All Sets
Complete checklists, key-card guides, and set facts for 89 pre-war and early post-war baseball card sets. Click any set to open its dedicated guide, or jump straight into the live checklist in the app.
Tobacco (T-Cards)
T3 Turkey Red Cabinet 1910-11
Premium 1910-11 cabinet cards issued by Turkey Red Cigarettes. 100 baseball cards across two series — large, hand-colored portraits.
T201 Mecca Double Folders 1911
50-card Mecca Cigarettes set with two players per card — front and back share a team. Hall-of-Famer dense: Cobb/Crawford, Bender/Oldring, Mathewson/Bridwell, Evers/Chance…
T202 Hassan Triple Folders 1912
132-card 1912 Hassan Cigarettes set. Unique triptych design — center action scene flanked by two individual portrait panels.
T204 Ramly 1909
121-card 1909 tobacco issue from Ramly and T.T.T. Cigarettes. Black-and-white oval portraits in ornate gold frames.
T205 Gold Borders 1911
208-card 1911 tobacco issue distinguished by its ornate gold frames. 11 different back advertisements across all major brands.
T206 1909-11
The most iconic baseball card set — 524 cards across 36 different tobacco advertising backs.
T210 Old Mill 1910
640-card Southern minor-league tobacco set distributed by Old Mill Cigarettes across 8 leagues. Includes the famous Joe Jackson (Southern Association) and Casey Stengel (Blue…
T211 Red Sun 1910
Scarce 1910 T211 Red Sun tobacco set of Southern Association players, distributed in the South. Prized for its rarity; notable major leaguers include Del Pratt, Frank Manush…
T212 Obak 1909-11
Pacific Coast League and Northwestern League minor-leaguers issued by Obak Cigarettes across three years. Use the Series filter to pick a year: 1909 (76 cards, PCL only), 1910…
T207 Brown Background 1912
200-subject 1912 T207 'Brown Background' tobacco set — known for scarce backs and several rare cards. Stars include Buck Weaver (rookie), Zack Wheat, Larry Gardner, and Hank Gowdy.
1916 Tango Eggs
Extremely rare 1916 Tango Eggs regional issue. A small checklist headlined by a Ty Cobb card; surviving examples are scarce.
Caramel & Candy (E-Cards)
E90 American Caramel 1909-11
American Caramel Company set across three series (E90-1, E90-2, E90-3).
E91 American Caramel 1908-10
American Caramel set with subsets A, B and C.
E92 Nadja/Crofts/Dockman 1909
E92 set including Dockman, Croft's Candy, Croft's Cocoa and Nadja backs.
E93 Standard Caramel 1910
Standard Caramel Company 30-card set.
E94 George Close Candy 1911
Close Candy Company 30-card set. Each subject was printed in seven background colors: blue, gold, green, olive, orange, purple, and red.
E95 Philadelphia Caramel 1909
Philadelphia Caramel Company 25-card set.
E96 Philadelphia Caramel 1910
Philadelphia Caramel Company 30-card follow-up to E95.
E98 Anonymous "Set of 30" 1910
Anonymous "Set of 30" pre-war set with 30 subjects; each subject was printed with 4 background colors: red, orange, blue, and green.
E99 Bishop & Co. PCL 1910
30-subject 1910 Bishop & Co. caramel set of Pacific Coast League players, issued on the West Coast. Each card was printed in five background colors — green, yellow, blue, purple…
E100 Bishop & Co. PCL 1911
1911 Bishop & Co. caramel set of Pacific Coast League players, issued in two series. Type 1 cards exist in five background colors (blue, green, red, purple, yellow); Type 2 cards…
E101 Anonymous "Set of 50" 1909
Anonymous Set of 50 caramel cards.
E102 Anonymous "Set of 25" 1909
Anonymous Set of 25, includes the famous Ty Cobb portrait.
E103 Williams Caramel 1910
Williams Caramel Company 30-card set.
E104 Nadja Caramel 1910
Nadja Caramel set with Athletics, Cubs, Pirates and others.
E105 Mello-Mint 1910
Mello-Mint Gum 50-card set.
E106 American Caramel 1915
American Caramel Company late set.
E107 Breisch-Williams 1903-04
Pre-tobacco caramel issue from Williams Confectionery Co. of Reading, PA. Distributed in candy boxes 1903-04. Includes VAR (variation) and UER (Uncorrected Error) designations.
E136 Home Run Kisses 1912
90-card unnumbered candy issue from the Collins-McCarthy Candy Co. of San Francisco, packed with "Home Run Kisses" candy. Sepia photos of Pacific Coast League and Northwestern…
E135 Collins-McCarthy 1917
200-card 1917 Collins-McCarthy candy set — the parent of the M101 family. Loaded with Hall of Famers and a Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, and Grover Cleveland Alexander.
E145 Cracker Jack 1914
144-card set issued in Cracker Jack boxes. Includes Federal League stars and the legendary Joe Jackson card.
E145 Cracker Jack 1915
176-card set expanding on the 1914 issue. Players who returned a card by 1916 could exchange 100 for a complete album — surviving examples are scarce.
