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HOF Earliest Checklist

Checklist and images of the earliest cards and photos for each member of the Major League Baseball HOF.

Note that most of these cards/photos are not mine. They are images I have culled from the internet or that were provided from hobby colleagues over several decades of research and collaboration.

Click on any player listed and you will be taken to a folder with additional images.

Please email me at h2oya311@yahoo.com with any proposed edits and/or missing images to aid in this research.

Special thanks must go to a few hobby friends who have helped me immensely with this project through their extensive early and/or ongoing research, including Phil Garry, Kevin Struss, and Deron Dixon. Thanks also to any and all who have contributed photos to help make this endeavor work!


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Henry Chadwick
46. Henry Chadwick 

  • 1861 St. George's Cricket Team Photo
  • 1863 St. George's Cricket Team Photo
  • c1864 Brooklyn Resolutes Team CDV
  • 1865 Frank Leslie's Woodcut – Atlantic vs Eckford Clubs of Brooklyn
  • 1866 Washington and Brooklyn Team Cabinet
  • c1868 Oval Portrait Photo
  • 1868 The Game of Baseball Book
  • 1870s-1880s Frank Pearsall Cabinet (two different styles)
  • 1879-80 N.Y. Clipper Woodcuts (1/17/1880)
  • 1889 Spalding Baseball Guide
  • 1890s Frank Pearsall Cabinet
  • 1939-43 HOF Sepia Postcard
458 Visits
13 Images
Shared Album
Frank Chance
47. Frank Chance 

  • 1898 The World of Sport Chicago Orphans Team Photo Premium
  • 1899 M101-1 Sporting News Supplement - 11/18/99
  • 1902 W600 Sporting Life Cabinets - Type 1
  • 1903 E107 Breisch Williams
253 Visits
4 Images
Shared Album
Albert "Happy" Chandler
48. Albert "Happy" Chandler 

  • 1918 Transylvania College Team Photo
  • 1921 Press Photo (Lexington Reds/REOs uniform)
  • 1920s Photo Negative 8"x10" (Lexington Reds/REOs uniform)
  • 1935 Press Photo (x4)
  • 1935 "Chandler for Governor" Poster (x2)
  • 1935 "Chandler for Governor" Pin
  • 1937 Kentucky the Beautiful Stamp
  • 1937 Press Photo
  • 1939 Original Photo (same image used for 1949 Eureka Sportstamps)
  • 1945 Press Photo (x2)
  • 1949 Eureka Sportstamps
  • 1950-56 Callahan
197 Visits
17 Images
Shared Album
Oscar Charleston
49. Oscar Charleston 

  • 1914 US Military Team Postcard
  • 1915 Indianapolis Freemen Newspaper Cut-Out (w/ Jeffries & Shively)
  • c1917 Chicago Union Giants & Indianapolis ABCs Team Cabinet
  • 1919 Chicago American Giants Team Photo
  • 1920 Indianapolis ABCs Team Photo
  • c1922-23 Santa Clara Leopardos Team Photo (7-3/4"x9-3/4")
  • c1922 Original Photo (w/ woman) (2-3/4"x4-1/2")
  • 1923-24 Billiken
  • 1923-24 Cigarros Tomas Gutierrez
  • 1923 Indianapolis ABCs and Detroit Stars Opening Day Panorama
  • 1924-25 Aguilitas
  • c1925 Photo - 2-1/2"x6" (Almendares uniform)
  • c1927-28 Photo (Cuban League)
255 Visits
13 Images
Shared Album
Jack Chesbro
50. Jack Chesbro 

  • 1895 Springfield Team Photo Supplement
  • 1897-99 Foster Studio Cabinet (Richmond Bluebirds uniform)
  • 1897 Foster Studio Richmond Bluebirds Team Cabinet
  • 1900 M101-1 Sporting News Supplement - 7/14/00
  • 1901 Pittsburg Pirates Mounted Team Photo
  • 1902 W600 Sporting Life Cabinets (Pitt, N.L.) - Type 1
  • 1902 Whitehead & Hoag Pennant Winners Team Pin
  • 1903 E107 Breisch Williams
170 Visits
8 Images
Shared Album
Nestor Chylak
51. Nestor Chylak 

