Showing posts with label Detroit Tigers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Detroit Tigers. Show all posts

Sunday, August 4, 2024

#98 "Schoolboy" Rowe - Detroit Tigers


Lynwood Thomas Rowe
Detroit Tigers
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'4"  Weight:  210
Born:  January 11, 1910, Waco, TX
Major League Teams:  Detroit Tigers 1933-42; Brooklyn Dodgers 1942; Philadelphia Phillies 1943, 1946-49
World Series Appearances:  Detroit Tigers 1934-35, 1940
Died:  January 8, 1961, El Dorado, AR (50)

While playing on an adult baseball team while a 15-year-old high school student, Lynnwood Rowe was given the nickname "Schoolboy," and the moniker stuck throughout his career.  Superstitious and a fan-favorite, Rowe was a star pitcher for the Tigers in the mid-1930s, winning a career-high 24 games in 1934 and following that up with consecutive 19-win seasons in 1935 and 1936.  Rowe was second in the league in strikeouts with 140 in 1935, and recorded a career-high 149 strikeouts in 1934.  He was named to both the 1935 and 1936 American League All-Star teams.  He started four games for the Tigers in the 1934 and 1935 World Series, as the team lost to the Cardinals in seven games in 1934, but won the Championship in six games over the Cubs in 1935.  In Game 2 of the 1934 Series, he pitched a 12-inning complete game for the win.  Rowe was 2-3 with a 2.76 ERA over 42 1/3 innings pitched in those two Series, to go along with 26 strikeouts.  A threat at the plate too, he batted .307 with five home runs in 1934 and 1935.

Shoulder pain and related injuries began to take a toll on Rowe beginning in 1937, although he rebounded in 1940 to go 16-3 with a 3.46 ERA for the pennant-winning Tigers.  He'd be limited to pitching in only 55 games between 1942 and 1946, due his injuries and two years of service in the U.S. Navy during World War II.  Finishing up his career with the Phillies, Rowe won at least 10 games each season between 1946 and 1948 and made his final All-Star team in 1947.  He retired with a career record of 158-101 and an ERA of 3.87 with 913 strikeouts.  Rowe batted .263 for his career with 18 home runs and 153 RBIs.  He served as the Tigers pitching coach in 1954 and 1955.

Building the Set
August 1, 2024 from Valley View, OH (Stan's Vintage Sports Cards) - Card #108
The seventh card added to our Diamond Stars set in 2024, the addition of this card put me 11 cards away from my version of a master set.  I knew adding the final cards to our set would be tough, and pricey, and I've shied away from recent eBay auctions as most of the opening bids or buy it now prices are way out of my price range.  

I made a reasonable offer to the seller, Stan's Vintage Sports Cards, on this card, the seller made a counteroffer, and I quickly accepted.  Aesthetically, I wanted to have all these cards in order in the set's binder, but with some of these more expensive cards, I'll likely leave them in their slabs and fill the empty spaces in the binder pages with reprint cards.  It could be a little while before I add another card to our set, although I do have several current eBay auctions on my watch list.  I'm assuming I'll be able to get better deals and do some more negotiating live, and I'm looking forward to hunting Diamond Stars cards at the upcoming Philly Show in September.

Variations Available
1 - 1936 / blue back / 1935 statistics / 1935 copyright

The Card / Tigers Team Set
This is the second Rowe card in the set, with the pitcher first appearing on card #33.  The final 12 cards in the Diamond Stars set, released as part of series three in 1936, contain the exact same photos and players as earlier cards from the set.  This card has the same text on the back as his earlier card, save for his 1935 statistics at the bottom replacing his 1934 statistics.  Also, the ink on the back of card #98 is blue, similar to all cards from the third series.

The back of the card contains an odd tip, basically telling a pitcher not to aim for the catcher's mitt but rather to aim at some part of the catcher's body other than the mitt.  The tip goes on to claim that Rowe not only endorses this tip, but that Rowe himself can't hit a target more than two out of every three times.

1936 Season
Rowe was 19-10 with a 4.51 ERA in 41 appearances for the Tigers, as his club finished in second place behind the Yankees.  Tommy Bridges (#5) was the ace of the staff, with 23 wins and a 3.60 ERA.  Rowe made his second All-Star Game, and pitched three innings in relief of Lefty Grove (#1), giving up a pair of runs.  Battling shoulder pain, Rowe would pitch in only 14 games for the Tigers in 1937 and 1938.

Phillies Career
Rowe was purchased by the Phillies from the Dodgers on March 24, 1943.  Now throwing a knuckle ball, he'd appear in 27 games that season for the Phillies, going 14-8 with a 2.94 ERA in 199 innings pitched.  Rowe was also the team's top pinch-hitter with 15 pinch-hits in 51 at-bats.  After two years in the Navy, Rowe made an impressive comeback in 1946, and was 11-4 with a 2.12 ERA in 17 games pitched.  In his first start in nearly two years on April 21, 1946, the 36-year-old Rowe threw an 11-inning complete game, although in a losing effort.  He'd win 14 games in 1947 and was named to the National League All-Star team.  Rowe would pitch in two more seasons for the Phillies before injuries finally caught up to him, and the team released him following the 1949 season. Rowe would just miss participating in the triumphant march of the Whiz Kids towards the 1950 National League pennant.  In 128 games with the Phillies, he was 52-39 with a 3.54 ERA and 245 strikeouts.

