CONGRATULATIONS TO MASTER COLLECTOR, JOE SYPEK FOR COMPLETING THE 54-CARD SET.
I always liked the Play Ball issues just before WW2. I wonder what the ‘42 set might have looked like. I figured they would’ve been black and white with some war-time propaganda and washed out colors of the American Flag as rationing would have kept things subtle. The delicate scrollwork may have given way to a clean design while still keeping with the period. Here was our patriotic take on the best of the summer of ‘42. While the set’s retirement is a way’s off—there are only a dozen of each card printed with no plans to print more.
1. Joe DiMaggio, portrait-4, Action- 2
2. Chet Laabs- 6
3. Johnny Vander Meer- 6
4. Claude Passeau-6
5. Jimmy Brown- 6
6. Rudy York- 6
7. Joe Medwick-6
8. Joe Gordon-6
9. Whit Wyatt- 6
10. John MIze- 5
11. Ken Keltner- 4
12. Bucky Walters-5
13. Eddie Miller- 4
14. Al Benton- 6
15. Carl Hubbell- 5
16. Bill Dickey- 5
17. Sid Hudson- 5
18. Lou Boudreau- 4
19. Walker Cooper- 5
20. Paul Derringer- 5
21. Bill Nicholson- 6
22. Frank McCormick-5
23. Terry Moore-6
24. Pee Wee Reese- 4
25. Buddy Rosar- 4
26. Charlie Keller- 4
27. Mel Ott- 5
28. Tom Henrich- 5
29. Tex Hughson- 5
30. Red Ruffing- 6
31. Johnny Pesky- 5
32. Walt Judnich- 5
33. George Case- 4
34. Stan Musial- 5
35. Stan Spence- 6
36. Ernie Bonham- 4
37. Ernie Lombardi- 3
38. Enos Slaughter- 3
39. Dom DiMaggio- 4
40. Mort Cooper-5
41. Ted Lyons-4
42. Stan Hack-5
43. Phil Rizzuto- 6
44. Johnny Beazley-5
45. Pete Reiser- 5
46. Larry French- 6
47. Elbie Fletcher-5
48. Dolph Camilli- 5
49. Howie Krist- 4
50. Hal Newhouser- 4
51. Spud Chandler- 4
52. George McQuinn- 5
53. Ted Williams- 5
