Mill backs are the more difficult to find and the more valuable.
Among the Southern League cards, the card of a player named Shag Shaughnessy is the most sought after.
The Rest
There are also a few guys here that have been close to the Hall of Fame or left out for other reasons.
A couple of banned members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox team that conspired to throw the World Series are here in the form of Chick Gandil and Eddie Cicotte.
New York Highlanders star Hal Chase is not only in the set but has the most cards of any player with five. Accused of being involved in fixing games, Chase was never admitted to the Hall of Fame despite being a legitimate star of his era. Finally, Dahlen, a player who has earned a lot of Hall of Fame consideration over the years, is here, too, with two cards, including that earlier referenced Brooklyn card.
In addition to those players, there are also a slew of commons that, while they can be found, are somewhat difficult to acquire due to collectors hoarding them over the years. One such player is John Titus, who is the only player in the set with a mustache.
His cards have been feverishly collected but have cooled off in recent years. Still, Titus cards are significantly more valuable than regular commons.
Print errors
Several print variations/errors are known in the set as well. These fluctuate in value, depending on the nature of the error.
Cards with drastic miscuts and printing violations are often highly desirable. And in some cases, the print error can be small but still valuable. Some cards have print flaws that occurred as the result of broken printing plates or printing plate issues, causing parts of certain letters in font to be changed.
A few of these types of cards exist and they are still being discovered to this day.
One of the newer ones involves the word ‘Chicago’ mistakenly appearing as ‘Chicaco’ due to a print plate error on the card of Jeff Pfeffer. This card, like others, is quite desirable and can fetch a lot of money.
There are some print errors related to pictures, too. One of those is a scarce version of Hall of Famer Joe Tinker, who has traces of ‘Chicago’ in the background of his Cubs jersey. While these variations may be relatively minor to collectors unfamiliar with the set, people will often pay good money for them. Despite being a relatively low grade, one of the the Tinker cards sold in an REA auction for nearly $12,000.
Finally, a couple of other print errors for cards of Hall of Famer Rube Marquard are known — even if they are barely discussed. One of his cards, mysteriously, has a No. 8 printed on his jersey, while another has what looks to be a comma instead of a period on his portrait card jersey.https://prewarcards.com/2022/09/12/little-known-rube-marquard-t206-errors-are-tough-finds/
Advertising Backs
A large part of the appeal for T206 collectors are the various advertising backs. Not every back is found for every player, but each player has several different advertiser backs – some more than others. Advertising backs include the following:
American Beauty, Broadleaf, Carolina Brights, Cycle, Drum, El Principe De Gales (known as EPDG), Hindu (red or brown), Lenox, Old Mill (black or brown), Piedmont, Polar Bear, Sovereign (apple green or dark green), Sweet Caporal, Tolstoi, and Uzit.
That list, however, is just a start to the T206 backs. Collectors not only seek T206 cards based on those backs but also by Series and Factory Numbers. The complete list of backs taking all of that into consideration includes the following:
- American Beauty 350 (with frame)
- American Beauty 350 (no frame)
- American Beauty 460
- Broad Leaf 350
- Broad Leaf 460
- Carolina Brights
- Cycle 350
- Cycle 460
- Drum
- El Principe De Gales (EPDG)
- Hindu (brown)
- Hindu (red)
- Lenox (black)
- Lenox (brown)
- Old Mill (black)
- Old Mill (brown)
- Old Mill (Southern League backs)
- Piedmont 150 Factory 25
- Piedmont 350 Factory 25
- Piedmont 350-460 Factory 25
- Piedmont 350-460 Factory 42
- Polar Bear
- Sovereign 150
- Sovereign 350 (dark/forest green)
- Sovereign 350 (light/apple green)
- Sovereign 460
- Sweet Caporal 150 Factory 25
- Sweet Caporal 150 Factory 30
- Sweet Caporal 150 Factory 649 Overprint
- Sweet Caporal 350 Factory 25
- Sweet Caporal 350 Factory 30
- Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 25
- Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 30
- Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 42
- Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 42 Scroll
- Tolstoi
- Uzit
Of all the other backs, though, among the most difficult are the Old Mill Brown, Drum, Uzit, Lenox, Broad Leaf, and Hindu. Piedmont and Sweet Caporal are the most plentiful. However, even some of those are difficult finds, such as the Factory 42 cards.
