Hobby Archaeology: 1938 Anniston Star Anniston Rams

      I ran across this 'set' while doing research for another project of mine that involved wading through years of sports pages of local newspapers.  In 1938, the Anniston Rams, of Anniston, Alabama, were the B-level, Southeastern League affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.  As the Rams were in their inaugural season, the local Anniston Hardware Company sponsored a series of profiles to introduce the team to the city.  The newspaper didn't announce the series, or mention how many there would be or what the frequency of release would be, but I think this is the whole set (15 entries), as I couldn't find any more for the rest of 1938.

20 May 1938		Lena Styles
22 May 1938		Dick Adair
24 May 1938		Elmer Johnson
26 May 1938		Bennett Needham
29 May 1938		Eddie Roetz
08 June 1938		Vincent Svilich
10 June 1938		French White
12 June 1938		Arthur Rebel
14 June 1938		Collin Lancaster
16 June 1938		Dot Pittman
19 June 1938		Charles Parker
22 June 1938		C.J. (Bill) Finucane
24 June 1938		Everett Grossman
03 July 1938		Foster "Cowboy" Thornton
07 July 1938		Ray "Pepper" Adamski

Profile of Anniston Rams player, Collin Lancaster. 14 Jun 1938, Tue The Anniston Star (Anniston, Alabama) Newspapers.com

Hobby Archaeology: 1980 Chicago Tribune Sox & Cubs Scrapbook

     As they did in 1977, in 1980 the Chicago Tribune again issued series of quarter-page sized photos of  players, along with a limited set of statistics for the players' entire career.  The series kicked off on 22 June and was set to run until 17 July, concluding with the teams' managers, but it actually didn't finish until 18 July.  Maybe they missed someone and inserted a new pair of players or simply miscounted the number of days.  In any case, the series ran for 27 days and covered 52 players and both managers.  The complete checklist is below.


