SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee Blog
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This blog from SABR covers articles, studies, or reminiscences about the 150-year history of making, selling, buying, collecting, sorting, and trading pieces of cardboard that celebrate our greatest game. SABR, Society for American Baseball Research is the ultimate national body overseeing all published and ongoing research on baseball in America.
SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee Blog
6d ago
The Four Base Hits card set is considered among the most important rarities in the hobby. These beautiful photographic cards are similar in appearance to the Kalamazoo Bats cards and have design similarities to the Yum Yum Tobacco issue of 1888. The cards have become legendary in the hobby due to their rarity as well ..read more
SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee Blog
1M ago
The baseball card universe is full of mysteries, many of which will never be definitively solved by mere humans. While some Hobbyists are happy enough to wander through the darkness, I am the type that demands answers whether they’re correct or not! As such I decided to take my questions to ChatGPT. Why is the ..read more
SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee Blog
1M ago
Back in April, when asked by a member of the media about José Abreu’s struggles to begin the year and if he was confident that the baseball veteran could rebound, Astros manager Joe Espada delivered a simple response that set the baseball community ablaze. “History. You know, the back of his baseball card… he can ..read more
SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee Blog
1M ago
It’s been a few years since my last 3D Wiggle Gif post and I’m back with another set of 3D baseball cards. This time it’s back to the 1950s with a set of Sal Maglie Stori-View cards. While Viewmaster is sort of the brand name 3D kids toy, in the 1950s and 1960s, Stori-View was ..read more
SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee Blog
1M ago
Buck Herzog sits coolly with his fluffy sweater buttoned across his chest. His arms resting across his knees. The red rimmed collar folded down snug around his neck. Eyes gazing across the field as if something delicious is waiting for him there. The pale blue background contrasting with the red piping of his outfit. A ..read more
SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee Blog
1M ago
From the time I could remember going to ballgames I was infatuated with the programs and scorecards. Walking through the turnstiles at Yankee Stadium as a kid, pleading to my Mom to get me a program. She would go in her purse and hand me the money so I could pay myself. I would take ..read more
SABR's Baseball Cards Blog
1M ago
On June 20, 2024, MLB will host a regular season game between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals at Rickwood Field, the oldest ballpark in America. Per an MLB press release, “The regular-season game at Rickwood Field will pay tribute to the Negro Leagues and to baseball’s greatest living player: Hall of ..read more
SABR's Baseball Cards Blog
2M ago
In admiring my 70 or so 1933 Goudey cards the other day, I was struck most by the set’s hidden treasures. While many vintage collectors can picture the cards of Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, et. al., off the top of their heads, how many collectors—unless they are die-hard Goudey fans—have even seen the many gorgeous cards ..read more
SABR's Baseball Cards Blog
2M ago
When I was growing up in Chicago in the 1950s, my favorite team was the White Sox, and my favorite player, along with Minnie Miñoso, was the Sox second baseman, Nellie Fox. Like me, Fox was a little guy. Unlike me, he was also a terrific player: a 15-time All-Star, the 1959 American League Most ..read more
SABR's Baseball Cards Blog
2M ago
In a comment following my post of April 17 (“A Newly Revealed Collection of T206s”), a reader expressed dismay at the fact that the Edison baseball cards were being stored in nine-to-the-page plastic holders. I passed this comment on to the archivist at the Edison National Historical Park, who told me that, now that they ..read more