1934-36 Batter-Up (R318) #184
1935 Goudey 4-in-1 (R321)
1939 Play Ball #60
1949 Bowman #216
1954 Topps #197

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1934-36 Batter-Up (R318) #184
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (1):  1954
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1994 Topps Archives 1954 #197

57 - Rowe non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 8/4/24.


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Sunday, March 24, 2024

#77 Charlie Gehringer - Detroit Tigers


Charles Leonard Gehringer
Detroit Tigers
Second Base

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  180
Born:  May 11, 1903, Fowlerville, MI
Major League Teams:  Detroit Tigers 1924-1942
World Series Appearances:  Detroit Tigers 1934-1935, 1940
Died:  January 21, 1993, Bloomfield Hills, MI (89)
Hall of Fame Induction:  1949

Nicknamed "The Mechanical Man" due to his multi-decade consistency at the plate and in the field, Charlie Gehringer was on of the best second baseman in the history of the game.  Debuting in 1924, Gehringer took over everyday second base duties for the Tigers in 1926 and wouldn't relinquish the position until 1942.  He played every inning at second base during the first six All-Star Games beginning in 1933, batting .500 in 20 at-bats.  Gehringer's best seasons coincided with the Tigers winning the American League pennants in 1934 and 1935.  The Tigers were World Champions in 1935, with Gehringer leading the way with a .375 average in the World Series.  He had seven seasons with at least 200 hits, and won a batting title in 1939 when he batted a career-best .371.  Gehringer also won MVP honors for his 1939 season.

An outstanding defender as well, Gehringer often led the league in assists, double plays turned and fielding percentage.  He's second all-time with 7,068 assists at second base, and sixth all-time at overall games at second base with 2,206.  Gehringer collected 2,839 career hits while batting .320 with a .404 on-base percentage.  His 574 doubles are currently 25th all-time.  He retired in 1942, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1949 and had his #2 retired by the Tigers in 1983.

Building the Set
March 16, 2024 from Jupiter, FL - Card #105
My chosen profession requires working six days a week beginning in January through at least the end of March, and this will be the 26th year I've spent most Saturdays in the early months of the year toiling away.  Our oldest son Doug is in his junior year of high school, and baseball practice has begun in earnest, with scrimmages already started.  My work schedule and Doug's baseball schedule conspired against us traveling to the recent Philly Show a few weekends ago, so I decided to have a baseball card show of my own.  

I was the winning bidder on this Gehringer card and the card of fellow Hall of Famer Al Simmons (#2), in auctions from seller 01sham from Jupiter, Florida.  I was the winning and only bidder on both cards, with both having reasonable opening bids.  Given the lack of activity on both auctions, an occurrence that's happening a lot more lately, I'm starting to think the pandemic-era boom in vintage baseball cards and set building has finally waned.  That's great news for me, as I don't plan to stop collecting, and the remaining 14 cards needed for my Diamond Stars set are all fairly pricey.

Variations Available
1 - 1935 / green back / 1934 statistics / 1935 copyright ✅
2 - 1935 / blue back / 1934 statistics / 1935 copyright
3 - 1936 / blue back / 1935 statistics / 1935 copyright 

Cards 73 through 84 were issued in 1935 with either green or blue ink on the back and statistics from 1934.  These same 12 cards were issued again in 1936 with blue ink on the back and statistics from 1935.  The Gehringer card for my set is the first of the three variations available, issued in 1935 with green ink used for the back.

The Card / Tigers Team Set
A pair of unknown players make a cameo behind Gehringer on this card.  The pose here works well with National Chicle's choice to have the card horizontally-oriented, and it's one of the few horizontal cards in the set.  The back of the card explains how rare it is that Gehringer can both hit and field well.  With the advent of the designated hitter decades letter, this statement is especially prescient:  "Remember boys, a hard hitter can always find a place on any team, even though he may be an awkward and sloppy fielder."

1935 Season
Consistent as usual, this was one of Gehringer's strongest seasons of his career.  In 150 games, starting all but four games in mid-August at second base, Gehringer batted .330 with 19 home runs and 108 RBIs.  Leading the team offensively along with first baseman Hank Greenberg (#54), Gehringer helped the Tigers reach the World Series for the second year in a row.  The Tigers defeated the Cubs in six games, winning their first ever World Series title.

1926 Exhibits (W461)
1933 DeLong Gum #5
1934 Goudey #23
1938 Goudey Heads-Up #241
1941 Play Ball #19

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1926 Exhibits (W461)
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2015 Panini Diamond Kings #26

406 - Gehringer non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 3/24/24.