22 June - Edward Farmer (Sox) / Bruce Sutter (Cubs)

23 June - Chet Lemon (Sox) / Jerry Martin (Cubs)

24 June - Michael Squires (Sox) / Bill Buckner (Cubs)

25 June - Bruce Kimm (Sox) / Barry Foote (Cubs)

26 June - Thad Bosley (Sox) / Scot Thompson (Cubs)

27 June - Lamar Johnson (Sox) / Dave Kingman (Cubs)

28 June - Robert Molinaro (Sox) / Mike Vail (Cubs)

29 June - Richard Dotson (Sox) / Dennis Lamp (Cubs)

30 June - Ken Kravec (Sox) / Doug Capilla (Cubs)

01 July - Kevin Bell (Sox) / Clifford Johnson (Cubs)

02 July - Wayne Nordhagen (Sox) / Ken Henderson (Cubs)

03 July - Richard Wortham (Sox) / Bill Caudill (Cubs)

04 July - Britt Burns (Sox) / Rick Reuschel (Cubs)

05 July - Steve Trout (Sox) / Mike Krukow (Cubs)

06 July - Greg Pryor (Sox) / Mike Tyson (Cubs)

07 July - Harold Baines (Sox) / Larry Biittner (Cubs)

08 July - Todd Cruz (Sox) / Mick Kelleher (Cubs)

09 July - Ross Baumgarten (Sox) / Lynn McGlothlen (Cubs)

10 July - Mike Proly (Sox) / Willie Hernandez (Cubs)

11 July - Lamarr Hoyt (Sox) / Steve Dillard (Cubs)

12 July - Ron Pruitt (Sox) / George Riley (Cubs)

13 July - Jim Morrison (Sox) / Ivan DeJesus (Cubs)

14 July - Guy Hoffman (Sox) / Dick Tidrow (Cubs)

15 July - Randy Johnson (Sox) / Tim Blackwell (Cubs)

16 July - Ricky Seilheimer (Sox) / Lenny Randle (Cubs)

17 July - Jesus Figueroa (Sox) / Preston (Mike) O'Berry (Cubs)

18 July - Tony LaRussa MGR (Sox) / Preston Gomez MGR (Cubs)

Hobby Archaeology: 1963 Chicago Tribune Autograph Album

From the Chicago Tribune Archives

     In 1963, the Chicago Tribune ran a series of photo profiles on the Cubs and White Sox in the daily sports section which ran from 04 July to 04 August.  The series alternated Sox/Cubs players every other day and concluding with the teams' managers.  Each day a new player was presented with a facsimile autographed photo and a short biographical sketch of their accomplishments.   There was a small blurb on the front page of the July 4th issue announcing the series, saying they used the latest photos taken by Tribune cameramen.  Here is the checklist.

04 July	Nelson Fox	Chicago White Sox
05 July	Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs
06 July	Floyd Robinson	Chicago White Sox
07 July	Ken Hubbs	Chicago Cubs
08 July	Juan Pizarro	Chicago White Sox
09 July	Larry Jackson	Chicago Cubs
10 July	Ray Herbert	Chicago White Sox
11 July	Dick Ellsworth	Chicago Cubs
12 July	Pete Ward	Chicago White Sox
13 July	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs
14 July	Ron Hansen	Chicago White Sox
15 July	Andy Rodgers	Chicago Cubs
16 July	Mike Hershberger	Chicago White Sox
17 July	Bob Buhl	Chicago Cubs
18 July	Camilo Carreon	Chicago White Sox
19 July	Richard Bertell	Chicago Cubs
20 July	Dave Nicholson	Chicago White Sox
21 July	Glen Hobbie	Chicago Cubs
22 July	Jim Landis	Chicago White Sox
23 July	Billy Williams	Chicago Cubs
24 July	Charlie Maxwell	Chicago White Sox
25 July	Lindy McDaniel	Chicago Cubs
26 July	J.C. Martin	Chicago White Sox
27 July	Lou Brock	Chicago Cubs
28 July	Hoyt Wilhelm	Chicago White Sox
29 July	Don Landrum	Chicago Cubs
30 July	Jim Brosnan	Chicago White Sox
31 July	Don Elston	Chicago Cubs
01 August	Gary Peters	Chicago White Sox
02 August	Paul Toth	Chicago Cubs
03 August	John Buzhardt	Chicago White Sox
04 August	Al Lopez / Bob Kennedy

Hobby Archaeology: 1981 San Diego Union - Meet the Padres

    Yet another uncatalogued newspaper "card" set came to my attention thanks to a post in the "Ozzie Smith collectors thread" over at Freedom Cardboard today.  It seems that in 1981, The San Diego Union printed a series of player profiles to introduce the 1981 Padres to the city.  The series ran from March 8th to April 17th in the sports section and kicked off in style with the Wizard, and this message:

A Message To Our Readers     From the manager down through the ranks, the 1981 Padres sport a new look -- so new, many baseball fans literally won't be able to tell the players without a score- card.    Therefore, beginning today and continuing daily until the start of the San Diego Padres season April 9, The San Diego Union will present each member of the 1981 Padres in the form of a baseball card.

The set actually ran eight days longer than advertised and wrapped up at 41 "cards".  Curiously, for someone who didn't really factor into the Padres in any meaningful way, Randy Bass was featured twice, on March 16th and March 20th.

