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1982 Kansas City Royals paperback book - (George Brett cover)Price = $ 11.95
George Brett on the cover of this 48 page booklet. Nice EX/MINT condition although the cover does show a little scuffing. |
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 Using a system of grading codes based on those established by price guides such as Beckett, Tuff Stuff, Sports Collector’s Digest, collectors can determine the approximate condition of items offered by interpreting the following grades. Grading is very subjective and there can also be grades in between the levels below. MINT (MT) - while we rarely use this grade, occasionally it can be found for items that we appraise as appearing nearly perfect to the naked eye. With respect to cards, it would be defined as one with 50/50 centering all around, razor-sharp corners, a photo that is well-registered and completely focused, and no visible imperfections on card front or back. NEAR MINT-MINT (NRMT/MT) - is qualified by at least 60/40 centering, only the slightest hint of corner wear upon close inspection, and may have a barely visible print spot, lack of intense color, or a slight focus imperfection. NEAR MINT (NRMT) - card displays at least 70/30 centering, may have a visible slight touch of corner wear all around, and/or a few slightly visible print spots, a lack of intense color, or a slight focus imperfection. EXCELLENT-MINT (EX/MINT) - centering equivalent to NRMT (70/30), but 2 or 3 corners display an obvious "fuzzy" quality. Essentially, a card that would have been deemed NRMT if not for the corner wear being more apparent. May have a barely visible print spot, a lack of intense color, or a slight focus imperfection. EXCELLENT (EX) - all four corners show visible signs of wear, but are not rounded. Centering at least 80/20. May have a visible print spot, a lack of intense color, or a slight focus imperfection. VERY GOOD (VG) - Corners are rounded and the card may have creases or wrinkles. FAIR TO GOOD - in this grade, card has rounded corners and other major defects such as scuffing, pinholes, loss of gloss, multiple creases. In general, a markedly worn card and often used as a "filler" until a better one comes along.
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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*** BATTING AVERAGE - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Active Players - "+" BOLD in CAPS with AGE
Rank Player Batting Average
1. Ty Cobb HOF .3664
2. Rogers Hornsby HOF .3585
3. Joe Jackson .3558
4. Lefty O'Doul .3493
5. Ed Delahanty HOF .3459
6. Tris Speaker HOF .3447
7. Ted Williams HOF .3444
8. Billy Hamilton HOF .3443
9. Dan Brouthers HOF .3421
Babe Ruth HOF .3421
11. Dave Orr .3420
12. Harry Heilmann HOF .3416
13. Pete Browning .3415
14. Willie Keeler HOF .3413
15. Bill Terry HOF .3412
16. George Sisler HOF .3402
17. Lou Gehrig HOF .3401
18. Jake Stenzel .3386
19. Jesse Burkett HOF .3384
20. Tony Gwynn .3382
21. Nap Lajoie HOF .3381
22.+ TODD HELTON (31) .3366
23. Riggs Stephenson .3361
24. Al Simmons HOF .3342
25. John McGraw HOF .3336
26. Eddie Collins HOF .3332
Paul Waner HOF .3332
28. Cap Anson HOF .3326
Mike Donlin .3326
30.+ ALBERT PUJOLS (25) .3324
31.+ ICHIRO SUZUKI (31) .3323
32. Stan Musial HOF .3308
33. Sam Thompson HOF .3307
34. Bill Lange .3302
35. Heinie Manush HOF .3298
36. Wade Boggs HOF .3279
37. Rod Carew HOF .3278
38. Honus Wagner HOF .3274
39. Tip O'Neill .3257
40. Bob Fothergill .3255
41. Jimmie Foxx HOF .3253
42. Earle Combs HOF .3248
43. Joe DiMaggio HOF .3246
44. Babe Herman .3245
45. Hugh Duffy HOF .3241
46.+ VLADAMIR GUERRERO (29) .3240
47. Joe Medwick HOF .3236
48. Edd Roush HOF .3227
49. Sam Rice HOF .3223
50. Ross Youngs HOF .3222
51. Kiki Cuyler HOF .3210
52. Charlie Gehringer HOF .3204
53. Chuck Klein HOF .3201
54.+ NOMAR GARCIAPARRA (31) .3197
55. Mickey Cochrane HOF .3196
Pie Traynor HOF .3196
57. Ken Williams .3192
58. Kirby Puckett HOF .3181
59. Earl Averill HOF .3178
60. Arky Vaughan HOF .3176
61. Bill Everitt .3174
62. Roberto Clemente HOF .3173
Joe Harris .3173
64. Chick Hafey HOF .3170
65. Joe Kelley HOF .3169
66. Zack Wheat HOF .3167
67. Roger Connor HOF .3165
68. Lloyd Waner HOF .3164
69. Frankie Frisch HOF .3161
70. Goose Goslin HOF .3160
71. Lew Fonseca .3158
72. George Van Haltren .3157
73. Bibb Falk .3145
74. Cecil Travis .3142
75.+ DEREK JETER (31) .3139
76.+ MANNY RAMIREZ (33) .3137
77. Hank Greenberg HOF .3135
78. Jack Fournier .3132
79. Elmer Flick HOF .3130
