I made an interesting discovery: Cards from the 50's rarely if ever gave you a look at the number on the back.
Here are all the cards I could find that showed the uniform number of the featured player:
That's it, just two cards. The 1956 card shows Dee Fondy's #40 and in 1959 we get a look at Lee Walls' #2.
So if you're looking for uniform numbers, skip the 50's.
So on the Dee Fondy card even though he is listed as a first baseman, in the picture on the card he is not the first baseman but he is the player diving back into first base? Interesting.
ReplyDeleteYes, I had to check that. When looking at the card I assumed the first baseman was Fondy. But he wore #40 and is in a blue uniform, so the runner is him.
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