19th-Century Tobacco (N-Cards)
N28 Allen & Ginter 1887
10-card baseball subset of the 50-card N28 World's Champions tobacco issue from Allen & Ginter. The first major baseball card set.
N29 Allen & Ginter 1888
6-card baseball subset from Allen & Ginter's 1888 World's Champions Series 2. Showcases catchers, pitchers, and basemen including Wm. Ewing and James Ryan.
N162 Goodwin Champions 1888
8-card baseball subset from the 50-card Goodwin Champions tobacco issue. Loaded with HOFers including Cap Anson, Dan Brouthers, Tim Keefe, and King Kelly.
Bread & Bakery (D-Cards)
D322 Tip Top Bread 1910
25-card Pittsburgh Pirates team set issued by Tip Top Bread. Includes Honus Wagner, Fred Clarke, team executives, the mascot, and Forbes Field.
D304 General Baking 1911-14
25-card oversized issue distributed by General Baking Company. Each card known with 5 advertising back variants: Brunners, Butter Krust, General Baking, Martens, Weber.
Periodicals & Promos (M-Cards)
M131 Baltimore News 1911
30-card 1911 newspaper-supplement set distributed to Baltimore News carriers. Star-heavy lineup including Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Honus Wagner, and Nap Lajoie.
M101-5 Sporting News 1916
200-card black-and-white set produced by Chicago printer Felix Mendelsohn and distributed by The Sporting News and as blank-backed advertising premiums. Home of the Babe Ruth…
Goudey & Play Ball Era (1933–1940)
R319 Goudey 1933
240-card R319 set — the first major baseball card release packaged with bubble gum. Four Babe Ruths and the mail-in Nap Lajoie #106.
R320 Goudey 1934
96-card R320 set with backs narrated by Lou Gehrig (#1-79, #96) and Chuck Klein (#80-95). Two Gehrig cards and a key Hank Greenberg rookie.
R321 Goudey (4-in-1) 1935
36 cards, each showing four players on one front. Loaded with Hall of Famers — combos pair stars with teammates from across the league.
R323 Goudey Heads-Up 1938
48 cards numbered #241-288. 24 players appear twice — once plain (#241-264) and once with a cartoon body (#265-288). Includes Joe DiMaggio and Bob Feller rookies.
R333 DeLong 1933
24-card R333 issue from DeLong Gum. Loaded with Hall of Famers — 19 of 24 cards are HOFers, anchored by Lou Gehrig and Lefty Grove. No Babe Ruth in this set.
R335 Play Ball 1940
240-card black-and-white set including current players and an Old Timers subset (#167-180 + #223-239) featuring Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, and other pre-1920s greats.
Post-War Topps
1951 Topps
Topps' debut baseball release, issued as two 52-card game-card series — Red Backs and Blue Backs. Stars include Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Richie Ashburn, and Warren Spahn.
1952 Topps
Topps' first major baseball release — 407 cards across 6 series. Includes the iconic Mickey Mantle #311 high number.
1953 Topps
Topps' 274-card 1953 set, famous for painted portraits. Includes the Mantle #82, Mays #244, Satchel Paige RC #220.
1954 Topps
250-card set known for the dual-image design (player portrait + action photo). Includes Hank Aaron RC #128, Ernie Banks RC #94, Al Kaline RC #201, and the famous Ted Williams #1 +…
1955 Topps
210-card horizontal-format set. Highlights include Sandy Koufax RC #123, Roberto Clemente RC #164, Harmon Killebrew RC #124.
1956 Topps
340 cards with team-card and horizontal-action design. Heavy on white-back / gray-back variations (~196 cards have both). Includes Mickey Mantle #135, Hank Aaron #31, Roberto…
1957 Topps
407-card set with full-color photography for the first time. Includes Brooks Robinson RC #328, Frank Robinson RC #35, Don Drysdale RC #18, and the iconic Mantle #95.
1958 Topps
495 cards including the first All-Star subset (#475-495). Roger Maris RC #47, Orlando Cepeda RC #343, and Ted Williams #1.
1959 Topps
572 cards with the Rookie Stars (RS) subset of 31 multi-player rookies and 10 Baseball Thrills (BT) cards. Famous Warren Spahn #40 ERR/COR sequence. Bob Gibson RC #514…
1960 Topps
572-card 1960 Topps set — horizontal design pairing a color photo with a black-and-white inset portrait. Headlined by the Carl Yastrzemski rookie (#148) and a deep run of Hall of…
1961 Topps
587-card 1961 Topps set — clean white border with a posed color photo. Notorious for its tough high-number series (#523-589); rookies of Ron Santo, Billy Williams, and Juan…
1962 Topps
598-card 1962 Topps set — distinctive woodgrain border with a peeling-corner photo. Famous green-tint back variations; rookies of Lou Brock and Gaylord Perry.
1963 Topps
576-card 1963 Topps set — color photo over a colored panel with a circular inset. Headlined by the Pete Rose rookie (#537), a four-player floating-head rookie card.
