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Posted By: john/z28jd

That would be my guess too since there was only 16 major league teams at the time and some of the cities(ny,philly,boston,chicago and st. louis) had 2 teams so that means they only had 11 different markets covered(and thats if you count brooklyn as different from ny).By expanding to include the minors they went further north,south and west with their product.


Plus if they only included current major leaguers the set wouldve been smaller and had some real unknown players.They didnt have 25 man rosters back then or platoon much so 15 guys per team is about the best you could do but even if you look at stats youll see some major leaguers that they couldve done without.I cant see too many Browns fans excited about getting a card of that Demmitt kid who hit .174 in 10 games before disappearing to the minors for 4 years