Scan courtesy of Mozzie22

8 March 1981		Ozzie Smith
9 March 1981		Craig Stimac
10 March 1981		Broderick Perkins
11 March 1981		Dave Cash
12 March 1981		Jerry Turner
13 March 1981		Bill Fahey
14 March 1981		Eric Rasmussen
15 March 1981		Tim Flannery
16 March 1981		Randy Bass
17 March 1981		Luis Salazar
18 March 1981		Gary Lucas
19 March 1981		John Curtis
20 March 1981		Randy Bass
21 March 1981		Steve Swisher
22 March 1981		Mike Phillips
23 March 1981		Dave Edwards
24 March 1981		Barry Evans
25 March 1981		Eric Show
26 March 1981		Jerry Mumphrey
27 March 1981		Rick Wise
28 March 1981		Kim Seaman
29 March 1981		Gene Richards
30 March 1981		Tom Tellman
31 March 1981		Juan Eichelberger
1 April 1981		Steve Mura
2 April 1981		John Urrea
3 April 1981		Terry Kennedy
4 April 1981		Alan Wiggins
5 April 1981		John Littlefield
6 April 1981		Bobby Tolan (hitting coach)
7 April 1981		Danny Boone
8 April 1981		Juan Bonilla
9 April 1981		Ruppert Jones
10 April 1981		Joe Lefebvre
11 April 1981		Tim Lollar
12 April 1981		Chris Welsh
13 April 1981		Frank Howard (manager)
14 April 1981		Chuck Estrada (pitching coach)
15 April 1981		Eddie Brinkman (infield coach)
16 April 1981		Jack Krol (third base coach)
17 April 1981		Ed Stevens (coach)

Thanks to GenealogyBank.com for carrying the San Diego Union archives, making this post possible.  While I don't have access to any further years of the newspaper, I am told this feature ran for a few more years.

Hobby Archaeology: 1977 Chicago Tribune Cubs & Sox Scrapbook

     From June 12th to July 9th of the 1977 season, the Chicago Tribune produced a series of "cards" in the sports section of the newspaper for a Cub and White Sox player, intended to be cut from the paper and saved.  The feature was titled Cubs & Sox Scrapbook and presented over-sized portraits of a player from each team, along with several years of statistics below the photo. I was somewhat surprised to see one of these had been submitted to COMC, but not surprised to see that it had not been identified.
     Previously, Beckett had listed these photos as two separate sets; 1977 Cubs Tribune and 1977 White Sox Tribune.  Neither checklist was complete, listing only 14 Cubs and 27 White Sox, and they really should not have been listed separately.  The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards doesn't list the set at all, but then they don't usually seem to recognize newspaper sets.  Fortunately the Chicago Tribune has placed their archives online, so this set can now be properly documented.   The set ran for 28 days and includes 54 players and both teams' managers.  Below is what should be the complete set with links to the Chicago Tribune archive pages.

June 12, Cubs-Sox Scrapbook Announcement

June 12, Bobby Murcer (Cubs) & Richie Zisk (White Sox)

June 13, Manny Trillo (Cubs) & Chet Lemon (White Sox)

June 14, Ray Burris (Cubs) & Steve Stone (White Sox)

June 15, Greg Gross (Cubs) & Jim Spencer (White Sox)

June 16, Jerry Morales (Cubs) & Tim Nordbrook (White Sox)

June 17, Donnie Moore (Cubs) & Lerrin LaGrow (White Sox)

June 18, Mick Kelleher (Cubs) & Eric Soderholm (White Sox)

June 19, Ivan DeJesus (Cubs) & Alan Bannister (White Sox)

June 20, Bill Bonham (Cubs) & Chris Knapp (White Sox)

June 21, Jim Todd (Cubs) & Dave Hamilton (White Sox)

June 22, Joe Wallis (Cubs) & Oscar Gamble (White Sox)

June 23, Steve Ontiveros (Cubs) & Jack Brohamer (White Sox)

June 24, Mike Krukow (Cubs) & Bart Johnson (White Sox)

June 25, Willie Hernandez (Cubs) & Bruce Dal Canton (White Sox)

June 26, Bruce Sutter (Cubs) & Wilbur Wood (White Sox)

June 27, Steve Swisher (Cubs) & Brian Downing (White Sox)

June 28, Dave Rosello (Cubs) & Jorge Orta (White Sox)

June 29, Rick Reuschel (Cubs) & Don Kirkwood (White Sox)

June 30, Bill Buckner (Cubs) & Lamar Johnson (White Sox)

July 1, Jose Cardenal (Cubs) & Wayne Nordhagen (White Sox)

July 2, Paul Reuschel (Cubs) & Ken Kravec (White Sox)

July 3, Larry Biitner (Cubs) & Ralph Garr (White Sox)

July 4, Bobby Darwin (Cubs), Francisco Barrios (White Sox)

July 5, Gene Clines (Cubs) & Royle Stillman (White Sox)

July 6, George Mitterwald (Cubs) & Jim Essian (White Sox)

July 7, Steve Renko (Cubs) & Kevin Bell (White Sox)

July 8, Pete Broberg (Cubs) & Jack Kucek (White Sox)

July 9, Herman Franks (Cubs) & Bob Lemon (White Sox)

Player Collecting: Team photos, remember those?

