Umpire cards and collectibles

[Republicaninmass]

Extremely scarce for that reason, some are also in the HOF. I have seen maybe two in the last few years in ebay decently priced sell. I havent been as diligent in looking though

[darkhorse9]

Where I'm from (SW Michigan) we've actually produced more major league umpires in recent years than any other area ( I know six of them) so there's some interest in the subject here.

[drcy]

There is the 1955 Bowman umpires subset . . . People have collected umpire autographs from some time.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by drcy

There is the 1955 Bowman umpires subset . . . People have collected umpire autographs from some time.

I like the 55 Bowman set and am around a dozen cards from finishing it. I would like it a lot more though if it didn't have any umpires in it.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I like the 55 Bowman set and am around a dozen cards from finishing it. I would like it a lot more though if it didn't have any umpires in it.

Umpire collectors say 'Yer Out!"

Brian

[BobC]

Besides there probably not being a lot of umpire collectors to start with, there aren't really a lot of main-stream umpire cards/items that were produced either. The '55 Bowman cards immediately come to mine. I think some umpires were also included in the 1950-56 Callahan set as well. And having umpires in the HOF, there are HOF plaque postcards that people collect also. There is something like 10 umpires currently inducted into the HOF I think.

As far as pre-war issues are concerned, I know there were umpires on Playball cards from the '40 set. Not sure about the other two years off the top of my head. The earliest, and probably one of the coolest, umpire specific collectibles I'm aware of is from the M101-2 SPorting News Supplements. The 3/31/1910 issue of the Sporting News included a double page supplement fold-out featuring four major league umpires; Wm. Evans, "Silk" O'Loughlin, William Klem, and Wm. Johnson. I believe Evans and Klem are members of the HOF. Anyone know of something even earlier?

[triwak]

It's ALL about the HALL. (At least for me). Here's all 10 of 'em.

[Bestdj777]

I've got a game used uniform and umpire kit. Umpires are a critical part of the game, so my game used collection seemed a little incomplete without a game used umpire uniform.

[scottbdoug]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I like the 55 Bowman set and am around a dozen cards from finishing it. I would like it a lot more though if it didn't have any umpires in it.

I like the umpire cards, im trying to get one card from each umpire in the HOF which this set has some in its ranks.

[DaveW]

Some people really like umpires. Did you know that there is a whole Umpire Ejection Fantasy League?

[oldjudge]

The umpire cards in the old judge set are amazing, some of my favorite cards. Even neater are the player cards with the umpire in the background.