Babe Ruth's First Yankee Card?

Archive · #1 01-27-2009, 11:46 PM

Posted By: mark s.

has it been definitively determined which card is the babe's very first as a new yorker?

Archive · #2 01-28-2009, 02:05 AM

Posted By: Bobby Binder

His first year with the Yanks in 1920 so you have your choice of 6 different strip cards.

w516-1-2
w516-1
w519-1
w519-2
w520
w522

[linked image]
This is a W519-1 and it show him in a NY cap.

Archive · #3 01-28-2009, 02:28 AM

Posted By: Phil Garry

I think it might be the Felix Mendelsohn or W514.

Archive · #4 01-28-2009, 02:54 AM

Posted By: Bobby Binder

I stand corrected...

[linked image]

Archive · #5 01-28-2009, 08:56 AM

Posted By: mark s.

gentlemen, thanks for your responses.
altho the mendelsohn (m-101-6) was probably produced early in 1920, i would consider it more of an "exhibit" or a "premium" (edited to add: Identified in American Card Catalog as "Photo Card Premiums") than a "card" because of it's sheer size (4 3/8 x 6 1/2)...
what is the hobby consensus?
also, despite sporting red (sox?) sleeves, ruth's w514 example declares him to be the "home run KING"...
wouldn't it be more likely that the title was bestowed AFTER the 1920 season, and this card produced subsequently?

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Babe Ruth Yankee Stadium..need help identifying??	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	13	07-19-2017 08:13 PM
T206 JACK DUNN....Babe Ruth's 1st manager	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	89	08-03-2008 05:34 PM
Topps Line Art and Painted Babe Ruth's	Archive	Postwar Baseball Cards Forum (Pre-1980)	3	03-13-2008 05:59 AM
Best Babe Ruth cards as a Yankee??	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	25	05-07-2007 01:17 PM
Question on '67 Maris Yankee card an grading service...	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	6	09-23-2004 07:20 PM