Posted By:
Brad Green
I guess it depends on what your definition of a rookie card is. I think most people (including myself) consider his rookie card to be either his 1927 W560 or his 1926-29 Postcard-back Exhibit card. A few folks might consider his 1925 (or later) MLB Die Cuts card to also be his rookie card. At least one other person I know would consider his 1932 U. S. Caramel card to be his rookie card. The argument there is that the 1932 U. S. Caramel card was the first baseball card of Lefty that was issued with Lefty's name and statistics on the back of the card. Some have argued on this board that the U. S. Caramel's were really issued in 1933. If this is true, then all of Lefty's 1933 cards (Goudeys, DeLongs, etc...) could be viewed by some as his rookie cards. But, his 1934 Diamond Star card couldn't possibly be his rookie card because of all of the cards of Lefty issued in 1933.