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Posted By: Chris Counts

There are many players that Gum Inc. apparently never signed deals with, so I presume Gehrig was one of them. Since there is no Diamond Star or Batter-Up of him, it doesn't appear National Chicle signed him as well. But back to Play Ball cards, which were produced from 1939 to 1941, there is no Bob Feller, Lou Boudreau, Joe Medwick, Johnny Mize, Enos Slaughter, Lefty Grove, Ernie Lombardi, Luke Appling, Ted Lyons (these are just the HOFers) and many of the St. Louis Cardinals and all of the Chicago Cubs (except for a few "old-timers" in the 1940 set). Other missing Yankees include Red Rolfe and Joe Gordon ...