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Extended Set - Also frequently called Update Set or Traded Set. Facsimile Autograph - a simulated autograph printed on a card designed to show what the player’s actual signature looks like. These are NOT the player’s "real" autograph. Factory Set - a complete set in a special box and wrapped with a protective covering produced by the manufacturer, usually with a unique seal and sold directly to dealers or card shop owners and not available through the usual retail outlets. Grade - the physical condition assigned to a card, either by a price guide, or through the assessment made by sellers. Graded Card - a card which has been assessed for condition by an independent source and given a ranking, with 10 being the best. The card is then placed in a hermetically-sealed plastic holder with the grade designation and player name, card company, card number, and serial number printed on the encasement.
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
1956 Topps PinsIn addition to their regular issue 1956 Topps baseball card set, which in my opinion, was Topps' nicest regular issue set, Topps released a special pin set. This was the first pins ever issued by Topps.Few issues can compare to the 1956 Topps Pins set. The colorful and attractive 1-1/8" diameter pins, just like baseball cards from the era, were packaged with bubble gum. The pins featured a full color photo of the player with a pin clasp on the reverse. Interestingly, some images for the pin set are the same as those on the regular 1956 Topps cards. Even if you don't want to collect the set, if you collect 1956 Topps cards than YOU MUST add at least one 1956 Topps Pin to your collection. The 1956 Topps Pins set features most of the eras Hall-of-Famers including Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Ernie Banks, Duke Snider, Al Kaline, Yogi Berra, Eddie Mathews and also includes some super tough scarcities such as Chuck Stobbs, Hector Lopez and Chuck Diering. There is not firm opinion as to which of the 3 scarce short prints are the toughest to find. In the end, collectors in the day preferred their cards to pins and Topps cut back the 1956 Topps Pin set issue from a planned 90 pins to just 60. |
1974 Topps DECKLE EDGEThis 72-card test issue set was released with a very limited distribution on only the East Coast around Massachusetts making them quite scarce. They were Officially simply called "Topps Baseball Photos" but their serrated or "DECKLED" edge gave them the name they go by today. The 2 7/8" x 5" inch cards were sold in either a 2 card pack with gum or a 3 card pack with no gum for 5 cents.The cards were meant to have the look of the black and white movie star photos from the 1950's and feature a black & white photo with a blue facsimilie autograph on the front. The backs make this very scarce test issue even more interesting ! They feature handwritten script of the player's name, team, position & date and location of the photograph as well as a mock newspaper article on the player's career. This was Topps 2nd "Deckle Edge" issue, their first being their smaller and much more common 1969 Topps Deckle Edge which were inserts in certain series of packs of 1969 Topps cards. Variations of 1974 Topps Deckle Edge do exist, making this issue even more fun and challenging to collect. The backs can be found in either gray or a much scarcer white version. Also, a more limited proof version with non-scalloped edges exists and occasionally can be found.
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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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