Hi Brian,
Your list of back variations matches mine. However, I haven't seen an example of the Grissom that does NOT mention 1938. Do you by chance have one? Or have you seen one?
The few times I've seen a Grissom on eBay, every one of them mentions 1938. My copy mentions 1938 as well. Makes me wonder if I'm chasing a phantom card that doesn't really exist - or if it's just very, very rare.
The other card that is on both the 1938 and 1939 sets is the Vander Meer; the backs are the same, but one is a pitching pose on the front and the other is a portrait.
Tom
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Originally Posted by brianp-beme
There are 12 cards that are featured in both the 1938 and 1939 W711-1 Reds sets that contain differences in their writeups on the back. Here are those cards and the differences between the two years (In most cases I have provided little snippets from the respective bios to identify them below):
Wally Berger:
1938 - "in a trade...in June"
1939 - "in a trade...in June, 1938"
Paul Derringer:
1938 - "Won 22 games...this season"
1939 - "Won 21 games...last year"
Linus Frey:
1938 - "only 25 now"
1939 - "only 26 now"
Lee Gamble:
1938 - "Syracuse last year"
1939 - "Syracuse in 1937"
Ival Goodman:
1938 - No mention of 30 homers
1939 - Mentions hitting 30 homers
Lee Grissom:
1938 - No mention of 1938
1939 - Mentions 1938
Ernie Lombardi:
1938 - No mention of 1938 MVP
1939 - Mentions 1938 MVP
Bill McKechnie:
1938 - "Last year he led..."
1939 - "In 1937 he led..."
Lloyd "Whitey" Moore:
1938 - "Last year with Syracuse"
1939 - "In 1937 with Syracuse"
Billly Myers:
1938 - "In his fourth year"
1939 - "In his fifth year"
Lee Riggs:
1938 - "In his fourth season"
1939 - "In his fifth season"
Wm. "Bucky" Walters:
1938 - "Won 14 games"
1939 - "Won 15 games"
And the following 6 are featured in both sets but have no differences in the writeups between the years:
Harry Craft
Ray "Peaches" Davis
Harry "Hank" Gowdy
Williard Hershberger
Frank McCormick
Jim Weaver
Still not sure about distribution of the set...this still remains quite the mystery.
Brian
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