True Pre-War Rookie Cards

[darwinbulldog]

Below is the closest thing we have to a definitive list, but you really have to decide for yourself if you want to count a minor league card issued during the year of the MLB debut (e.g., Baltimore News Ruth), a minor league card that was issued before the year of the rookie debut (e.g., Tip Top Lefty Groves), or after the qualifying rookie year (e.g., pretty much anything nominated as a rookie card for Stan Musial), and whether you count postcards (e.g., this Walter Johnson postcard), discs (e.g., E254 Tris Speaker), various premia (e.g., M101-1 Honus Wagner), whether the player has to appear alone or can share the card or "card" with another player or two or three...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=141603

[Rhotchkiss]

That is awesome is awesome! Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you

[calvindog]

Though this is a team card, I look at this as my "rookie" Cobb.

[Bicem]

Agreed, that is Cobb's only 1906 cardboard issue.

[WWG]

This might help, it also includes "pre-rookie" cards.

http://www.oldcardboard.com/ref/rookies/rookieslist.asp

[pitchernut]

Why is this not considered his rookie?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by pitchernut

Why is this not considered his rookie?

Only because I think it pushes past the limit of what a "card" is.

[darwinbulldog]

Agreed. It's a rookie issue but not a rookie card or any other kind of card.