In addition, it should be noted that several print flaws are found on the Polar Bear backs.
Here’s a closer look at all of the different backs.
T206 or Nah?
A couple of other backs are also worth noting. One of the three Coupon Cigarettes types are practically identical to T206 cards and many feel they should be categorized as T206 issues. However, they remain a separate issue as cataloged by Jefferson Burdick in the American Card Catalog.
Some cards have been found with blank backs. In addition, a small group of Ty Cobb cards have been found with a special Ty Cobb advertising back. Neither is formally recognized by all T206 collectors as T206 backs. Some, but not all, collectors regard the Ty Cobb cards with Ty Cobb backs as T206 cards. And the blank-backed cards are generally hand cut and believed to be scraps or unfinished cards – not cards actually distributed in tobacco products.
Be Wary of Autographs
While T206 autographs are known to exist, a significant amount of forgeries was uncovered in 2018.
These cards were authenticated by the leading authenticators in the business, which was cause for alarm. Collectors seeking autographed cards should be careful when considering signed T206 cards.
Picture Snafu?
With 524 cards in the entire set, some picture issues were likely. One of those that has been mentioned before is the strange Bill Burns card.
Burns is known for his role in the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal involving the throwing of the World Series. He was a middleman of sorts between the players and gambler Arnold Rothstein. But his card shows him apparently wearing the wrong glove on his non-throwing hand.
While the picture looks odd, one potential explanation is that he is wearing an ambidextrous glove as he was known to be ambidextrous.
You can read more on that interesting story here.
Back Stamps
The T206 cards are also popular for their wide variety of stamped editions. These types of collector-added markings typically damage cards and make them less valuable. However, many collectors have taken to them and not only do many of these types of stamps not generally hurt low-grade cards, some even add to their value.
A few of these include cards that have been stamped by notable collectors, such as author of the American Card Catalog, Jefferson Burdick. Some are also believed to have been stamped by famous author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
These types of stamps aren’t only found on T206 issues and can be seen on many different pre-war cards. However, they are quite prominent on T206 cards as those are among the most heavily printed.
Here’s a deeper dive into all of the various types of the T206 back stamps.
Elite 11/Elite 12
A final topic for consideration is the printing of what is known as the Elite 12. While a Piedmont 350 back is generally not considered rare, 12 subjects in the set have very few of these sorts of backs.
That list is:
Bill Dahlen (Boston), Bob Ewing, Bob Ganley, Tom Jones, Ed Karger, Vive Lindaman, Carl Lundgren (Cubs jersey), George Mullin (horizontal), Germany Schaefer (Detroit), Tubby Spencer, Al Shaw, Wildfire Schulte (front).
While this categorization was previously known as the Elite 11, a Schulte was only discovered in recent years and is, according to this Net54 post, the only example known with that back. Because of the extreme rarity of the Schulte, the Elite 11 name still is used by many collectors.
These cards are considered to be very rare with PSA populations on them very low. While this is one of those examples of population reports perhaps not telling the full story (many of these cards could be in raw, ungraded condition), they are certainly much rarer than other subjects with the same back.
Other Resources
Interested in more on the T206 set? Check out T206.org and also be sure to check out Scot Reader’s excellent digital T206 book.
