Vintage card set trivia

[Vintagecatcher]

As most people on the board know, I collect only catcher cards.

Which prewar set (1900-1920) has the highest percentage of catchers represented in the set?

Should be a easy one for most prewar collectors.


Patrick

[bwbc917]

I'll offer the "anonymous 30" set as the answer. Not even sure what catchers are in it.

[Luke]

I'll guess e92 Dockman

[Vintagecatcher]

Hint: If my calculations are correct, 46 percent of this set has a catcher represented on a card.

Patrick

[mybuddyinc]

I would assume T200 Fatima Team Cards has 100% catchers on them.

[edjs]

My guess is E102. I am tempted to try and figure it out, but I am not motivated to do it.

[Vintagecatcher]

Mr Gross,

Clever answer.

Looking for a set that isn't a team card set!


Patrick

[x2drich2000]

What about t202? Bergen, Needham, McLean are duplicated quite a bit and If you count the center panels I'm sure it could add up.

[Vintagecatcher]

That's another great response.

I have never considered the action photos as on the Triple Folders as player cards, but I guess they could be considered that way. This set is pretty close to the set I was thinking about. I believe about 41 percent of the Triple Folders have a catcher on one of the end panels.

Fun fact: Chief Meyers shows up on the most T202s. He's on 10 different T202s. I have 5 of the ten currently.

Great response,

Patrick

[familytoad]

I never counted them, but there are a lot of catchers in C46.
If it's not that one, the 1910 OBAK set has a bunch too.
Cool question and since I am not going to count, I'll look forward to the "reveal"

[Vintagecatcher]

Brian,

I put a set of the 12 catchers in the C46 set together a few years back. It was a fun project to find nice examples. Only 12 catchers in the 90 card set.

Thanks,

Patrick

[Vintagecatcher]

Not counting team cards, I believe the Mecca Double Folders set has the highest percentage of catchers with 23 of 50 cards having a catcher represented.

I believe T202s are a close 2nd.

There are quite a few catchers in the T210 set as well.

Patrick

[brianp-beme]

Catchers on T201 cards make perfect sense...fold it over and you've got a guy crouching.

Brian

[Jobu]

Fun thread and neat way to look at these sets. I have a T206 with two catchers on it (that is part of the outline of Ira Thomas on the left).

[Vintagecatcher]

Bryan,

Thanks for sharing!

That's an awesome Chief Meyers T206. He's one of my favorite players to collect.

Patrick