Feller rookie card

[puckpaul]

Hi all, was discussing in another forum what collectors consider to be Feller’s rookie card. I thought it was the 38 Goudey but it was pointed out by others that the 48 Bowman is more mainstream and considered his rookie by some. He also has some earlier premium cards than the 38 Goudey. He has so many issues for so many prior years, even if minor, that the 48 Bowman doesn’t feel like a rookie card.

Thoughts? Is there an old thread on this?

Paul

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

No way in hell 1948 anything is Feller's rookie.

[ccre]

I always thoughts the 1938 Goudey was his rookie card. I know there's a '37 Goudey premium of Feller but i never believed that was his rookie card.

[Peter_Spaeth]

37 OPeeChee or Goudey Premium. At latest, 38 Goudey.

[BCauley]

I've personally always viewed the '38 Goudey as his RC though, like you said, he does have a few earlier issues aside from that.

I'd never consider his '48 card to be his RC.

[rhettyeakley]

How in the world would a 1948 Bowman be a rookie when he has a Nationally distributed 1938 Goudey card? This isn’t a regional issue that was only available in a select few areas of the country or anything. In 1938 Goudey was the THE most prominent producer of baseball cards (Gum Inc, produced more picture cards but they didn’t make baseball cards in 1938 but would start producing Play Ball cards the following year and would later become Bowman)

For some reason I think Beckett lists the cards like that often. They have a weirdly strict definition of a Rookie card and some people see that and just go with it. Absolute silliness

[Exhibitman]

Don't like premiums or foreign cards? OK. The 1937 Exhibit Feller is the RC:

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Yeah Johnny Mize is another 1948 Bowman that somehow gets called a rookie.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Yeah Johnny Mize is another 1948 Bowman that somehow gets called a rookie.

12 years after his real one.

[puckpaul]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

How in the world would a 1948 Bowman be a rookie when he has a Nationally distributed 1938 Goudey card? This isn’t a regional issue that was only available in a select few areas of the country or anything. In 1938 Goudey was the THE most prominent producer of baseball cards (Gum Inc, produced more picture cards but they didn’t make baseball cards in 1938 but would start producing Play Ball cards the following year and would later become Bowman)

For some reason I think Beckett lists the cards like that often. They have a weirdly strict definition of a Rookie card and some people see that and just go with it. Absolute silliness

That was my reaction, but if you google Feller rookie card the first article makes the claim that the 38 Goudey were not National. I think that was where this guy got his info.

I don’t think you can have a series of cards from 1936-1941 and in any way call a 48 card a rookie.