10 Facts About Baseball card

Baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on cardboard, silk, or plastic.

In contrast to the economical designs common in earlier decades, this Baseball card set featured bright, hand-colored player photos on the front.

The 240-Baseball card set, quite large for the time, included current players, former stars, and prominent minor leaguers.

Wartime production transitioned into the post-war civilian consumer goods, and in 1948 baseball card production resumed in the US with issues by the Bowman Gum and the Leaf Candy Company.

In 1963, Fleer produced a 67 Baseball card set of active players, which was not successful, as most players were contractually obligated to appear exclusively in Topps trading Baseball card products.

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TCMA published a baseball card magazine named Collectors Quarterly which it used to advertise its set offering it directly via mail order.

The Baseball card became highly sought-after until Griffey's persistent injury troubles caused his performance level to decline.

Such players would sometimes remain in the Minor Leagues for considerable time before attaining Major League status, making a player's rookie Baseball card released years before their first game as a major leaguer.

The Baseball card was sold again later that same year for a record-setting $2.

In 1965 O-Pee-Chee re-entered the baseball card market producing a licensed version of the Topps set.