     On the rare occasion that a player collector gets to the end of the line when it comes to traditional baseball cards, having picked up a copy of every different card (documented or not) that exists for a particular player, the yearning to pick up something else persists.  In that situation, the mind wanders to other items featuring player photographs, be they magazines, game programs, pocket schedules or what have you.  Quite possibly the oldest, yet frequently neglected item available to the dedicated player collector is the team photo or team picture.

1869 Peck & Snyder Red Stockings

     Some of the earliest documented baseball cards are actually just team photos, usually tied to a sponsor or business of some sort.  While technology has improved in photography and printing, the same arrangement that existed between teams and sponsors in the 1880s is still alive and well today in the form of team pictures as stadium giveaways and newspaper premiums.  In fact, this is usually the only way team pictures are made available in the present.  And don't think it's just a baseball thing, pretty much every pro and college team sport issues team pictures in some format.

     As a collectible, they are often overlooked for reasons of storage.  In most cases over the last 30 years, team pictures are large.  Usually 11" x 14" or bigger.  In some cases, they are more posters than what one might think of a simply a "photo".  My collection of team photos is only about two years old, but quickly grew to include 20 or so items, ranging from large postcards to posters.  Below are what I have and what I'm hunting for each of my player collections.

Dave Winfield

    Naturally, having played the longest, Winfield has the most team pictures available, especially given that the San Diego Padres started issuing team photos, sponsored by the San Diego Union-Evening Tribube, back in their minor league days as far back as 1964, and continuing with various sponsors through 1995.  As a result, Winfield's entire time as a Padre is covered.  These were generally large photos, measuring 14"x11".

1973 San Diego Padres
(this should have the blue banner at the bottom, but it was trimmed off my copy)

1974 San Diego Padres

1975 San Diego Padres

1976 San Diego Padres

1977 San Diego Padres

1978 San Diego Padres
(I have this one, but it is in pieces, so I'm looking for an intact copy)

1979 San Diego Padres

1980 San Diego Padres
(pretty sure this was taken in front of the Hilton out on Harbor Island Dr.)

The only form I can find the 1980's & early 1990's New York Yankees team photos are in the form of these stadium giveaway mugs.  You can see several of them here:

New York Yankees Fan Day mug SGA Collection 1977 - 1995

1990 California Angels

1991 California Angels

1992 Toronto Blue Jays - sponsored by MCI

1992 Toronto Blue Jays - issued by The Postcard Factory

1992-93 Toronto Blue Jays /  Maxwell House 5" x 7"

1992 Norman James 1992 World Champions Toronto Blue Jays Poster

1995 Cleveland Indians Photo File
I don't know whether or not there was any kind of official team picture issued for the '95 Indians, but I did finally land this Photo File collage of the team.  I suppose it will have to do.

Hensley Meulens

    Given the Yankees lack of traditionally issued team pictures, most of what I've found for Bam Bam have been minor league team pictures.  These are typically stadium giveaway items from the first couple of months into a season.

1987 Prince William Yankees

In the case of the 1990 Columbus Clippers, the team photo was combined with one of their yearly baseball card sets.

In 1992, the Columbus Clippers issued several posters featuring the team in the throwback uniforms of previous teams to play in Columbus.  Each poster contained a photo of the 1992 team along with a few historical photos of players from the earlier team.

