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You wouldn't happen to have a picture of Jake Stenzel (He was a major leaguer in the 1890's, mostly with the Pirates & NL Orioles. He had a .339 Career batting avg over nine seasons.
During my fruitless search on the net for a picture of him, I came across this Item, from a baseball memorabillia auction.
"Some little items brought big prices. A circa 1904 celluloid button picturing Peaches O'Neil, who played for Cincinnati in 1904, with the words "Stenzel's Rooter Button" on the front, and on the paper backing "Compliments of Jake Stenzel's B.B. Exchange" (located opposite the ball park in Cincinnati), sold for $1430 (est. $125/150)."
So besides being a good player, he printed & sold baseball memorabillia after he retired. He probably would have gotten a kick out of finding out that one of his free promotional items would sell for $1,430 dollars a hundred years later.
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