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1971 ASTRODOME Football Game POSTCARDPrice = $ 4.95NM/MINT to EX/MINT
Great vintage postcard of a football game in the Astrodome. Postcards are beautiful - the image is too bright. |
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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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*** HOME RUNS - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Home Runs
1. Hank Aaron HOF 755
2. Babe Ruth HOF 714
3.+ BARRY BONDS (40) 708
4. Willie Mays HOF 660
5. Sammy Sosa 588
6. Frank Robinson HOF 586
7. Mark McGwire 583
8. Harmon Killebrew HOF 573
9. Rafael Palmeiro 569
10. Reggie Jackson HOF 563
11. Mike Schmidt HOF 548
12.+ KEN GRIFFEY JR (35) 536
Mickey Mantle HOF 536
14. Jimmie Foxx HOF 534
15. Willie McCovey HOF 521
Ted Williams HOF 521
17. Ernie Banks HOF 512
Eddie Mathews HOF 512
19. Mel Ott HOF 511
20. Eddie Murray HOF 504
21. Lou Gehrig HOF 493
Fred McGriff 493
23. Stan Musial HOF 475
Willie Stargell HOF 475
25. Dave Winfield HOF 465
26. Jose Canseco 462
27. Carl Yastrzemski HOF 452
28. Jeff Bagwell 449
+ GARY SHEFFIELD (36) 449
30.+ FRANK THOMAS (37) 448
31. Dave Kingman 442
32. Andre Dawson 438
33.+ MANNY RAMIREZ (33) 435
34.+ JUAN GONZALEZ (35) 434
35. Cal Ripken 431
36.+ JIM THOME (34) 430
37.+ ALEX RODRIGUEZ (29) 429
38. Billy Williams HOF 426
39. Darrell Evans 414
40. Duke Snider HOF 407
41. Andres Galarraga 399
Al Kaline HOF 399
43. Dale Murphy 398
44.+ MIKE PIAZZA (36) 397
45. Joe Carter 396
46. Graig Nettles 390
47. Johnny Bench HOF 389
48. Dwight Evans 385
49. Harold Baines 384
50. Larry Walker 383
51. Frank Howard 382
Jim Rice 382
53. Albert Belle 381
54. Orlando Cepeda HOF 379
Tony Perez HOF 379
56. Matt Williams 378
57. Norm Cash 377
58. Carlton Fisk HOF 376
59. Rocky Colavito 374
60. Gil Hodges 370
61.+ CARLOS DELGADO (33) 369
Ralph Kiner HOF 369
63. Joe DiMaggio HOF 361
64. Gary Gaetti 360
65. Johnny Mize HOF 359
66. Yogi Berra HOF 358
67. Greg Vaughn 355
68. Lee May 354
69. Ellis Burks 352
70. Dick Allen 351
71. Chili Davis 350
72. George Foster 348
73. Ron Santo 342
74. Jack Clark 340
75. Tino Martinez 339
Dave Parker 339
Boog Powell 339
78. Don Baylor 338
79. Joe Adcock 336
80. Darryl Strawberry 335
81. Bobby Bonds 332
82.+ JIM EDMONDS (35) 331
Hank Greenberg HOF 331
+ CHIPPER JONES (33) 331
+ JEFF KENT (37) 331
86. Mo Vaughn 328
87. Willie Horton 325
88. Gary Carter HOF 324
Lance Parrish 324
90. Ron Gant 321
91. Cecil Fielder 319
92. Roy Sievers 318
93. George Brett HOF 317
94. Ron Cey 316
+ LUIS GONZALEZ (37) 316
96. Vinny Castilla 315
97. Reggie Smith 314
98.+ JASON GIAMBI (34) 313
99. Jay Buhner 310
100. Edgar Martinez 309
*** HOME RUNS - Active Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Home Runs
1. Barry Bonds (40) 708
2. Sammy Sosa (36) 588
3. Rafael Palmeiro (40) 569
4. Ken Griffey (35) 536
5. Jeff Bagwell (37) 449
Gary Sheffield (36) 449
7. Frank Thomas (37) 448
8. Manny Ramirez (33) 435
9. Juan Gonzalez (35) 434
10. Jim Thome (34) 430
11. Alex Rodriguez (29) 429
12. Mike Piazza (36) 397
13. Carlos Delgado (33) 369
14. Jim Edmonds (35) 331
Chipper Jones (33) 331
Jeff Kent (37) 331
17. Luis Gonzalez (37) 316
18. Vinny Castilla (37) 315
19. Jason Giambi (34) 313
20. Ruben Sierra (39) 306
21. Vladimir Guerrero (29) 305
22. Shawn Green (32) 303
23. Andruw Jones (28) 301
24. Jeromy Burnitz (36) 299
25. Moises Alou (38) 297
Steve Finley (40) 297
27. Robin Ventura (37) 294
28. Reggie Sanders (37) 292
29. Tim Salmon (36) 290
30. Bernie Williams (36) 275
1952 Wheaties ChampionsIn 1952 Wheaties issued this set of cards on the back of their boxes. The 2" x 2-3/4" cards needed to be hand cut from the back of the boxes making high quality samples almost impossible to find. The set featured 30 different champions from a variety of sports in both "Portrait" and "In-Action" poses for a total of 60 different cards. 10 of the 30 athletes are baseball players with football, basketball, golf, bowling, diving and other sports also included.Top players in the set are Ted Williams, Stan Musial, George Mikan, Ben Hogan and Otto Graham. |
1952,1953,1954,1955 Red Man TOBACCORed Man Tobacco issued baseball cards in 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955, making them the only tobacco company to do so since 1920. The cards are very attractive with a large, painted portrait and a short player's bio on the front. On the back is company advertising. 1/2" tabs at the bottom of each card could be exchanged for a prize. The exchange rate was 50 tabs for one free Big League style baseball cap. Thus, cards with the tabs still intact are much, much, harder to find making them more valuable.Without the tabs it is difficult to determine which year certain players were issued. It is usually easiest to determine the year by looking at the expiration date on the back. Subtract 1 from the expiration year to determine the year of the card. Each set is made up of 25 players from each league all personally selected by Editor J.G. Taylor Spink of the "Sporting News". Managers from each league were included in the 1952 and 1953 sets. The 1954 set had four different variations. That brings the total to only 208 cards to complete your Master Red Man Tobacco Baseball Card Set !!! Start collecting now ! |
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