It’s pretty clear that this set was issued in 1937, at least in part. Bob Seeds is identified as being with the Newark Bears– both on the team line and in his bio (“with Newark at present”), and he was not optioned there until mid-January, 1937. He is card #28, so the set was likely not issued in multiple series starting in 1936 unless it was skip-numbered. Also, if no variation exists for Seeds with different (1936) info then it appears that not all cards were produced in both years.
The back info on these cards is inconsistent. Several cards indicate 1936 performance stats or events, and others refer to “last season” stats or events that occurred in 1935. Then there are cards like Vosmik, which refers to “last season” stats taken from1935 while then stating he was traded in 1937. Seems it would not have been difficult to either update to his 1936 stats or simply replace “last season” with “in 1935".
I’ll leave it to the WWG aficionados and/or Goudey experts to provide more research and info, but it is an interesting topic given Joe D’s status in the rookie card world.
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