W574 ...29 is an awful funny number

[brianp-beme]

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St. Louis Browns 4/19-21 (5)
Cleveland Indians 4/22-24 (5)
Detroit Tigers 4/26-27 (5)
Philadelphia Athletics 5/4 (3)
Boston Red Sox 5/7 (2)
New York Yankees 5/8-10 (0)
Washington Senators 5/13-14 (0)

Based on this information, do you think that it could be possible that these cards might have been given away at the ballpark as promotions?[/QUOTE]

One other interesting bit of info is that the length of the series seems to dictate the amount of non-White Sox cards issued. The Browns, Indians and Tigers each had either 2 or 3 day series, and thus 5 cards that might have given away in each of the series, while the Athletics and Red Sox had single day visits, and thus only 2 or 3 cards were given out. Does anyone know if home dates of any of these series involved doubleheaders?

Brian

[darwinbulldog]

I'm not familiar with the set, but is it possible the coincidence of teams visiting and teams represented could be due to the photos' for the cards being taken during these series (as opposed to in advance so the cards could be distributed during these series)? Are there visiting players' photos that can be identified as not having been taken at Comiskey?

[brianp-beme]

A good point DarwinB, and I am not familiar with the look of old Comiskey Park...however at least some of these cards (images of the entire set can be viewed on the Old Cardboard site) include photos from earlier in the player's career. For example, Fred Marberry, who was traded to the Tigers on 12/14/1932, is shown wearing the uniform of his previous team, the Senators. Carl Reynolds, who played with the White Sox in 1931, and another team (I didn't write it down) in 1932, is included in the set as a member of the Browns, but is wearing a White Sox uniform. As far as the White Sox players are concerned, Jimmie Dykes is shown wearing an Athletics uniform (he was traded from the A's to the White Sox late September of 1932). Al Simmons is the one player I could readily tell that had an 'updated' photo included, as he was traded to the White Sox on September 28th 1932 and is shown wearing a White Sox uniform.

Brian

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

One other interesting bit of info is that the length of the series seems to dictate the amount of non-White Sox cards issued. The Browns, Indians and Tigers each had either 2 or 3 day series, and thus 5 cards that might have given away in each of the series, while the Athletics and Red Sox had single day visits, and thus only 2 or 3 cards were given out. Does anyone know if home dates of any of these series involved doubleheaders?

Brian

Brian,

According to baseball-reference.com, the only doubleheader in that timeframe was on 5/7 when the Red Sox were in town. The Athletics only game in that timeframe was just prior to that on 5/4. I would guess that there were some rainouts involved during that week, thus causing those one day road trips.

[leftygrove10]

If these cards were indeed given away at Chicago White Sox baseball games, it might be possible that advertisements indicating such were put into the Chicago newspapers in the days/weeks leading up to these ball games. I don't have time to search newspapers, but it might be interesting to see if the newspapers might reveal another clue.

[brianp-beme]

Just randomly came across this old thread about the W574 set that I started almost 8 years ago which got some great input. Thought I would share it again, along with a sample of these blank backed cards.

Brian

[Jobu]

Thanks for bumping this thread. This conversation is new to me but I love to read the research threads. Hopefully someone will have something new to add.

[h2oya311]

Here's Appling:



so that I can add a limited amount of help to the thread, and echoing Brian's note that the photos were taken earlier, here is the corresponding press photo of Appling taken in late 1930 during his rookie season. The American League Service Bureau photo back has a 1931 date that pre-dates any games played at Comiskey Park in 1931.

[brianp-beme]

No updates, but happy to see that I could access a thread like this using the forum's Advanced Search feature. And a belated 'cool press photo of Appling' remark for Derek.

Brian