Checklist
| Ed Abbaticchio (blue) |
| Ed Abbaticchio (brown) |
| Fred Abbott |
| Bill Abstein |
| Doc Adkins |
| Whitey Alperman |
| Red Ames (hands down) |
| Red Ames (hands up) |
| Red Ames (portrait) |
| John Anderson |
| Frank Arellanes |
| Herman Armbruster |
| Harry Arndt |
| Jake Atz |
| Frank Home Run Baker |
| Neal Ball (Cleveland) |
| Neal Ball (New York) |
| Jap Barbeau |
| Cy Barger |
| Jack Barry |
| Shad Barry |
| Jack Bastian – SL |
| Emil Batch |
| Johnny Bates |
| Harry Bay – SL |
| Ginger Beaumont |
| Fred Beck |
| Beals Becker |
| Jake Beckley |
| George Bell (hands up) |
| George Bell (follow through) |
| Chief Bender (no trees) |
| Chief Bender (trees) |
| Chief Bender (portrait) |
| Bill Bergen (catching) |
| Bill Bergen (batting) |
| Heinie Berger |
| Bill Bernhard – SL |
| Bob Bescher (hands up) |
| Bob Bescher (portrait) |
| Joe Birmingham |
| Lena Blackburne |
| Jack Bliss |
| Frank Bowerman |
| Bill Bradley (portrait) |
| Bill Bradley (bat) |
| Dave Brain |
| Kitty Bransfield |
| Roy Brashear |
| Ted Breitenstein – SL |
| Roger Bresnahan (portrait) |
| Roger Bresnahan (bat) |
| Al Bridwell (no cap) |
| Al Bridwell (cap) |
| George Brown (Chicago) |
| George Brown (Washington) |
| Mordecai Brown (Chi. shirt) |
| Mordecai Brown (Cub shirt) |
| Mordecai Brown (portrait) |
| Al Burch (batting) |
| Al Burch (fielding) |
| Fred Burchell |
| Jimmy Burke |
| Bill Burns |
| Donnie Bush |
| John Butler |
| Bobby Byrne |
| Howie Camnitz (folded arms) |
| Howie Camnitz (arm at side) |
| Howie Camnitz (hands up) |
| Billy Campbell |
| Scoops Carey – SL |
| Charley Carr |
| Bill Carrigan |
| Doc Casey |
| Peter Cassidy |
| Frank Chance (batting) |
| Frank Chance (red) |
| Frank Chance (yellow) |
| Bill Chappelle |
| Chappie Charles |
| Hal Chase (dark cap) |
| Hal Chase (trophy) |
| Hal Chase (blue portrait) |
| Hal Chase (pink portrait) |
| Hal Chase (white cap) |
| Jack Chesbro |
| Ed Cicotte |
| Bill Clancy |
| Fred Clarke (bat) |
| Fred Clarke (portrait) |
| J.J. Clarke |
| Josh Clark (Clarke) |
| Bill Clymer |
| Ty Cobb (bat off shoulder) |
| Ty Cobb (bat on shoulder) |
| Ty Cobb (green portrait) |
| Ty Cobb (red portrait) |
| Cad Coles – SL |
| Eddie Collins |
| Jimmy Collins |
| Bunk Congalton |
| Wid Conroy (fielding) |
| Wid Conroy (bat) |
| Harry Covaleski |
| Doc Crandall (no cap) |
| Doc Crandall (cap) |
| Bill Cranston – SL |
| Gavvy Cravath |
| Sam Crawford (throwing) |
| Sam Crawford (bat) |
| Birdie Cree |
| Lou Criger |
| Dode Criss |
| Monte Cross |
| Bill Dahlen (Boston) |
| Bill Dahlen (Brooklyn) |
| Paul Davidson |
| George Davis |
| Harry Davis (Davis on front) |
| Harry Davis (H. Davis on front) |
| Frank Delehanty |
| Jim Delehanty |
| Ray Demmitt (New York) |
| Ray Demmitt (St. Louis) |
| Rube Dessau |
| Art Devlin |
| Josh DeVore |
| Bill Dineen |
| Mike Donlin (fielding) |
| Mike Donlin (sitting) |
| Mike Donlin (bat) |
