Can anyone confirm the existance of the w590 Spencer?

[glchen]

I think Dan McKee and myself are working on this set. I've never seen a Spencer, however. I don't think that because the set was issued in 10 card strips means that there are 40 players since the set was issued over a period of years, and there were team and position variations for many of the players. So some players could have been swapped out and others kept in the 10 card strips.

[RCMcKenzie]

Gary,

My thoughts are that the 40 player images remained the same and only the captions were updated over the years. I have not collected the set, so I don't know if there are only 40 different photos. If there are more than 40 different photos, then there could be other missing examples.

[glchen]

If you look at this thread here: Link, there were boxers and other sports figures mixed in with baseball players in the strips, so there weren't always guaranteed to be 10 card strips of baseball players.

[RCMcKenzie]

Thanks for the link, Gary. From reading FrankW's post I'm starting to think the checklist is a sort of hybrid of different sets. The boxing cards look completely different to me. All the different captions are confusing. Looks fun and inexpensive to collect. Looks like I have another new card project.

[shammus]

Is it just me or are those w590 uncut strip cards always of the same 10 players? Is there one that exists that doesn't go Grimm, carey, caveney, burns, Alexander, Jackson, Bancroft, Harris, Frisch and speaker from left to right?

Also for that one sheet that has the five ball players at the bottom, it matches the right half of all the other uncut strips I've seen as well.

[glchen]

I think the players on the strips changed. If you look at the uncut strip that Leon has, George Burns is the 4th player on that strip from the left, and it is an action shot where he is listed as an outfielder for the Philadelphia. However, in the attached picture (not mine), it is a portrait picture for George Burns, and he is listed as the 1B for Cleveland. Moreover, note the #10 to the left of the picture. This means that this card is the first card in this strip, while in the previous strip, George Burns was the 4th card. Therefore, at the very least, the players have changed locations in the strips.