1964 Topps
587-card 1964 Topps set — large color photo with the team name in script. Rookie cards of Phil Niekro, Richie Allen, and Tony Conigliaro (each a multi-player rookie card).
1965 Topps
598-card 1965 Topps set — team name in a colored pennant across the top. Rookie cards of Steve Carlton, Joe Morgan, and Tony Perez; Mickey Mantle is #350.
1966 Topps
598-card 1966 Topps set. Rookie cards of Jim Palmer, Don Sutton, and Ferguson Jenkins; Willie Mays is #1; the high-number seventh series is short-printed.
1967 Topps
609-card 1967 Topps set — clean white borders. Rookie cards of Tom Seaver and Rod Carew; the high-number seventh series (#534-609) is notoriously tough.
1968 Topps
598-card 1968 Topps set — burlap-textured border. Rookie cards of Nolan Ryan and Johnny Bench.
1969 Topps
664-card 1969 Topps set. Mickey Mantle's final card (#500), Reggie Jackson's rookie (#260), and many white-letter / yellow-letter variations.
1970 Topps
720-card 1970 Topps set with gray borders. Thurman Munson and Vida Blue rookies; Nolan Ryan (#712) and every marquee star of the era.
1971 Topps
752-card 1971 Topps set — the famous black borders, brutal on condition. Bert Blyleven and Steve Garvey rookies.
1972 Topps
787-card 1972 Topps set — psychedelic design with In Action variations. Carlton Fisk rookie (#79).
1973 Topps
660-card 1973 Topps set. Mike Schmidt rookie (#615) and the last regular-issue Roberto Clemente card (#50).
1974 Topps
660-card 1974 Topps set. Dave Winfield rookie (#456) and Hank Aaron's home-run-record cards.
1975 Topps
660-card 1975 Topps set with bold two-color borders. George Brett and Robin Yount rookies, plus Gary Carter, Jim Rice and Fred Lynn.
1976 Topps
660-card 1976 Topps set with the pennant-banner design. Dennis Eckersley rookie; Hank Aaron's final card (#550).
1977 Topps
660-card 1977 Topps set. Andre Dawson, Dale Murphy and Mark Fidrych rookies.
1978 Topps
726-card 1978 Topps set. Eddie Murray rookie, plus the Molitor / Trammell Rookie Shortstops card.
1979 Topps
726-card 1979 Topps set — home of the Ozzie Smith rookie card.
1980 Topps
726-card 1980 Topps set — home of the Rickey Henderson rookie.
1981 Topps
726-card 1981 Topps set. Fernando Valenzuela, Tim Raines, Harold Baines and Kirk Gibson rookies.
Other
H801-8 Boston Store 1917
1917 Boston Store (H801-8) — a Chicago department-store advertising issue sharing the 200-player Collins-McCarthy (E135) checklist.
R305 Tattoo Orbit 1933
60-card 1933 Tattoo Orbit (R305) gum set, distributed by the Orbit Gum Company of Chicago. Unnumbered, color-tinted player portraits. Hall of Famers include Dizzy Dean, Jimmie…
R327 Diamond Stars 1934-36
1934-36 National Chicle Diamond Stars (R327) — a 108-subject Art-Deco gum set issued over three years, with many color and statistical-back variations. Stars include Lefty Grove…
R336 Play Ball 1941
72-card 1941 Play Ball set — vivid color and the last major pre-war gum issue. Stars include Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Pee Wee Reese, and Mel Ott.
V354 World Wide Gum 1934
1934 World Wide Gum (V354) — the Canadian counterpart to the U.S. Goudey issues, 96 numbered cards distributed in Canada. Includes Rogers Hornsby, Chuck Klein, Carl Hubbell, and…
1948 Bowman
Bowman's 48-card 1948 debut — the first major post-war gum set. Loaded with rookies: Stan Musial, Yogi Berra, Ralph Kiner, and Warren Spahn.
1948-49 Leaf
One of the first post-war color sets, skip-numbered 1-168 (98 cards). Iconic rookies: Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige, Stan Musial, plus a Babe Ruth.
1949 Bowman
240-card 1949 Bowman set, famous for its rookie crop: Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, Satchel Paige, Bob Lemon, and Richie Ashburn.
1950 Bowman
252-card 1950 Bowman set — Bowman's first color-art baseball issue. Rookies and stars include Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Duke Snider, Yogi Berra, and Roy Campanella. High…
1951 Bowman
Bowman's 324-card 1951 set, its first with original color art. Loaded with rookies — Whitey Ford (#1), Mickey Mantle (#253), and Willie Mays (#305).
1952 Bowman
252-card 1952 Bowman set with painted color portraits. Key cards include Mickey Mantle (#101) and Willie Mays (#218).
1953 Bowman Color
Landmark 160-card 1953 Bowman Color set — full-color photography with no text on the front. Includes Mickey Mantle (#59) and Pee Wee Reese (#33).
1955 Bowman
320-card 1955 Bowman 'TV set' — color photos framed in wood-grain television sets, including the famous high-number umpire subset. Stars: Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Banks.