E145 Cracker Jack 1915

1915 · Rueckheim Bros. & Eckstein (Cracker Jack)

176-card set expanding on the 1914 issue. Players who returned a card by 1916 could exchange 100 for a complete album — surviving examples are scarce.

Key Cards

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  Honus Wagner (#68)

  Wagner returns; one of his last contemporary issues before retirement in 1917.

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  Ty Cobb (#30)

  Cobb during his peak hitting decade — coming off a sixth straight batting title.

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  Christy Mathewson (#88)

  Matty's final full season with the Giants before his player-manager move to Cincinnati.

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  Walter Johnson (#57)

  The Big Train issued during what may have been his best statistical season.

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  Joe Jackson (#103)

  Shoeless Joe's last Indians card before his mid-season trade to the White Sox.

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  Eddie Plank (#6)

  Plank pictured in his Federal League jersey — a one-year Terriers card.

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  Tris Speaker (#65)

  Speaker's final Cracker Jack card with Boston before his Cleveland trade.

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  Nap Lajoie (#66)

  Lajoie's only card with Connie Mack's Athletics, the final stop of his Hall of Fame career.

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  Pete Alexander (#37)

  1915 was Alexander's breakout 31-win season; this card captures him entering his Cy Young-caliber prime.

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  Eddie Collins (#7)

  First Collins card following his sale to the White Sox — the eventual 1917 World Series winner.

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  "Home Run" Baker (#2)

  Baker's holdout year — he sat out the entire 1915 season rather than accept Mack's contract terms.

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  Chief Bender (#19)

  Bender in Federal League colors — like Plank, an unusual one-year uniform on a Hall of Famer.