  • 1953 Press Photo
  • 1954 Press Photo
  • 1955 Bowman
121 Visits
3 Images
Shared Album
Fred Clarke
52. Fred Clarke 

  • 1897 Sporting Life Magazine Cover
  • 1898 Polensky Cabinet (Louisville Colonels uniform)
  • 1898 Polensky Cabinet (w/ brother, Josh "Pepper" Clarke) (Louisville Colonels uniforms)
  • 1899 Louisville Colonels Team Photo Cabinet (w/ H. Wagner & R. Waddell) [is this legit??]
  • 1899 M101-1 Sporting News Supplement - 10/7/99
  • 1901 Pittsburg Pirates Mounted Team Photo
  • 1902 W600 Sporting Life Cabinets - Type 1
  • 1902 W600 Sporting Life Cabinets - Type 1 - Green Mount
  • 1902 Whitehead & Hoag Pennant Winners Team Pin
  • 1903 E107 Breisch Williams
167 Visits
10 Images
Shared Album
John Clarkson
53. John Clarkson 

  • 1885 Chicago White Stockings Team Cabinet Photo
  • 1885 Harper's Weekly Woodcut - Chicago White Stockings
  • 1886 Lorillard's Chicago Team Cabinet
  • 1887 Four Base Hits
  • 1887 N284 Buchner Gold Coin (x2)
  • 1887 N172 Old Judge - Chicago (x7)
  • 1887 Stevens Art Studio Chicago Team Composite Cabinet
259 Visits
14 Images
Shared Album
Roberto Clemente
54. Roberto Clemente 

  • 1952-53 Santurce Poster
  • 1952 Santurce Team Composite Photo (x2)
  • 1954 Press Photo (Santurce Cangrejeros uniform)
  • 1954 Photo (Montreal Royals uniform)
  • 1954 Montreal Royals Team Photo
  • 1954-55 William Jacobellis Contact Proof
  • 1955 William Jacobellis Contact Proof
  • 1955 Topps
  • 1955 Postcard
238 Visits
10 Images
Shared Album
Tyrus "Ty" Cobb
55. Tyrus "Ty" Cobb 

  • 1905 W601 Sporting Life Premiums Detroit Team Composite
  • 1905 Sporting Life Magazine Detroit Team Composite
  • 1905 RPPC w/ George Parquette - Augusta Tourists [unconfirmed]
  • 1906-07 W601 Sporting Life Detroit Team Postcard (B&W and red tint)
  • 1907 Detroit Team Cabinet by Doc Rollins (Spring Training in Augusta, GA)
  • 1907 Carl Horner Cabinet
  • 1907-11 W600 Sporting Life - Type 4
  • 1907 Detroit Seamless Steel Tubes Postcard
  • 1907-09 Wolverine News Postcard (Batting)
  • 1907-09 Wolverine News Postcard (Portrait)
  • 1907-09 Dietsche Postcard (Batting)
  • 1907-09 Dietsche Postcard (Fielding)
  • 1907-09 HM Taylor Postcard (Batting)
  • 1907 Detroit Tigers Team Postcards (multiple)
  • 1907 Detroit Tigers Team Mounted Photo Cabinet
  • 1907-08 Louis Van Oeyen Original Detroit Tigers Team Photo
  • 1907 Detroit Tigers Team Silk
  • 1907 Mundus Beer Detroit Tigers Composite Matchsafe
  • 1907 World Series Program Detroit Team
  • 1907 Original Photo (T206 image)
  • c1907 Spencer & Wyckoff Detroit Tigers Banquet Photograph
  • c1907-10 DD Spellman Studio Photo
  • 1910 Novelty Cutlery Postcard
507 Visits
32 Images
Shared Album
Gordon "Mickey" Cochrane
56. Gordon "Mickey" Cochrane 