80. Ed Morgan .3128
81. Larry Walker .3127
82. Bill Dickey HOF .3125
83. Dale Mitchell .3123
84. Johnny Mize HOF .3121
Joe Sewell HOF .3121
86. Fred Clarke HOF .3119
Deacon White .3119
88. Barney McCosky .3118
89. Edgar Martinez .3115
90. Johnny Hodapp .3114
Hughie Jennings HOF .3114
Freddie Lindstrom HOF .3114
93. Bing Miller .3113
Jackie Robinson HOF .3113
95. Baby Doll Jacobson .3112
Taffy Wright .3112
97.+ MIKE PIAZZA (36) .3110
Rip Radcliff .3110
99. Bug Holliday .3109
100. Ginger Beaumont .3108
*** BATTING AVERAGE - Active Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Batting Average
1. Todd Helton (31) .3366
2. Albert Pujols (25) .3324
3. Ichiro Suzuki (31) .3323
4. Vladimir Guerrero (29) .3240
5. Nomar Garciaparra (31) .3197
6. Derek Jeter (31) .3139
7. Manny Ramirez (33) .3137
8. Mike Piazza (36) .3110
9. Frank Thomas (37) .3071
10. Alex Rodriguez (29) .3069
11. Magglio Ordonez (31) .3062
12. Sean Casey (30) .3050
13. Juan Pierre (27) .3049
14. Ivan Rodriguez (33) .3042
15. Mike Sweeney (31) .3040
16. Chipper Jones (33) .3031
17. Bobby Abreu (31) .3029
18. Jose Vidro (30) .3021
19. Jason Kendall (31) .3019
20. Lance Berkman (29) .3018
21. Moises Alou (38) .3010
22. Mark Loretta (33) .3006
23. Placido Polanco (29) .3005
24. Barry Bonds (40) .3000
25. Shannon Stewart (31) .2996
26. Julio Franco (46) .2993
27. Brian Giles (34) .2992
28. Kenny Lofton (38) .2991
29. Garret Anderson (33) .2980
30. Bernie Williams (36) .2978
1951 Bowman BaseballThis was Bowman's largest set to date, both in the size and the number of cards. Due to the major rookies in this set (led by Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays) the 1951 Bowman set is by far the most valuable of their issues.Card fronts were very similarly to Bowman's 1950 set, so much so that several players 1951 Bowman cards look like larger versions of their 1950 card. Bowman again used hand-painted color reproductions of actual photographs. Cards numbered 243 to 324 (High Numbers) were printed in smaller quantities and are scarcer. This is hte series that features the rookie cards of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays making them even more difficult to obtain. Other notable rookies include Whitey Ford, Monte Irvin, Jackie Jensen and Jim Piersall. TOP ROOKIES: Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays,Whitey Ford, Monte Irvin, Nellie Fox, Joe Garagiola, Jackie Jensen, Jim Piersall .... TOP STARS: Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Bob Feller, Warren Spahn, Duke Snider, Richie Ashburn & MORE !!! |
1964 Topps Stand-UpsTopps most popular 1960's test issue !!!Blank-backed and unnumbered, these standard size cards were called "Stand-Ups". "Stand-Ups" refers to a type of card that was die cut around the player's picture. The background section then could be folded in half, so the card could stand up by itself while the player's picture stood alone. Directions for folding are on the background and when folded only the green background remains. 1934-36 Batter Up and the 1951 Topps All-Star sets are 2 other popular standup issues. Thanks to the green and yellow borders and the likelihood that most cards have been heavily folded, 1964 Stand-Ups are extremely difficult to obtain in top grades. The 77 card set features color photographs of the player on yellow and green backgrounds. 22 of the 77 cards were single printed making them twice as scarce and much higher in demand. The set is packed with Hall-of-Famers including MICKEY MANTLE, Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente, Carl Yastrzemski, Al Kaline, Brooks Robinson, Don Drysdale, Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey and more !!! |
1955 Topps All-American FootballIn 1955, college football was much more popular with fans than the NFL. This 100 card 1955 Topps All-American Football card set was Topps response to collectors. Topps first major football issue this unique set features the greatest college football players from the first half of the 20th century.The 1955 Topps All-American football card set was issued in one-card penny packs, nine-card nickel packs and 22-card cello packs. The set is jam packed with rookies and stars !!! One of the most valuable 1955 Topps All-American football cards is the rookie card of former Supreme Court Justice Whizzer White.
TOP ROOKIES: The Four Horseman, Whizzer White, Fats Henry, Doc Blanchard,
Don Hutson, Amos Stagg, Tom Harmon, Ernie Nevers & MORE !!! |
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