Exceedingly scarce pin from the 1896-97 Whitehead & Hoag set, commonly known as "Cameo Pepsin" due to the advertisement sometimes present on the reverse of the pins (though the pins are often found with or without Cameo Pepsin advertising). The first large set of pins to feature baseball players, more than 140 subjects are known and more are added to the checklist as they are discovered. Typically subject to image fading and other condition flaws due to age, the pins are quite condition sensitive today.
Frank Donnelly of the Cedar Rapids Rabbits of the Western Association played bits of two seasons with the Chicago Colts in 1893 and 1894, shuttling between other minor league teams during those years as well. His minor league career continued all the way through 1913, as the 43-year-old outfielder and pitcher closed out his playing career in Springfield, IL.