Sporting News Record books 1908 - 1941

[autograf]

and.....the Reprints are really easy to tell if you can get ahold of one and feel it. They have more of a washed out look to them as well when scanned. Not sure if they reprinted all years or not but I have about 8-10 reprints as I picked them up in a lot. They are on much cheaper paper than the originals which are on a slicker paper.

[mr2686]

Thank you Barry and Tom. I've been wanting to collect these for awhile and now have a chance to start picking up a few. Wasn't sure if it was worth my efforts to get duplicates (one in red and one in green) but I think I'll stick with one or the other and not both. I have seen a few from the 20's, but not too many...I guess I'll keep an eye open for those first. Still not sure if I'd be able to tell the diff between a copy and an original...at least from a scan. But from what I've seen, a lot of the sellers are specific about them being original.

[MK]

The first year they were published was 1909. The 1910 features Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner on the cover. Here's a picture of some of the older ones I have.

[mr2686]

Mike, of the ones in the picture, I've only seen the Sisler before. Very nice. I think this is going to be a fun project to complete...or try

[mr2686]

From what I can tell, here is a partial list of players per year. Mike, I couldn't read a couple of the names in your picture, could you help fill in the some of the blanks?

1909
1910 Cobb and Wagner
1911
1912 Eddie Collins
1913
1914
1915 Charles Comiskey
1916
1917 Joe Jackson
1918
1919
1920 Babe Ruth
1921
1922 Rogers Hornsby
1923 George Sisler
1924 Everett Scott
1925 Walter Johnson
1926 Max Carey
1927 Bob O'Farrell
1928 Lou Gehrig
1929
1930 Mickey Cochrane
1931 Hack Wilson
1932 Lefty Grove
1933 Jimmie Foxx
1934 Carl Hubbell
1935 Dizzy Dean
1936 Hank Greenberg
1937 Joe McCarthy
1938 Joe Medwick
1939 Abner Doubleday
1940 Bucky Walters
1941 Bob Feller (change in design)

[MK]

1929 Ruth/Gehrig
1921 Sisler/Ruth
1919 Lt. Col. T.L. Huston
1918 St. Louis Browns
1916 Joseph Lannin
1914 Ban Johnson

I'm not sure about 1909, 11, 12 or 13.

[mr2686]

thanks Mike! That leaves just a few that I can't seem to find any info on.