1992 Columbus Buckeyes poster

1992 Columbus Senators poster

1992 Columbus Red Birds poster

1992 Columbus Jets poster

1992 Columbus Clippers poster



1993 Columbus Clippers - sponsored by Nickles Bakery and Jolly Rancher
  Unfortunately, Hensley Meulens face is semi-obscured by a printing/ink issue.

2005 Indianapolis Indians - Team Picture Night, 29 April 2005

2006 Indianapolis Indians - Team Picture Night, 21 April 2006, sponsored by Pepsi & BAND-AID, first 4,000 fans.

2007 Indianapolis Indians - Team Picture Night, 20 April 2007, first 4,000 fans.

2008 Indianapolis Indians

2012 San Francisco Giants - 18" x 12"

Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes

   Despite playing pretty much the whole season with the Tucson Toros in 1990, Rhodes did not make the team picture that season.

1991 Tucson Toros - Sponsored by Hinckley & Schmitt.

1993 Omaha Royals

Roberto Kelly

1993 Cincinnati Reds - The Reds issued these team photos consistently (and with the same basic design) from at least 1967-1998.  The photos were usually given away with a sponsor's coupon attached.  The design changed in 2000.

1997 Seattle Mariners - Two posters were produced, one measured 11"x14" and  was sponsored by the Seattle Times & J.C. Penney.  The other was 9.5"x14" and was given away at Safeco Caravan stops in the offseason.

1999 Texas Rangers - This poster was sponsored by AT&T.

Dave Henderson

1982 Seattle Mariners - 8" x 10"

1983 Seattle Mariners - sponsored by Showbiz Pizza

1984 Seattle Mariners - 14" x 8.5" poster

1991 Oakland Athletics - poster sponsored by Kodak

2014 Oakland Athletics 1989 World Champions 25th Anniversary

Bernardo Brito

1990 Portland Beavers

1991 Portland Beavers

1992 Portland Beavers?

1993 Portland Beavers (Smoky Bear 50th)

Dann Howitt

1987 Modesto A's - 10.75" x 8.25"

Steve Howard

1985 Modesto A's

1987 Huntsville Stars
       The highlight is that Walt Weiss is making a face at the camera dead center in the second row.

Baseball "cards" in Newspapers

       Over the last 100 years or so, the sports section of various newspapers around the U.S. have featured illustrations or even "baseball cards" of baseball players.  In the 1920s and 1930s, syndicated columnist and cartoonist Jack Sords, in his "Sords Points" pieces, provided wonderful illustrations to go along with his pieces, both historical and contemporary, of all manner of athletes.

       By the 1970s and 1980s, the newspaper industry had undergone decades of cheapening, and there just wasn't room (or money) in a newspaper for cartoons that were neither funny nor political.  But as a small bonus some papers included series of short profiles designed as collectible "cards", to be clipped out of the newspaper and saved, such as these mentioned by the Uncataloged Baseball Cards blog:

1958 Cincinnati Enquirer Reds Scrapbook

1984 Cincinnati Enquirer Reds Scrapbook

1970-1971 Dayton Daily News

1981 Long Beach Telegram - Steve Garvey/Rod Carew


       Some of these have actually been catalogued and included in the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards, such as the sets from the Minneapolis Star in the late 70s:

1977 Minneapolis Star Twins Scrapbook - Rod Carew


       As I dig around in various online newspaper archives, I'll post the "card" sets I find here and the newspapers and issues they appeared in.  Incidentally, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazettes below are all available in the Google News Archive and the Chicago sets are available in the Chicago Tribune Archive.

