1934-36 Batter Up

[jason.1969]

I mentioned a hypothesis last week that all 80 Series One cards came out in 1934 and all 112 Series Two cards came out in 1936. Having now completed my research I have a very high degree of confidence that this is in fact the case. Specifically no new cards at all were issued in 1935.

Kind of a surprising thing. And as you may know, 1935 was a very big year for National Chicle’s Diamond Stars set, which added 60 new cards that same year vs only 24 in 1934 and 12 in 1936.

The Klein/Davis trade was mentioned above. This will factor soon enough into a Part Two of my Batter Up series with SABR.

[Mungo Hungo]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

I mentioned a hypothesis last week that all 80 Series One cards came out in 1934 and all 112 Series Two cards came out in 1936. Having now completed my research I have a very high degree of confidence that this is in fact the case. Specifically no new cards at all were issued in 1935.

Kind of a surprising thing. And as you may know, 1935 was a very big year for National Chicle’s Diamond Stars set, which added 60 new cards that same year vs only 24 in 1934 and 12 in 1936.

The Klein/Davis trade was mentioned above. This will factor soon enough into a Part Two of my Batter Up series with SABR.

Shouldn't that mean that instead of being listed as one 1934-36 Batter Up set, the listings should show a 1934 Batter Up and a separate 1936 Batter Up?

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by Mungo Hungo

Shouldn't that mean that instead of being listed as one 1934-36 Batter Up set, the listings should show a 1934 Batter Up and a separate 1936 Batter Up?

The continuous numbering and fundamentally similar design is probably the reason, but yes, I could see a strong case for regarding the set as two separate ones.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

The continuous numbering and fundamentally similar design is probably the reason, but yes, I could see a strong case for regarding the set as two separate ones.

Yes, there are cases of sequentially numbered cards still being listed as somewhat separate sets, basically in strip cards where they could also have separate types to at least diffentiate different defined sections of an otherwise similar type of card. For example, there is the W-519 numbered cards shown as two separate issues (types) in the old SCD catalogs bacause of some style and font differences between the two different card types, despite consecutive numbering.

Then there are the W-522 cards, that are numbered 30 - 50, which seem to clearly indicate an extension or continuation of an earlier issued set. These cards share the same players and drawings as the W-520 card set which is numbered from 1 - 20, and issued about the same time time as the W-522 set, around 1920. These two separately listed W sets are also slightly different in size and use different fonts as well.

So though there isn't an exact set of circumstances/differences in other separately issued sets/types that perfectly mimics the differences between the 1934 Batter-Up low card series and the 1936 Batter-Up high card series, there are other set/type examples that would point to the Batter-Ups as maybe being better shown or listed as two different sets or types after all.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Mungo Hungo

Shouldn't that mean that instead of being listed as one 1934-36 Batter Up set, the listings should show a 1934 Batter Up and a separate 1936 Batter Up?

Already mentioned in post #24.