1928 w502 vs. 1931 w502 ?

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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

I have my 1931s in one place and my 1928s in another, so I won't be able to tell you until tomorrow if there's a size variance between the two. But you can most definitely tell by the checklists. As you can see from the scans, the cards are numbered on the front.

Here is the 1928 Checklist:

1Grimes
2Ruether
3Dugan
4Faber
5Hartnett
6Ruth
7Meusel
8Pennock
9Burns
10Sewell
11Uhle
12O'Farrell
13Hornsby
14Traynor
15Mitchell
16Rixey
17Mays
18Luque
19Bancroft
20Kelly
21Combs
22Heilmann
23Schalk
24Mostil
25Wilson
26Gehrig
27Cobb
28Speaker
29Lazzeri
30Hoyt
31S. Smith
32Carey
33Hargrave
34Gonzales
35Judge
36Rice
37Sheeley
38aJones
38bRigney
39Falk
40aAltrock
40bKamm
41S. Harris
42McGraw
43Nehf
44Alexander
45Waner
46Terry
47Wright
48E. Smith
49Goslin
50Frisch
51J. Harris
52Williams
53Roush
54Sisler
55Rommel
56Peckinpaugh
57Covaleskie
58Bell
59Bancroft
60McInnis

If the card follows the numbering convention above, it's a 1928. The only commonality in numbering between the two sets is with #25 Hack Wilson (which actually shows a photo of Art Wilson in the 1928 set so it should be easy to determine which is which), and #59 Dave Bancroft. I do not have a Bancroft so I can't tell you what either card looks like. Anybody here got a '28 or '31 Bancroft?

-Al