Boston Daily Record, "Baseball Scrap Book", 1934
Burlington Free Press, "Free Press Baseball Cards", 30 March - 20 May 1978 (not every day)

Chicago Tribune, "Autograph Album", 04 July - 04 August 1963

Chicago Tribune, "Cubs & Sox Scrapbook", 12 June - 9 July 1977

Chicago Tribune, "Sox & Cubs Scrapbook", 22 June - 18 July 1980

Chicago Tribune, "White Sox Scrapbook", 13 September - 01 October 1983

Chicago Tribune, "Cubs Scrapbook", 05 September - 02 October 1984

Cincinnati Enquirer, "Reds Scrapbook", 02 March - 14 April 1958

Cincinnati Enquirer, "Reds Scrapbook", 22 February - 31 March 1959

Cincinnati Enquirer, "Reds Scrapbook", 22 February - 29 March 1962

Cincinnati Enquirer, "Reds Scrapbook", 09 March - 10 April 1963

Cincinnati Enquirer, "Reds Scrapbook", 12 March - 10 April 1964

Cincinnati Enquirer, "The Enquirer Book on the Reds", 11 March - 08 April 1965

Cincinnati Enquirer, "Reds Scrapbook", 06 March - 04 April 1966

Cincinnati Enquirer, "Meet your Reds", 12 March - 09 April 1967

Cincinnati Enquirer, "Reds Scrapbook" printed in 1984

Cincinnati Post, "Your Album of the Reds", 22 July - 22 August 1938, large photos of each player with facsimile signatures.  The series was started without fanfare, only a note along the bottom of the front page on July 22nd of the first photo, and ended just as abruptly. There were no photos on Aug 3 & 4, or Aug 6 & 8.

1938-07-22 Bill Myers

1938-07-23 Paul Derringer

1938-07-25 Willard Hershberger

1938-07-26 Ray Davis

1938-07-27 Lewis Riggs

1938-07-28 Joe Cascarella

1938-07-29 Buck McCormick

1938-07-30 Ernie Lombardi

1938-08-01 Gene Schott

1938-08-02 Dusty Cooke

1938-08-05 Junior Frey

1938-08-09 Lee Grissom

1938-08-10 Whitey Moore

1938-08-11 Harry Craft

1938-08-12 Johnny Vander Meer

1938-08-13 Bill McKechnie

1938-08-15 Edd Roush

1938-08-16 Harry Gowdy

1938-08-17 Wally Berger

1938-08-18 Lee Gamble

1938-08-19 Bucky Walters

1938-08-20 Don Lang

1938-08-22 Nolen Richardson

Dayton Daily News, "Bubblegumless Cards", 05 April 1970 - 26 May 1971

Detroit  Free Press, Bubblegumless Tiger Cards Sept 1968

[Escondido] The Times-Advocate, 11 April 1983, 29 full-color Padres cards, included in a special 1983 Padres supplement
Long Beach Press Telegram, 1980 (series of 26, two players per "card", all Dodgers and Angels)
Long Beach Press Telegram, 1981 (series of 26, two players per "card", all Dodgers and Angels)
Los Angeles Examiner, "Dodgers' Album" 1960
Los Angeles Herald Examiner, "Dodgers Scrapbook" printed in 1977
Minneapolis Star, "Twins Scrapbook", 04 July - 12 August 1977

Philadelphia Bulletin, Phillies Stand-Ups, 25 July - 29 August 1949
Philadelphia Bulletin, Athletics/Phillies 1949
Philadelphia Inquirer, "Fightin' Phillies Album", 17 September - 1 October 1950, included in the Suday magazine supplement, 8 per issue, 4 per page

Sports Stamps 28 Apr 1936, Tue Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, "Sports Stamps" printed, on weekdays, 1936 across several different major regional Hearst-owned papers such as the Detroit Times, Buffalo Times and Chicago American

14 April Gus Suhr

14 April Pie Traynor

15 April Paul Waner

15 April Lloyd Waner

16 April Bud Hafey

16 April Tommy Padden

17 April Fred Schulte

17 April Cookie Lavagetto

18 April Arky Vaughan

18 April Clarence Struss

19 April reprinted the first 10 stamps with added brief bios of each player.

From the 20th, bios were included with each stamp.

