Pre-War "Rookie Cards"

[shagrotn77]

Originally Posted by BioCRN

A lot of grey area in defining someone's RC is wrapped up in defining what a card actually is... That's a huge amount of the hangup before even considering things like regional vs national...came in random packs vs came in the mail...and all kinds points and counterpoints.

Just to pick on one that's low hanging fruit...the Bruce Sutter RC from the Old Cardboard list. His RC, a newspaper clipping.

There is precedence in the hobby to recognize newspaper clippings as cards, such as the 1927 RinkyDink Stamps and the Spots Stamps cards from the 1930s...and more.

The debate over whether these are even cards is probably more controversial than if someone's RC can be one of these cards.

If technically correct is the best kind of correct, enjoy your newspaper clipping baseball card.

That said, first is first and this hobby respects first even if it's not always the most valuable or popular option for a player.

If you click on the player's name, you'll get a list of (pretty much) all of the rookie issue possibilities.