Best looking Grover Alexander card?

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by 100backstroke

1915, 1916, 1917 and 1920. These were the 4 years Grover Alexander won the Pitching Triple Crown. Nobody else has ever claimed this distinction 4 times. Not Walter Johnson, Mathewson, Grove nor Koufax. One of the most underrated pitchers of all time.

I am looking for an eye appealing Grover Alexander card as I currently have none. But tough finding one I like with good eye appeal. Suggestions? Thanks.

I'd probably go with the 1914 Cracker Jack, though it is very pricey. I settled for a 1913 National Game, which was still high, but quite a bit lower than the CJ. The Sporting News issue is okay and while I'm not a huge fan of strip cards, there is a decent portrait of GCA on one.

There is also a nice colorized card of him in the 1961 Golden Press set.

Good Luck

[tiger8mush]

Only other Alexander I own is the M101-2 but I don't have scans of it

[Econteachert205]

I'm really not trying to be a jerk I swear but I love his 1960 fleer card as a cheap pick up. A great image. Also like the 1940 play ball.

[Leon]

w501 is one we don't see every day...

[brian1961]

100BACKSTROKE,

I shall be committing a referral you probably already know of, and worthy of the back of the hand by some, but honestly, why not a PSA graded mint 1961 Golden Press Hall of Fame. Exquisitely carrying a full length colorized action pose of a young 'Ol Pete at the height of his fame with the Phils. The CJ IS a beaute, but your bank account shan't suffer, and neither will your eyes feasting on that beautiful Golden Press image. Just my two cents. ---Brian Powell

PS---Adding a third cent, Alec is card number two in the Golden Press set, which was issued as a complete set in booklets, with the cards die-cut and easily punched out. The significance of Alec being the second card is that he was thus on the cover of the Golden Press booklet. Being on the cover brought frequent rubbing with other booklets, as well as handling by the various individuals in the grocery stores where they were sold (and then by the very few hobby dealers that sold them after '61, and eventually at sport card shows/conventions). The rubbing of booklets was the catalyst for scuffing up the pictures on the first three cards. This is a typical problem with those first three cards; again, which includes Grover, as well as Mel Ott and Babe Ruth. Therefore, a PSA Mint 9 might not be quite so easy, and after reading the above, surely puts the card amongst a small class above the others that were not on the cover. Now that I think of it, there may have been a few cards on the back cover as well....