Sunday, April 20, 2014

A Striking Goat

This is the newest addition to to my tobacco card collection.  It's from the N87, 1889 Duke's Shadows series.   


Just for fun here are the standings for the 1889 major league baseball season.

Major league baseball final standings

National League final standings

National LeagueWLPct.GBHomeRoad
New York Giants83430.65947–1536–28
Boston Beaneaters83450.648148–1735–28
Chicago White Stockings67650.5081937–3030–35
Philadelphia Quakers63640.49620½43–2420–40
Pittsburg Alleghenys61710.4622540–2821–43
Cleveland Spiders61720.45925½33–3528–37
Indianapolis Hoosiers59750.4402832–3627–39
Washington Nationals41830.3314124–2917–54

American Association final standings

American AssociationWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Brooklyn Bridegrooms93440.67950–1943–25
St. Louis Browns90450.667251–1839–27
Philadelphia Athletics75580.5641646–2229–36
Cincinnati Red Stockings76630.5471847–2629–37
Baltimore Orioles70650.5192240–2430–41
Columbus Solons60780.43533½36–3324–45
Kansas City Cowboys55820.4013835–3520–47
Louisville Colonels271110.19666½18–469–65

4 comments:

  1. Nice. I'd never heard of the "Shadows" series. Are you going after the set or just a card here and there?

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    1. I've never seen that series before either. It was a lucky find on ebay. If I can find any more as cheap as this one ( 2 bucks shipped) I'll gladly buy them. My guess is I'll be waiting a while. I'm glad to add this one to my collection. When it comes to tobacco cards it's more about the variety and age than hunting down sets.

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  2. Nice. Also nice to see us Bostonites weren't in last place.

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    1. The future Cubs were a distant third. I'm tempted to want to give the histories of all the teams listed. As you probably know the Beaneaters later became the Braves.

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