| Jiggs Donohue |
| Bill Donovan (portrait) |
| Bill Donovan (throwing) |
| Red Dooin |
| Mickey Doolan (batting) |
| Mickey Doolan (fielding) |
| Mickey Doolin |
| Gus Dorner |
| Patsy Dougherty (arm up) |
| Patsy Dougherty (portrait) |
| Tom Downey (bat) |
| Tom Downey (fielding) |
| Jerry Downs |
| Joe Doyle (New York) |
| Joe Doyle (New York NL) |
| Larry Doyle (portrait) |
| Larry Doyle (throwing) |
| Larry Doyle (bat) |
| Jean Dubuc |
| Hugh Duffy |
| Jack Dunn |
| Joe Dunn |
| Bull Durham |
| Jimmy Dygert |
| Ted Easterly |
| Dick Egan |
| Kid Elberfeld (fielding) |
| Kid Elberfield (NY portrait) |
| Kid Elberfield (Wash. portrait) |
| Roy Ellam – SL |
| Clyde Engle |
| Steve Evans |
| Johnny Evers (portrait) |
| Johnny Evers (Chi. shirt) |
| Johnny Evers (Cubs shirt) |
| Bob Ewing |
| Cecil Ferguson |
| Hobe Ferris |
| Lou Fiene (portrait) |
| Lou Fiene (throwing) |
| Steamer Flanagan |
| Art Fletcher |
| Elmer Flick |
| Russ Ford |
| Ed Foster – SL |
| Jerry Freeman |
| John Frill |
| Charlie Fritz – SL |
| Art Fromme |
| Chick Gandil |
| Bob Ganley |
| John Ganzel |
| Harry Gasper |
| Rube Geyer |
| George Gibson |
| Billy Gilbert |
| Wilbur Goode |
| Bill Graham |
| Peaches Graham |
| Dolly Gray |
| Ed Greminger – SL |
| Clark Griffith (bat) |
| Clark Griffith (portrait) |
| Moose Grimshaw |
| Bob Groom |
| Tom Guiheen – SL |
| Ed Hahn |
| Bob Hall |
| Bill Hallman |
| Jack Hannifan |
| Bill Hart – SL |
| Jimmy Hart – SL |
| Topsy Hartsel |
| Jack Hayden |
| Ross Helm – SL |
| Charlie Hemphill |
| Buck Herzog (Boston) |
| Buck Herzog (New York) |
| Gordon Hickman – SL |
| Bill Hinchman |
| Harry Hinchman |
| Dick Hoblitzell |
| Danny Hoffman |
| Izzy Hoffman |
| Solly Hofman |
| Bock Hooker – SL |
| Del Howard |
| Ernie Howard – SL |
| Harry Howell (hand at waist) |
| Harry Howell (portrait) |
| Miller Huggins (mouth) |
| Miller Huggins (portrait) |
| Rudy Hulswitt |
| John Hummel |
| George Hunter |
| Frank Isbell |
| Fred Jacklitsch |
| Jimmy Jackson |
| Hughie Jennings (two hands) |
| Hughie Jennings (one hand) |
| Hughie Jennings (portrait) |
| Walter Johnson (glove) |
| Walter Johnson (portrait) |
| Fielder Jones (hands at hips) |
| Fielder Jones (portrait) |
| Davy Jones |
| Tom Jones |
| Dutch Jordan – SL |
| Tim Jordan (batting) |
| Tim Jordan (portrait) |
| Addie Joss (hands at chest) |
| Addie Joss (portrait) |
| Ed Karger |
| Willie Keeler (portrait) |
| Willie Keeler (batting) |
| Joe Kelley |
| J.F. Kiernan – SL |
| Ed Killian (hands at chest) |
| Ed Killian (portrait) |
| Frank King – SL |
| Rube Kisinger |
| Red Kleinow (Boston) |
| Red Kleinow (NY catching) |
| Red Kleinow (NY bat) |
| Johnny Kling |
| Otto Knabe |
| Jack Knight (portrait) |
| Jack Knight (bat) |
| Ed Konetchy (glove up) |
| Ed Konetchy (glove down) |
| Harry Krause (pitching) |
| Harry Krause (portrait) |
| Rube Kroh |
| Otto Kruger |
| James Lafitte – SL |
