M131 Baltimore News 1911

1911 · Baltimore News (newspaper insert)

30-card 1911 newspaper-supplement set distributed to Baltimore News carriers. Star-heavy lineup including Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Honus Wagner, and Nap Lajoie.

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Release: 1911
Manufacturer: Baltimore News (newspaper insert)
Distribution: Issued as a Sunday newspaper supplement throughout the 1911 season
Card stock: Black-and-white newspaper-grade cardstock with player portrait — among the era's few non-tobacco baseball card releases
Printer / Designer: Unknown — a regional Baltimore newspaper promotion that has become a hobby curiosity
Series: Single 30-card issue spanning both major leagues
Total cards: 30

Key Cards

Ty Cobb (#15)
Cobb in his AL MVP-winning season — .420 batting average.
Honus Wagner (#24)
The Flying Dutchman — one of his few non-tobacco contemporary cards.
Cy Young (#12)
Issued the year Young retired — one of his very last contemporary cards.
Nap Lajoie (#19)
Naps player-manager during his Chalmers Award controversy year.
Tris Speaker (#25)
The Grey Eagle on the cusp of his 1912 MVP season.
John McGraw (#14)
Little Napoleon — Giants manager mid-Hall of Fame run.
Hughie Jennings (#10)
Tigers player-manager — famous for his "Ee-yah!" coaching hollers.
Frank Chance (#21)
Peerless Leader anchoring the Cubs dynasty.
Johnny Evers (#29)
Cubs second baseman completing the Tinker-Evers-Chance trio.
Sherry Magee (#9)
Phillies outfielder — reigning 1910 NL batting champion.
Sam Crawford (#5)
Wahoo Sam — Tigers outfielder paired with Cobb.
Ed Cicotte (#22)
Pre-Black Sox Cicotte — eight years before his banishment.

M131 Baltimore News 1911

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Key Cards

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