Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>Richard</b><p>Greetings, what is considered the rookie card of "Lefty" Gomez? Look forward to some replies.<br />Happy Holidays

Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>First card 1929 Zeenut.<br /><br />After that...<br />1932 Orbit Gum Pin #120<br />1932 US Caramel<br /><br />

Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>The 1929 Zeenut is a Minor League Card.<br /><br />Some consider those to be "Rookie" cards... but not the majority.<br /><br />Most would consider the 1932 US Caramel to be his "Rookie" card as it is his first Major League card.<br /><br /><br /><br />BUT....<br /><br />there was a lot of discussion on here about these cards being from 1933 and NOT from 1932...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1125497281/last-1125606389/Apparent+dating+error+in+R328+Standard+Catalog+lis ting&lt;/a" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1125497281/last-1125606389/Apparent+dating+error+in+R328+Standard+Catalog+lis ting&lt;/a</a><br /><br />so the latest 2007 Edition of the Standard Catalog lists the US Caramels as 1933 cards!!<br /><br /><br /><br />Which means that Lefty Gomez's real "Rookie" cards are ANY of the multiple cards printed in 1933:<br /><br />US Caramel, Goudey, DeLong, etc.<br /><br />

Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>Richard</b><p>I agree with Hal on this. I do not consider minor league cards the official rookie card. I wonder though if there is still a small possibility that the 1932 US Caramel set was actually issued in 1932? Was it just a misconception all those years? Or perhaps enough research wasn't done to clarify the issue. I would like to ask Hal what he considers the Lefty Gomez rookie card or cards? I personally would collect ALL his 1933 cards to play it safe. I think there are quite a few. Thanks to all who replied to my inquiry, it is appreciated.<br />Happy Holidays

Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>If your a Vernon Gomez collector, go for them all <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>. <br /><br />IMO The best and most desired of the bunch is the Zeenut. But thats just me, I like the first (oldest) card of any player and feel it is far more important (and in demand) than a 1st card as a Major Leaguer.

Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>I agree 100% that the Zeenut is more desirable, harder to find and probably worth a lot more than the 1933 cards...<br /><br />but I just wouldn't call the Zeenut his "rookie" card.<br /><br />Therefore, it falls outside the scope of my collecting habit... but is still a great card. Same is true for the US Caramel.<br /><br />Under the semi-rules of this board...<br /><br />the Zeenut is what we affectionately call his "PROOKIE" card.<br /><br />

Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>I was digging out player manager cards for Bruce, so my Animal Crackers box that I keep ZeeNuts in was right there handy.<br /><br />Frank.<br /><br /><img src="http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j106/greatwake/GomezZ.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><br />And I'm in agreement with all above. This may well be the lefty's first card. But he's not a rookie as we generally use the term if he stays in the minors. Once he's in the majors, then a card depicting him there would be the rookie card I think. I don't have the US Caramel, not any of them, but I'd like one as a type card in good condition, of any of them. (I take that back, I have Jack Dempsey, but he wasn't a base ballist.) I've got the 33 Goudey, I like this beat up ZeeNut much more than the Goudey.

Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Anyone have a scan of the 33 US Caramel?<br /><br />Frank.

Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>Glad to honor your request....this card came from the same dusty old cedar box that the<br />mysterious Foxx card was in. Let me see what other cardboard "treasures" I have hidden<br />in that box for the past 20+ years.<br /><br />TED Z<br /><br /><img src="http://www.freephotoserver.com/v001/tedzan/acargomez.jpg"><br /><img src="http://www.freephotoserver.com/v001/tedzan/cargomezb.jpg">

Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>dan mckee</b><p>I vote US Caramel as the rookie. The zeenut is a pre-rookie like the Baltimore News Ruth and the much more rare and valuable TCMA 1981 Cal Ripken.

Lefty Gomez Rookie Card?
 

Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>Either that or the set creators had ESP; we had a thread on this before.<br /><br />And maybe the Zeenut isn't a "rookie" but you have to wonder what value the rookie designation has when the guy has a card that predates the "rookie" by several years and is more valuable. But we've had this discussion, too. I will simply close with<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1168360034.JPG">