20 April Ralph Birkofer

20 April Bill Swift 

21 April Bill Brubaker

21 April Hal Finney

22 April Cy Blanton

22 April John Tising

23 April Red Lucas

23 April Waite Hoyt

24 April Guy Bush

24 April Floyd Young

25 April Mace Brown

25 April Jim Weaver

27 April Woody Jensen

27 April Al Todd

28 April Jewel Ens

28 April Honus Wagner

New York Giants

29 April Bill Terry, mgr

29 April Travis Jackson

30 April Mel Ott

30 April Dick Bartell

1 May Carl Hubbell

1 May Hank Leiber

2 May Hal Schumacher

2 May Fred Fitzsimmons

4 May Slick Castleman

4 May Harry Gumbert

5 May Gus Mancuso

5 May Mark Koenig

6 May Burgess Whitehead

6 May Joe Moore

7 May Fred Marberry

7 May George Davis

Chicago Cubs

8 May Lefty Grimm, mgr

8 May Woody English

9 May Gabby Hartnett

9 May Phil Cavaretta

11 May Lon Warneke

11 May Larry French

12 May Bill Lee

12 May Roy Henshaw

13 May Chuck Klein

13 May Tex Carleton

14 May Stanley Hack

14 May Billy Jurges

15 May Augie Galan

15 May Frank Demaree

27 Jul Dusty Cooke, Red Sox

27 Jul John Whitehead, White Sox

28 Jul Buddy Myer, Senators

28 Jul Earl Whitehill, Senators

29 Jul Carl Reynolds, Senators

29 Jul Ossie Bluege, Senators

30 Jul Buck Newsom, Senators

30 Jul Jake Powell, Yankees

31 Jul Bucky Harris, Senators mgr

Cleveland Browns

31 Jul Lee Tietje

1 Aug Julius Solters

1 Aug Lee Roy Mehaffey

3 Aug Harland Clift

3 Aug Lyn Lary, Browns

4 Aug Rogers Hornsby, Browns mgr

4 Aug Russ Van Atta

5 Aug Joe McCarthy, Yankees mgr

5 Aug Connie Mack, Athletics mgr

6 Aug Casey Stengel, Dodgers mgr

6 Aug Chuch Dressen, Reds mgr

7 Aug Bill McKechnie, Braves mgr

7 Aug Steve O'Neill, Indians mgr

8 Aug Ivy Andrews, Browns

Later the series was expanded to include other athletes.

8 Aug Johnny Revolta, golfer

10 Aug Glenn Cunningham, runner

10 Aug Jesse Owens, runner

11 Aug Tony Canzoneri, boxer

11 Aug Fritzie Zivic, boxer

12 Aug Sam Parks, Jr., golfer

12 Aug Gene Sarazen, golfer

13 Aug Jack Sharkey, boxer

13 Aug Joe Louis, boxer

14 Aug Jimmy Braddock, boxer

14 Aug Max Schmeling, boxer

15 Aug Babe Risko, boxer

15 Aug Freddie Steele, boxer

17 Aug Bobby Jones, golfer

17 Aug W. Lawson Little, golfer

18 Aug Jock Sutherland, Pitt coach

18 Aug Howard Harpster, Tech coach

19 Aug Judge Walter P. Steffen, coach

19Aug John (Clipper) Smith, coach

20 Aug Pop Warner, coach

20 Aug Harry Kipke, coach

21 Aug Horton Smith, golf pro

21 Aug Jimmy Thomson, golf pro

22 Aug Helen Wills Moody, tennis

22 Aug Tony Manero, golf pro

24 Aug Ty Cobb, baseball star

24 Aug Jess Willard, boxer

25 Aug Emil Loeffler, golf pro

25 Aug Vincent Eldred, golf pro

26 Aug Bill Tilden, tennis

26 Aug Ellsworth Vines, tennis

27 Aug Gus Dorais, football coach

27 Aug Lou Diegel, golf pro

28 Aug Johnny Risko, boxer

28 Aug Bert Munhall, trainer

29 Aug Fred Perry, tennis

29 Aug Helen Jacobs, tennis

31 Aug Ray Eberle, announcer

31 Aug Wilmer Allison, tennis

1 Sept W.C. Fownes, Jr., golfer

1 Sept George A. Ormiston, golfer

2 Sept Jack Cummings, City League baseball

2 Sept Heine Boll, City League baseball

3 Sept Mary Kuhn, golfer

3 Sept Betty Abernety, golfer

4 Sept David O'Loughlin, tennis

4 Sept Frank Broida, tennis

5 Sept Lou Ambers, boxer

5 Sept Sixto Escobar, boxer

Pittsburgh Press, "Buc-A-Day", 05 March - 29 March 1972 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, " '72 Pirates Album", 06 March - 06 April 1972

