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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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*** DOUBLES - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Doubles
1. Tris Speaker HOF 792
2. Pete Rose 746
3. Stan Musial HOF 725
4. Ty Cobb HOF 724
5. George Brett HOF 665
6. Nap Lajoie HOF 657
7. Carl Yastrzemski HOF 646
8. Honus Wagner HOF 640
9. Hank Aaron HOF 624
10. Paul Molitor HOF 605
Paul Waner HOF 605
12.+ CRAIG BIGGIO (39) 604
13. Cal Ripken 603
14. Rafael Palmeiro 585
15. Robin Yount HOF 583
16. Cap Anson HOF 581
17. Wade Boggs HOF 578
18. Charlie Gehringer HOF 574
19.+ BARRY BONDS (40) 564
20. Eddie Murray HOF 560
21. Tony Gwynn 543
22. Harry Heilmann HOF 542
23. Rogers Hornsby HOF 541
24. Joe Medwick HOF 540
Dave Winfield HOF 540
26. Al Simmons HOF 539
27. Lou Gehrig HOF 534
28. Al Oliver 529
29. Frank Robinson HOF 528
30. Dave Parker 526
31. Ted Williams HOF 525
32. Willie Mays HOF 523
33. Ed Delahanty HOF 522
34. Joe Cronin HOF 515
35. Edgar Martinez 514
36. Mark Grace 511
37. Rickey Henderson 510
38. Babe Ruth HOF 506
39. Tony Perez HOF 505
40. Roberto Alomar 504
41. Andre Dawson 503
42. Goose Goslin HOF 500
John Olerud 500
44. Rusty Staub 499
45. Bill Buckner 498
Al Kaline HOF 498
Sam Rice HOF 498
48.+ LUIS GONZALEZ (37) 495
49. Heinie Manush HOF 491
50. Mickey Vernon 490
51. Jeff Bagwell 488
Harold Baines 488
Mel Ott HOF 488
54. Lou Brock HOF 486
Billy Herman HOF 486
56. Vada Pinson 485
57. Hal McRae 484
58. Dwight Evans 483
Ted Simmons 483
60. Brooks Robinson HOF 482
61. Zack Wheat HOF 476
62.+ JEFF KENT (37) 474
63. Jake Beckley HOF 473
64. Larry Walker 471
65. Frankie Frisch HOF 466
66. Jim Bottomley HOF 465
Jim O'Rourke HOF 465
68. Reggie Jackson HOF 463
69. Dan Brouthers HOF 460
70. Sam Crawford HOF 458
Jimmie Foxx HOF 458
72. Jimmie Dykes 453
73. George Davis HOF 451
Paul O'Neill 451
Jimmy Ryan 451
76. Joe Morgan HOF 449
77.+ FRANK THOMAS (37) 447
78. Rod Carew HOF 445
+ IVAN RODRIGUEZ (33) 445
80. George Burns 444
Andres Galarraga 444
82. Gary Gaetti 443
83. Dick Bartell 442
Don Mattingly 442
85. Roger Connor HOF 441
Barry Larkin 441
Fred McGriff 441
88. Luke Appling HOF 440
Will Clark 440
Roberto Clemente HOF 440
Steve Garvey 440
B.J. Surhoff 440
93. Eddie Collins HOF 438
94. Cesar Cedeno 436
Joe Sewell HOF 436
96. Wally Moses 435
97. Billy Williams HOF 434
98. Joe Judge 433
99. Joe Carter 432
Tim Wallach 432
*** DOUBLES - Active Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Doubles
1. Craig Biggio (39) 604
2. Rafael Palmeiro (40) 585
3. Barry Bonds (40) 564
4. John Olerud (36) 500
5. Luis Gonzalez (37) 495
6. Jeff Bagwell (37) 488
7. Jeff Kent (37) 474
8. Frank Thomas (37) 447
9. Ivan Rodriguez (33) 445
10. B.J. Surhoff (40) 440
11. Ken Griffey (35) 430
12. Ruben Sierra (39) 427
13. Steve Finley (40) 425
14. Bernie Williams (36) 420
15. Gary Sheffield (36) 413
16. Manny Ramirez (33) 411
17. Garret Anderson (33) 403
18. Julio Franco (46) 394
19. Juan Gonzalez (35) 388
20. Carlos Delgado (33) 384
Shawn Green (32) 384
22. Omar Vizquel (38) 376
23. Moises Alou (38) 375
24. Todd Helton (31) 373
25. Bret Boone (36) 366
26. Jim Edmonds (35) 362
27. Ray Lankford (38) 356
28. Chipper Jones (33) 355
Sammy Sosa (36) 355
30. Ray Durham (33) 354
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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