diff --git a/mpcontribs-client/mpcontribs/client/__init__.py b/mpcontribs-client/mpcontribs/client/__init__.py
index 34c0cdc4f..ea6875915 100644
--- a/mpcontribs-client/mpcontribs/client/__init__.py
+++ b/mpcontribs-client/mpcontribs/client/__init__.py
@@ -398,8 +398,16 @@ def from_dict(cls, dct: dict):
         """
         df = pd.DataFrame.from_records(
             dct["data"], columns=dct["columns"], index=dct["index"]
-        ).apply(pd.to_numeric, errors="ignore")
-        df.index = pd.to_numeric(df.index, errors="ignore")
+        )
+        for col in df.columns:
+            try:
+                df[col] = df[col].apply(pd.to_numeric)
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+        try:
+            df.index = pd.to_numeric(df.index)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
         labels = dct["attrs"].get("labels", {})
 
         if "index" in labels:
diff --git a/mpcontribs-client/tests/test_data_structs.py b/mpcontribs-client/tests/test_data_structs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cf5e3369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mpcontribs-client/tests/test_data_structs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from mpcontribs.client import Table
+
+
+def test_table():
+
+    data = {
+        "first_name": ["Todd", "Willie", "Mike"],
+        "family_name": ["Bonzalez", "Dustice", "Truk"],
+        "age": [31, 24, 28],
+        "batting_average": [0.777, 0.5, 0.81],
+    }
+    test_table = Table(data)
+
+    # Calling `as_dict` transforms the data in a `Table`
+    table_as_dict = Table(test_table.copy()).as_dict()
+    assert all(
+        table_as_dict.get(k) for k in ("attrs", "columns", "data", "index", "name")
+    )
+    table_info = test_table.info()
+    assert {y.strip() for y in table_info["columns"].split(",")} == set(
+        test_table.columns
+    )
+    assert table_info["nrows"] == len(test_table)
+
+    table_roundtrip = Table.from_dict(table_as_dict)
+
+    # `tolist()` needed to compare base python types
+    for t in (test_table, table_roundtrip):
+        assert all(
+            isinstance(v, str)
+            for col in ("family_name", "first_name")
+            for v in t[col].tolist()
+        )
+        assert all(isinstance(v, int) for v in t.age.tolist())
+        assert all(isinstance(v, float) for v in t.batting_average.tolist())