After a decade, the Chicago Tribune brought back their Cubs Scrapbook feature for the 1994 season. As with the 1984 series, these were presented in full color, but this time came four to page. As with the White Sox set, no real announcement was made beyond the bit to the right that was on the first page pf the sports section the day following the end of the Sox set. Oddly, it says the "first of eight" even though there were 32 "posters" printed in the series. The set ran from April 19th - May 2nd.
20 July 2026
Hobby Archaeology: 1994 Chicago Tribune Cubs Scrapbook
After a decade, the Chicago Tribune brought back their Cubs Scrapbook feature for the 1994 season. As with the 1984 series, these were presented in full color, but this time came four to page. As with the White Sox set, no real announcement was made beyond the bit to the right that was on the first page pf the sports section the day following the end of the Sox set. Oddly, it says the "first of eight" even though there were 32 "posters" printed in the series. The set ran from April 19th - May 2nd.
13 July 2026
Hobby Archaeology: 1994 Chicago Tribune Sox Scrapbook
After a decade, the Chicago Tribune brought back their Scrapbook feature for the 1994 season, and actually ran scrapbooks for three of the city's five professional teams, the Bulls, Cubs and White Sox. The Sox series began with very little fanfare. No announcement was made in the preceding days, so the first mention is on the top of page one of the April 5th sports section.
As with the 1984 series, these were presented in full color, but this time came four to page, on the back page of the sports section. Unlike previous years, these weren't explicitly printed with clipping in mind, as they had no dotted lines or distinct borders.
The set ran from April 5th - 18th.
Here is the checklist:
5 April - Jack McDowell, Roberto Hernandez, Ron Karkovice, Darrin Jackson
6 April - Ozzie Guillen, Alex Fernandez, Joey Cora, Lance Johnson
7 April - Tim Raines, Julio Franco, Kirk McCaskill, Wilson Alvarez
11 April - Robin Ventura, Jason Bere, Paul Assenmacher, Mike LaValliere
12 April - Frank Thomas, Dan Pasqua, Craig Grebek, Scott Sanderson
13 April - Joe Hall, Dennis Cook, Gene Lamont (manager), Joe Nossek (coach)
14 April - Jose DeLeon, Scott Ruffcorn, Jackie Brown (coach), Doug Masolino (coach)
18 April - Warren Newson, Steve Sax, Tom Bevington (coach), Walt Hriniak (coach)
I couldn't find a color image, so here is an example page from Newspapers.com.
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| April 7 White Sox Scrapbook page |
12 April 2017
Hobby Archaeology: 1938 Anniston Star Anniston Rams
| 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 |
20 January 2016
Hobby Archaeology: 1983 Chicago Tribune White Sox Scrapbook
Each entry included a fairly full biographical profile, abbreviated statistics through the previous day's game, a head shot and an action shot.
17 January 2016
Hobby Archaeology: 1984 Chicago Tribune Cubs Scrapbook
In 1984, the Chicago Tribune produced yet another series of "cards" for the Cubs. The set was announced on the front page of the September 5th issue, to appear "intermittently" on the Focus page, which was the last page of the Sports section. This time around, rather than stringing them out one or two players per issue, they issued the set in full pages spread across five seemingly random issues from September 5th to 2 October, as the Cubs were making their push toward the post-season.
The other big change with this issue is that the cards were presented in full color, and designed in a way such that the cut-out card can be folded in half to create a "card" with a front and a back. The set introduction recommends folding the cut-outs around a piece of heavy paper or cardboard and gluing it in place to make them more card-like.
22 May 2015
Hobby Archaeology: 1980 Chicago Tribune Sox & Cubs Scrapbook
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)
20 May 2015
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 |
17 April 2015
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.
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| 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) |
06 March 2011
Baseball "cards" in Newspapers
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
Chicago Tribune, "Cubs Scrapbook", 05 September - 02 October 1994
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.
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
Later the series was expanded to include other athletes.
Pittsburgh Press, "Buc-A-Day", 05 March - 29 March 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
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





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