1 Gene Alley (March 6)
2 Steve Blass (March 7)
3 Nelson Briles (March 8)
4 Dave Cash (March 9)
5 Roberto Clemente (March 10)
6 Gene Clines (March 11)
7 Vic Davalillo (March 13)
8 Dock Ellis (March 14)
9 Dave Giusti (March 15)
10 Richie Hebner (March 16)
11 Jackie Hernandez (March 17)
12 Ramon Hernandez (March 18)
13 Bob Johnson (March 20)
14 Bruce Kison (March 21)
15 Milt May (March 22)
16 Bill Mazeroski (March 23)
17 Bob Miller (March 24)
18 Bob Moose (March 25)
19 Al Oliver (March 27)
20 Jose Pagan (March 28)
21 Bob Robertson (March 29)
22 Charlie Sands (March 30)
23 Manny Sanguillen (March 31)
24 Rennie Stennett (April 1)
25 Willie Stargell (April 3)
26 Bob Veale (April 4)
27 Luke Walker (April 5)
28 Bill Virdon (April 6)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, " '73 Pirates Album", 21 Feb - 21 March 1973

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, " '75 Pirates Album", 03 March - 04 April 1975

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Pirates Portraits", 13 June - 18 July 1977

San Diego Union, "Meet the Padres",  8 March - 19 April 1981
San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Giants 16 October 1987
Seattle Post-Intelligencer,  "Pilot Profiles", 1969
Wichita Eagle-Beacon, Monday papers, 1983-1985 @ Uncatalogued Baseball Cards: 1983, 1984, 1985

Other sports:

Basketball
The Michigan Daily, Wolverine Trading Cards, 1984
November 28, 1984 - Antoine Joubert, Gary Grant, Robert Henderson, Garde Thompson, Leslie Rockymore, Chuck DeGlopper, Gerary Rudy, Roy Tarpley, Rich Rellford, Steve Stoyko, Ron Gibbs, Butch Wade.

Football
Cincinnati Enquirer, Bengals Scrapbook, 3 Aug - 14 Sept 1970

Hattiesburg American, "Eagles Cards", 28 November - 16 December 1988

University of Southern Mississippi, 75 players, 5 players per issue

Tallahassee Democrat bubble gum-less FSU/FAMU cards, 18 September - 20 Novenber 1982

NASCAR

The Tuscaloosa News, Talladega's Legends Posters, October 6-23, 2001
1 Tony Stewart
2 Bobby Labonte
3 Darrell Waltrip
4 Bobby Allison
5 Mark Martin
6 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
7 Bill Elliott
8 Sterling Marlin
9 Cale Yarborough
10 Dale Jarrett
11 Kevin Harvick
12 Neil Bonnett
13 Jeff Gordon
14 Davey ALlison
15 Richard Petty
16 Dale Earnhardt
17 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Soccer
Seattle Times, "Seattle Sounders" printed August 1980
10 Aug Jack Brand/Mike Ivanow
11 Aug John Ryan/Bobby Howe
12 Aug David Nish/Jeff Stock
13 Aug Tommy Hutchison/Bruce Miller
14 Aug Ian Bridge/Steve Buttle
15 Aug Bruce Rioch/John Andersen
16 Aug Mark Peterson/Roy Greaves
17 Aug Alan Hinton/Frank Barton
18 Aug Max Thompson/Alan Hudson
19 Aug Roger Davies/Jeff Bourne