[JLange]

Finally picked up a 1956 Big League Stars Statues Larry Doby variation showing him with his 1955 club, the Cleveland Indians. There is another version of this card where Larry Doby is a member of the Chicago White Sox (also shown, not my card). Notice that the bios are different as well.

Incidentally, Larry Doby was traded from Cleveland to Chicago on October 25, 1955, after the season ended.

A few questions for anyone interested in this set:

1. Is there any difference in scarcity of the Indians version relative to the White Sox version?

2. Is the team variation listed anywhere? I don't see that it is listed in the Standard Catalog (though a team variation for Mickey Vernon is listed)

3. Does the Cleveland variation do anything more to push the year of issue to 1955, or at least suggest it was offered in 1955 and 1956? Mickey Vernon is also shown with two different teams, with either the Senators or the Red Sox, and his trade from Washington to Boston took place Nov 8, 1955. Combining these two variations, it seems like the cards and statues may have been offered for sale in 1955 ahead of the respective trades, and corrected with a later printing afterwards, perhaps.

4. Aside from Doby and Vernon, are there other variations in this set, and if so, are they documented elsewhere?

Thanks!