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1952 Wheaties #14B Ben Hogan ACTION GOLFPrice = $ 44.95EX/MINT to EX/EX+
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(part 4) Test Issue - a preliminary offering issued as a test to see if a product would be accepted by collectors. Tobacco Card - typically from the early 1900s, these were cards issued with tobacco products. The most famous of which is the "T-206" Honus Wagner card. Traded/Update Set - a set issued after the original issue primarily featuring rookies or players who were traded since the original issue came out. Trimmed Card - a card reduced in size from when it was issued, usually to hide an imperfection such as damaged edges or corners. Trimmed cards usually have very little value but in some cases such as the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, even trimmed cards can go for thousands of dollars. The most famous 'trimmed' card to date is the T206 Honus Wagner purchased by Wayne Gretzky. The card was actually too large and was trimmed down to it's proper size. Unauthorized Issue - a card release which is not licensed by a league, a player’s association, or by a player. Variation - a card that was printed by the manufacturer in two or more different ways. Wax - a universal collecting term for factory-sealed packs or boxes. The term "wax" most often refers to sealed material that was originally released in the early 1990’s or back -- a time when packs were wrapped and sealed in wax paper wrappers. It can casually reference modern era packs or boxes that no longer use actual wax paper.
Modern Sports Cards (T2)The drop in production from World War I was compounded by the Black Sox scandal and cards were not produced in significant quantities for over a decade. In the 1930s, baseball cards finally began to reappear with candy products. Beginning in 1933, Goudey, a chewing gum company, began producing cards. Gum became the product associated with baseball cards. Goudey produced larger sets of cards than usual and a boon to collector's they numbered them ! For the next several years, Goudey released new sets of cards to coincide with the baseball season. Again a World War (II) curtailed baseball card production. Bowman Gum Company resurrected baseball cards in 1948 soon to be followed by another bubblegum company, Topps. The two competed not only for consumers but also for rights to baseball players with each trying to sign players to exclusive contracts. In 1956 Topps bought out Bowman and enjoyed a relative monopoly for decades. While Topps was dominant nationally, various regionally-produced sets, usually on or in packages of foods. Post Cereal and Jello printed baseball cards on the backs of their boxes from 1961 to 1963 in both U.S. and Canada. In 1962 Post also produced a football card set featuring players from the two countries in each respective country. Fleer and Donruss ended Topps baseball card monopoly in 1981. Topps sued both but the courts ruled that Topps' exclusive rights only applied to sports cards sold with gum. Score in 1988 and Upper Deck in 1989 joined the market. In 1989 Topps reintroduced tje Bowman brand. The baseball card hobby quickly became saturated with cards. The baseball player's strike in 1994 started a rapid decline in interest. Baseball card companies, trying to remain profitable, started introducing improvements in card quality and also measures to prevent counterfeiting. They released many different brands of cards as well as rare and unique cards. Now baseball cards have come full circle and in 2006 there are only two companies marketing and selling baseball cards: Topps and Upper Deck. Fleer went bankrupt and Donruss lost their license. Upper Deck did buy Fleer and began issuing Fleer brand again.
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*** TRIPLES - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Triples
1. Sam Crawford HOF 309
2. Ty Cobb HOF 295
3. Honus Wagner HOF 252
4. Jake Beckley HOF 243
5. Roger Connor HOF 233
6. Tris Speaker HOF 222
7. Fred Clarke HOF 220
8. Dan Brouthers HOF 205
9. Joe Kelley HOF 194
10. Paul Waner HOF 191
11. Bid McPhee HOF 188
12. Eddie Collins HOF 187
13. Ed Delahanty HOF 185
14. Sam Rice HOF 184
15. Jesse Burkett HOF 182
