Feller rookie card

[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.