  • 1920 Bridgewater AA Football Team Photo - Merrill Studio
  • 1924 Zeenut (Portland)
  • 1924 Press Photo (Portland Beavers uniform) (x2)
  • 1924 Press Photo (Philadelphia A's uniform)
  • 1925 M114 Baseball Magazine
  • 1925 Philadelphia A's Photo with Teammates (incl. Lefty Grove)
  • 1926 Spalding Champions
  • 1921-30 ML Die-Cuts (multiple)
  • 1934 Restrike of 1920 Bridgewater Basketball Team Photo
257 Visits
13 Images
Shared Album
Eddie Collins
57. Eddie Collins 

  • c1904-05 Original Photo with teammates (Columbia University)
  • 1905-06 Cabinet Photo
  • 1907-11 W600 Sporting Life Cabinets - Type 4
  • 1907-09 Carl Horner Cabinet Photo
  • 1909 Colgan's Chips Stars of the Diamond
  • 1909 E101 Set of 50
  • 1909 E102 Set of 25
  • 1909 E90-1 American Caramel
  • 1909 E92 Croft's Candy
  • 1909 E92 Croft's Cocoa
  • 1909 E92 Nadja Caramels
  • 1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel
  • 1909-12 Sweet Caporal Domino Discs
  • 1909-11 T206 White Border (multiple backs, Series of 150 is 1909)
  • 1909-10 W555 (image is Jimmy Collins)
  • 1910 Novelty Cutlery Postcard
280 Visits
16 Images
Shared Album
Jimmy Collins
58. Jimmy Collins 

  • 1893 Buffalo Team Photo Cabinet
  • 1896 Whitehead & Hoag Pins - Boston Series ("Cameo Pepsin" Ad Back)
  • 1897 Marceau Cabinet (All-America Team) (x2)
  • 1897 Baltimore Herald Cut-Out
  • 1890s (1897-1901) Photo - Boston Infield with Tenney, Long, and Lowe
  • 1897 Elmer Chickering Boston Team Cabinet
  • 1897 Elmer Chickering Boston Imperial Team Cabinet
  • 1897 Leslie's Weekly (Boston Beaneaters) (inside full-page)
  • 1898-99 (1899) National Copper Plate
  • 1899 Elmer Chickering Studio Cabinet
  • 1899 Elmer Chickering Boston Team Cabinet
  • 1899 Elmer Chickering Boston Imperial Team Cabinet
  • 1903 E107 Breisch Williams
169 Visits
14 Images
Shared Album
Earle Combs
59. Earle Combs 

  • 1922 Louisville Colonels Team Photo
  • 1923 Louisville Colonels Team Photo
  • 1924 Original Photo - Trice (Spring Training in New Orleans)
  • 1924 New York Yankees Team Photo
  • 1925 Press Photo (x2)
  • c1925 Press Photo
  • 1920s Press Photo
  • 1926 Exhibits
  • 1926 Kut-Outs Yankees
  • 1927 E210 York Caramel Type 2
223 Visits
11 Images
Shared Album
Charles Comiskey
60. Charles Comiskey 

  • 1879 (1904??) Key City Gas Company Dubuque Rabbits Team Composite (8-1/2"x11-1/2")
  • 1882 Harper's Weekly (w/ A. Latham)
  • 1886 Lone Jack St. Louis Browns (*first card as manager)
  • 1886-87 N172 Old Judge Brown's Champions
  • 1887-88 N172 Old Judge (multiple)
  • 1887 N284 Buchner Gold Coin
  • 1887-88 N28 Allen & Ginter
  • 1887 St. Louis Browns Souvenir Silk Sheet
203 Visits
13 Images
Shared Album
 
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