1930 Rogers Peet

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Posted By: RobertS

I found these two as part of a group of items (along with a 1957 World Series ticket and a Charles Lindbergh Rogers Peet card) in the 1980s for less than $15:



Interesting to note that Cobb is shown as a member of the A's -- the team with whom he ended his career in 1928 after Landis cleared him and Speaker of fixing games and betting on them.

The Ruth card shows Babe in a uniform style that was last worn by the Yankees not in the 1930s, but in 1921. According to Mark Okkonen's Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century (1993, First Paperback Edition), the Yanks wore multicolored socks from 1919 to 1921.

Coupled with the fact that Walter Johnson (another player in the set) retired in 1927 (as well as with Cobb's aforementioned 1928 retirement), one wonders why this set was assigned to the 1930s and not earlier?

By the way, here's the 1957 ticket stub and a Rogers Peet envelope that also came with the cards:



The only bad part of this find was I actually had 2 Ruths and sold one for $15 or $18 as part of a deal in the 80s, before anyone knew what these things were!