Uncorrected Pre-War Errors

[brunswickreeves]

I’m going to break the post a bit here and post a post-war card but one that’s pretty significant…

Mickey Mantle's last card #500 from 1969 Topps contains a statistical error. YEAR 1955 notes AVG. of .307, when in fact is actually .306. All prior Topps cards with this year's stat. correctly note .306. And interestingly enough, the Major League Totals line on Mick's 1969 Topps card correctly reflects lifetime AVG. of .298 (which would be derived with a 1955 AVG. of .306 (not .307 as noted on the card).

Fun Fact: If Mick had only 1 additional hit in each of his 18 seasons, he would have ended up in the .300 Club, with a career total of 2433 hits from 8120 at bats!

[brunswickreeves]

Not mine but one recently on BST, Hon(a)s Wagner…

[Seven]

Originally Posted by brunswickreeves

Fun Fact: If Mick had only 1 additional hit in each of his 18 seasons, he would have ended up in the .300 Club, with a career total of 2433 hits from 8120 at bats!

Mantle always said one of his biggest regrets was him not hitting .300 for his career. Due to his less than stellar performance, in his final few seasons.

[brianp-beme]

Here is my favorite group of uncorrected error cards. Tex Wisterzil is in four different Zeenut sets: 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1922. Each of his cards has his last name incorrectly spelled:

1918 and 1920: 'Wisterzill'

1919: 'Westerzil' (shown below)

1922: 'Westersil' (shown below)


Brian

[kmac32]

The T206 Juan Viola is Violat on the card. Looking for it in Piedmont back and Hindu back but it is an interesting error.