| Nap Lajoie (portrait) |
| Nap Lajoie (throwing) |
| Nap Lajoie (bat) |
| Joe Lake (New York) |
| Joe Lake (STL with ball) |
| Joe Lake (STL no ball) |
| Frank LaPorte |
| Arlie Latham |
| Bill Lattimore |
| Jimmy Lavender |
| Tommy Leach (bending over) |
| Tommy Leach (portrait) |
| Lefty Leifield (bat) |
| Lefty Leifield (pitching) |
| Ed Lennox |
| Harry Lentz -SL |
| Glenn Liebhardt |
| Vive Lindaman |
| Perry Lipe – SL |
| Paddy Livingstone |
| Hans Lobert |
| Harry Lord |
| Harry Lumley |
| Carl Lundgren (Chicago) |
| Carl Lundgren (Kansas City) |
| Nick Maddox |
| Sherry Magie Error |
| Sherry Magee (portrait) |
| Sherry Magee (bat) |
| Bill Malarkey |
| Billy Maloney |
| George Manion – SL |
| Rube Manning (bat) |
| Rube Manning (pitching) |
| Rube Marquard (pitching) |
| Rube Marquard (hands) |
| Rube Marquard (portrait) |
| Doc Marshall |
| Christy Mathewson (dark cap) |
| Christy Mathewson (light cap) |
| Christy Mathewson (portrait) |
| Al Mattern |
| John McAleese |
| George McBride |
| Pat McCauley – SL |
| Moose McCormick |
| Pryor McElveen |
| Dan McGann |
| Jim McGinley |
| Joe Iron Man McGinnity |
| Stoney McGlynn |
| John McGraw (finger) |
| John McGraw (glove) |
| John McGraw (no cap) |
| John McGraw (cap portrait) |
| Harry McIntyre (Brooklyn) |
| Harry McIntyre (Brooklyn/Chi) |
| Matty McIintyre |
| Larry McLean |
| George McQuillan (ball) |
| George McQuillan (bat) |
| Fred Merkle (portrait) |
| Fred Merkle (throwing) |
| George Merritt |
| Chief Meyers |
| Clyde Milan |
| Dots Miller |
| Molly Miller – SL |
| Bill Milligan |
| Fred Mitchell |
| Mike Mitchell |
| Dan Moeller |
| Carlton Molesworth – SL |
| Herbie Moran |
| Pat Moran |
| George Moriarty |
| Mike Mowrey |
| Dom Mullaney – SL |
| George Mullen |
| George Mullin (throwing) |
| George Mullin (bat) |
| Danny Murphy (bat) |
| Danny Murphy (throwing) |
| Red Murray (batting) |
| Red Murray (portrait) |
| Chief Myers (batting) |
| Chief Myers (fielding) |
| Billy Nattress |
| Tom Needham |
| Simon Nicholls (hands/knees) |
| Simon Nichols (batting) |
| Harry Niles |
| Rebel Oakes |
| Frank Oberlin |
| Peter O’Brien |
| Bill O’Hara (New York) |
| Bill O’Hara (St. Louis) |
| Rube Oldring (batting) |
| Rube Oldring (fielding) |
| Charley O’Leary (hands/knees) |
| Charley O’Leary (portrait) |
| William O’Neil |
| Al Orth – SL |
| William Otey – SL |
| Orval Overall (hands up) |
| Orval Overall (hands down) |
| Orval Overall (portrait) |
| Frank Owen |
| George Paige – SL |
| Fred Parent |
| Dode Paskert |
| Jim Pastorius |
| Harry Pattee |
| Fred Payne |
| Barney Pelty (horizontal) |
| Barney Pelty (vertical) |
| Hub Perdue – SL |
| George Perring |
| Arch Persons – SL |
| Francis Pfeffer |
| Jake Pfeister (sitting) |
| Jake Pfeister (throwing) |
| Jimmy Phelan |
| Eddie Phelps |
| Deacon Phillippe |
| Ollie Pickering |
| Eddie Plank |
| Phil Poland |
| Jack Powell |
| Mike Powers |
