1939 Playball variations

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Posted By: Andy Cook

A post in another thread alluded to bio variations in the 1939 Playball set. I'm not talking about whether the name on the back is all uppercase, or mixed case, but different bios for the same player. Does anyone know which cards are affected?
Thanks,
Andy

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

After sevral moves, I had to get rid of all of my old reference books, so I don't have any that still list which cards came with/without the upper case lower case thing, and the difference in the bios (I believe) was determinant as to whether the card had upper or lower case lettering. All I remember is that the first Play Ball card I ever got was #24 Richard Coffman, and there was a variation on the back of his card. It has something to do with the line on back "...traded back to Washington in 1932, who traded him back to the Browns the same year." (My card was the lower case back). Other than that I don't have the list anymore.
-Rhett

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Posted By: Andy Cook

Thanks Rhett, anyone know of any others?

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Posted By: TerryS

Andy:

I've been lurking on this board for quite awhile now, but have decided to take the plunge and join the discussion. I'm trying to complete a '39 Playball set, so your question is something up my alley. Here are the variations that I know of (not including the upper/lower case deal):

#14 Tabor - "Tabor batted .295" vs. "Tabor batted 295"
#24 Coffman - "Senators the same year" vs. "Browns the same year"
#26 Dimaggio - "206 hits in 1938 games" vs. "206 hits in 138 games"
#41 Warneke - "the earned run department" vs. "the earned-run department"
#72 Garms - "Born: Bango, Tex." vs. "Born: Bangs, Tex."
#73 Schumacher - "Born: Dolgville, N.Y." vs. "Born: Dolgeville, N.Y."
#79 Moore - "Weight: 157 lbs." vs. "Weight: 175 lbs."
#80 Fox - "Weight: 165 lbs." vs. "Weight: 157 lbs."
#86 Camilli - "start of the 1928 season" vs. "start of the 1938 season"
#101 Cramer - "the Martinburg club" vs. "the Martinsburg club"
#104 Bridges - "280 games, winning 283" vs. "280 games, winning 133"
#112 Waner - "Waner, the older" vs. "Waner, the elder"

I personally don't pay much attention to the variations, although I think Tommy Bridges turned quite a trick in winning 283 games out of 280 appearances!
Hope this helps.

- Terry

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Posted By: Andy Cook

Thanks for that great info!