Babe Ruth's First Yankee Card?

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Posted By: mark s.

has it been definitively determined which card is the babe's very first as a new yorker?

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Posted By: Bobby Binder

His first year with the Yanks in 1920 so you have your choice of 6 different strip cards.

w516-1-2
w516-1
w519-1
w519-2
w520
w522



This is a W519-1 and it show him in a NY cap.

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Posted By: Phil Garry

I think it might be the Felix Mendelsohn or W514.

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Posted By: Bobby Binder

I stand corrected...

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Posted By: mark s.

gentlemen, thanks for your responses.
altho the mendelsohn (m-101-6) was probably produced early in 1920, i would consider it more of an "exhibit" or a "premium" (edited to add: Identified in American Card Catalog as "Photo Card Premiums") than a "card" because of it's sheer size (4 3/8 x 6 1/2)...
what is the hobby consensus?
also, despite sporting red (sox?) sleeves, ruth's w514 example declares him to be the "home run KING"...
wouldn't it be more likely that the title was bestowed AFTER the 1920 season, and this card produced subsequently?