Red Man Tobacco Card Collecting?

[homerunhitter]

Anyone here collect the Red Man Tobacco cards? If so let’s see some! Any advice for someone just starting out on these? Should I focus on collecting ones with tabs or is that an impossible task (or expensive)? Thanks

[MikeGarcia]

They are a snazzy time capsule of the stars of the day , for those scant few years : remember this whiz kid ?
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they look good without the coupon too , if the cut was done with care....have fun...

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[GeoPoto]

Erwin C. "Bob" Porterfield. Pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1951-1955. 87 wins and 8 saves in 12 MLB seasons. 1954 All-Star. 1953 AL wins Leader. Debuted with the New York Yankees in 1948. Finished up with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1959. His best season was 1953 with the Washington Senators as he posted a 22-10 record with a .335 ERA in 255 innings pitched.

Porterfield's SABR biography explains how his early hopes with the Yankees fizzled: A pitching Big Three of Vic Raschi, Allie Reynolds, and Ed Lopat powered the Yankee dynasty of the late 1940s and early 1950s, but the club was constantly searching for fourth and fifth starters. The great pinstriped hope of 1948 was right-hander Porterfield, who had rocketed up through the farm system in only two years.

Like many other pitching phenoms, Porterfield saw his career stunted by injuries. It wasn’t just arm trouble, but what the philosopher Lemony Snicket calls “a series of unfortunate events.” Porterfield survived a beaning, line drives that ricocheted off various body parts, and an exploding matchbox.

He showed what might have been in four relatively injury-free seasons, when he was one of the American League’s top pitchers. By then the Yankees had written him off and traded him.

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[GeoPoto]

First black catcher in MLB.
First black player in the American League.
First black player for the New York Giants.
First black player for the Chicago White Sox.
First black player for the St. Louis Browns.

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[LuckyLarry]

I’ve got a full run 52-55 a few with tabs fun set to put together.
Larry

[Volod]

I collected the '52 set back in the '80's because I was in my second childhood and always fondly remembered my father giving me those cards in '52 as he opened a new pack of Red Man chew. As a big fan of the Braves at the time, I thought the Torgeson and Gordon cards were particularly beautiful, wanted a Spahn of course, but for some reason, the old man never produced one of those, among other shortcomings. Had to wait more than thirty years to get Spahnie.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

I’ve got a full run 52-55 a few with tabs fun set to put together.
Larry

Good stuff, Larry!