Ed Konetchy 182
Edd Roush HOF 182
18. Buck Ewing HOF 178
19. Rabbit Maranville HOF 177
Stan Musial HOF 177
21. Harry Stovey 174
22. Goose Goslin HOF 173
23. Tommy Leach 172
Zack Wheat HOF 172
25. Rogers Hornsby HOF 169
26. Joe Jackson 168
27. Roberto Clemente HOF 166
Sherry Magee 166
29. Jake Daubert 165
30. Elmer Flick HOF 164
George Sisler HOF 164
Pie Traynor HOF 164
33. Bill Dahlen 163
George Davis HOF 163
Lou Gehrig HOF 163
Nap Lajoie HOF 163
37. Mike Tiernan 162
38. George Van Haltren 161
39. Harry Hooper HOF 160
Heinie Manush HOF 160
Sam Thompson HOF 160
42. Max Carey HOF 159
Joe Judge 159
44. Ed McKean 158
45. Kiki Cuyler HOF 157
Jimmy Ryan 157
47. Tommy Corcoran 155
48. Earle Combs HOF 154
49. Jim Bottomley HOF 151
Harry Heilmann HOF 151
Jim O'Rourke HOF 151
52. Kip Selbach 149
Al Simmons HOF 149
54. Wally Pipp 148
Enos Slaughter HOF 148
56. Bobby Veach 147
Willie Wilson 147
58. Charlie Gehringer HOF 146
59. Harry Davis 145
Willie Keeler HOF 145
61. Bobby Wallace HOF 143
62. Cap Anson HOF 142
63. Lou Brock HOF 141
64. Willie Mays HOF 140
65. John Reilly 139
Jimmy Williams 139
67. Tom Brown 138
Willie Davis 138
Frankie Frisch HOF 138
70. George Brett HOF 137
71. Babe Ruth HOF 136
Jimmy Sheckard 136
Elmer Smith 136
74. Lave Cross 135
Pete Rose 135
76. Shano Collins 133
77. George Wood 132
78. Brett Butler 131
Joe DiMaggio HOF 131
Buck Freeman 131
81. Buddy Myer 130
82. Oyster Burns 129
Larry Gardner 129
84. Earl Averill HOF 128
Arky Vaughan HOF 128
86. Vada Pinson 127
87. Hardy Richardson 126
Robin Yount HOF 126
89. Jimmie Foxx HOF 125
90. John Anderson 124
Hal Chase 124
Frank Schulte 124
93. Larry Doyle 123
Duke Farrell 123
95. Dummy Hoy 121
96. Mickey Vernon 120
97. Hugh Duffy HOF 119
Fred Pfeffer 119
99. Joe Cronin HOF 118
Chick Stahl 118
Lloyd Waner HOF 118
*** TRIPLES - Active Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Triples
1. Steve Finley (40) 112
2. Kenny Lofton (38) 98
3. Johnny Damon (31) 80
4. Barry Bonds (40) 77
5. Jose Offerman (36) 72
6. Ray Durham (33) 70
7. Cristian Guzman (27) 67
8. Luis Gonzalez (37) 63
9. Neifi Perez (32) 60
10. Reggie Sanders (37) 59
Ruben Sierra (39) 59
Tony Womack (35) 59
13. Omar Vizquel (38) 58
14. Bernie Williams (36) 55
15. Carlos Beltran (28) 54
Royce Clayton (35) 54
Julio Franco (46) 54
Ray Lankford (38) 54
19. Craig Biggio (39) 52
Jimmy Rollins (26) 52
21. Nomar Garciaparra (31) 50
22. Carl Crawford (23) 49
Raul Mondesi (34) 49
Michael Tucker (34) 49
Fernando Vina (36) 49
26. Juan Pierre (27) 48
27. Brian Giles (34) 47
Derek Jeter (31) 47
Mark McLemore (40) 47
Jose Vizcaino (37) 47
1959 Fleer Ted WilliamsTed Williams was one of the greatest hitters ever to play the game ! The 'Splendid Splinter' played from 1939-1942 and 1946-1960 all with the Boston Red Sox. He missed 1943 thru 1945 due to military duty when he was a pilot during the wars. For his career he hit .344 with 521 home runs. Ted Williams was one of the biggest stars baseball has ever seen, and his baseball cards remain very popular and valuable.Ted's rookie card was in 1950 Bowman and he was exclusive with Bowman from 1950 thru 1954. In 1954 he also allowed Topps to make his cards which they did from 1954 thru 1958. In 1959 Fleer signed Ted Williams away from Topps and assumed the star Ted Williams would be retiring, put out an entire 80-card set of cards highlighting Ted Williams and illustrating his life both in and out of baseball. Williams decided late in the fall to resign for another year perhaps damaging the sets impact. Today these cards remain extremely popular with most of the cards in teh set still quite affordable.
There is one very rare card in this set, #68 picturing Ted with Bucky Harris.
UNFORTUNATELY Topps had Bucky Harris under exclusive contract and
Fleer had to quickly halt production of this card making it a significant
SHORT PRINT. Only a few made it out to the public. This card is quite rare,
hardly ever seen and a plain old simple checklist making it the perfect
candidate for counterfeiting. Other interesting cards are those that picture Ted with Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Sam Snead and Jim Thorpe. In addition, cards of Ted fishing or with his airplane are also very popular. |
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