| Billy Purtell |
| Ambrose Puttman |
| Lee Quillen |
| Jack Quinn |
| Newt Randall |
| Bugs Raymond |
| Ed Reagan – SL |
| Ed Reulbach (glove) |
| Ed Reulbach (no glove) |
| Dutch Revelle – SL |
| Bob Rhoades (hands up) |
| Bob Rhoades (arm extended) |
| Charlie Rhodes |
| Claude Ritchey |
| Lou Ritter |
| Ike Rockenfeld – SL |
| Claude Rossman |
| Nap Rucker (portrait) |
| Nap Rucker (throwing) |
| Dick Rudolph |
| Ray Ryan – SL |
| Germany Schaefer (Detroit) |
| Germany Schaefer (Wash.) |
| George Schirm |
| Larry Schlafly |
| Admiral Schlei (batting) |
| Admiral Schlei (catching) |
| Admiral Schlei (portrait) |
| Boss Schmidt (portrait) |
| Boss Schmidt (throwing) |
| Ossee Schreck |
| Wildfire Schulte (back) |
| Wildfire Schulte (front) |
| Jim Scott |
| Charles Seitz – SL |
| Cy Seymour (batting) |
| Cy Seymour (portrait) |
| Cy Seymour (throwing) |
| Spike Shannon |
| Bud Sharpe |
| Shag Shaughnessy – SL |
| Al Shaw |
| Hunky Shaw |
| Jimmy Sheckard (glove) |
| Jimmy Sheckard (no glove) |
| Bill Shipke |
| Jimmy Slagle |
| Carlos Smith – SL |
| Frank Smith (F. Smith) |
| Frank Smith (white cap) |
| Frank Smith (Chicago/Boston) |
| Happy Smith |
| Heinie Smith |
| Sid Smith – SL |
| Fred Snodgrass (batting) |
| Fred Snodgrass (catching) |
| Bob Spade |
| Tris Speaker |
| Tubby Spencer |
| Jake Stahl (glove) |
| Jake Stahl (no glove) |
| Oscar Stanage |
| Dolly Stark – SL |
| Charlie Starr |
| Harry Steinfeldt (portrait) |
| Harry Steinfeldt (bat) |
| Jim Stephens |
| George Stone |
| George Stovall (batting) |
| George Stovall (portrait) |
| Sam Strang |
| Gabby Street (catching) |
| Gabby Street (portrait) |
| Billy Sullivan |
| Ed Summers |
| Bill Sweeney |
| Jeff Sweeney |
| Jesse Tannehill |
| Lee Tannehill (L. Tannehill) |
| Lee Tannehill (Tannehill) |
| Dummy Taylor |
| Fred Tenney |
| Tony Thebo – SL |
| Jake Thielman |
| Ira Thomas |
| Woodie Thornton – SL |
| Joe Tinker (bat off shoulder) |
| Joe Tinker (bat on shoulder) |
| Joe Tinker (hands on knees) |
| Joe Tinker (portrait) |
| John Titus |
| Terry Turner |
| Bob Unglaub |
| Juan Violat – SL |
| Rube Waddell (portrait) |
| Rube Waddell (throwing) |
| Heine Wagner (bat/left should.) |
| Heine Wagner (bat/rt. should.) |
| Honus Wagner |
| Bobby Wallace |
| Ed Walsh |
| Jack Warhop |
| Jake Weimer |
| James Westlake – SL |
| Zack Wheat |
| Doc White (pitching) |
| Doc White (portrait) |
| Foley White – SL |
| Jack White |
| Kaiser Wilhelm (hands up) |
| Kaiser Wilhelm (bat) |
| Ed Willett |
| Ed Willetts |
| Jimmy Williams |
| Vic Willis (Pittsburgh) |
| Vic Willis (STL batting) |
| Vic Willis (STL throwing) |
| Owen Wilson |
| Hooks Wiltse (pitching) |
| Hooks Wiltse (no cap) |
| Hooks Wiltse (portrait w/cap) |
| Lucky Wright |
| Cy Young (bare hand) |
| Cy Young (glove) |
| Cy Young (portrait) |
| Irv Young |
| Heinie Zimmerman |
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