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Sunday, October 15, 2023

#9 "Mickey" Cochrane MG - Detroit Tigers


Gordon Stanley Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Catcher-Manager

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'10"  Weight:  180
Born:  April 6, 1903, Bridgewater, MA
Major League Teams:  Philadelphia Athletics 1925-1933; Detroit Tigers 1934-1937
World Series Appearances:  Philadelphia Athletics 1929-1931; Detroit Tigers 1934-1935
As a Manager:  Detroit Tigers 1934-1937, 1938
Died:  June 28, 1962, Lake Forest, IL (59)
Hall of Fame Induction:  1947

One of the greatest catchers of his era, Mickey Cochrane spent his 13-year career with the Athletics and Tigers, winning MVP honors in 1928 and 1934 and leading his teams to three World Series titles.  As the backstop for Connie Mack's (#142) Athletics, Cochrane batted .331 in his rookie season of 1925 and his MVP title in 1928 was mainly due to his defensive skills.  In 1929, with a line-up including Al Simmons (#2) and Jimmie Foxx (#64), Cochrane helped the Athletics reach and win the World Series, batting .331 with 37 doubles and 95 RBIs.  Philadelphia would repeat in 1930, as Cochrane's .357 average was second on the team to only Simmons, who batted .381.  In 1931, the Athletics fell short of their attempted three-peat, with many attributing some of the blame for the loss on Cochrane's inability to control the Cardinals' running game.

Cochrane was dealt to the Tigers following the 1933 season, and as the team's player-manager he'd win his second MVP award in 1934, again mainly on the strength of his solid work defensively.  As a rookie manager in 1934, Cochrane guided the Tigers to a 101-win season, but they fell in the World Series to the Cardinals in seven games.  He'd lead his club back to the World Series in 1935, with the Tigers downing the Cubs in six games.  He was an All-Star in 1934 and 1935.  On May 25, 1937, Cochrane was drilled in the head with a pitch from Yankees' pitcher Bump Hadley (#131), eventually leading to his early retirement.  He batted .320 for his career and his .419 on-base percentage currently ranks 21st all-time.  Cochrane was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1947 and onto the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in 1982.

Building the Set
October 10, 2023 from Los Angeles, CA (Greg Morris Cards) - Card #92
I stumbled upon this card while taking a break during the work day, looking for reasonable eBay prices for the remaining 28 cards needed for our set.  I've given Greg Morris Cards, from Los Angeles, quite a bit of my money over the past few years, but I feel what I paid for this card was a steal.  The auction description labeled this card as being LOW GRADE, but honestly for a card that's nearly 90 years old it looks pretty good to me.  This auction was bid on while attending one of my final work seminars in Dallas, won shortly after I came home and the card arrived the day following the Phillies' painful Game 2 loss to the Braves in the NLDS.

And now I'm writing this the day after the Phillies came back to win Games 3 and 4 against the Braves, sending them to the NLCS to face off against the Diamondbacks.  We have souvenirs from our recent Wild Card series and NLDS visits still scattered about our kitchen area, and I thought I'd take a picture of Cochrane's card along with a few recent additions to our Phillies collections.

Variations Available
1 - 1934 / green back / 1933 statistics / 1934 copyright
2 - 1935 / green back / 1934 statistics / 1934 copyright ✅
3 - 1936 / blue back / 1935 statistics / 1934 copyright

The Card / Tigers Team Set
I'd consider this another iconic card from the Diamond Stars set, as it's a card I've seen for years in publications, under glass at baseball card shows and as an example of one of the key baseball cards from the 1930s.  The tip on the back of the card addresses the catcher's throw when aiming to throw out would be base stealers.  Cochrane led the league in runners caught stealing in 1926 (42) and 1932 (47) and he'd finish in the top five in nine different seasons.  The back of catcher Al Lopez's card (#28) refers collectors to the tip on the back of Cochrane's card.

1935 Season
In his second season as Tigers' manager, Cochrane made 108 starts behind the plate and batted .319 with five home runs and 46 RBIs.  His team was 93-58-1, finishing three games ahead of the Yankees for the pennant, and they'd defeat the Cubs in six games in the World Series.  It was the first World Series title in Tigers' franchise history.  This was to be his final full season as a player, as Cochrane would play in only 44 games in 1936 and 27 games in 1937 before retiring.

1931 W517 #54
1933 DeLong Gum #6
1933 Goudey #76
1940 Play Ball #180
1976 Topps #348

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1928 Exhibits (W461)
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (1):  1976
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2022 Panini Diamond Kings #106

280 - Cochrane non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 10/13/23.

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Sunday, September 24, 2023

#2 Al Simmons - Detroit Tigers (Variation)


Aloysius Harry Simmons
Detroit Tigers
Outfield

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  190
Born:  May 22, 1902, Milwaukee, WI
Major League Teams:  Philadelphia Athletics 1924-1932; Chicago White Sox 1933-1935; Detroit Tigers 1936; Washington Senators 1937-1938; Boston Bees 1939; Cincinnati Reds 1939; Philadelphia Athletics 1940-1941; Boston Red Sox 1943; Philadelphia Athletics 1944
World Series Appearances:  Philadelphia Athletics 1929-1931; Cincinnati Reds 1939
Died:  May 26, 1956, Milwaukee, WI (54)
Hall of Fame Induction:  1953

Outfielder Al Simmons played in 20 big league seasons, batting .334 for his career and winning two World Championships with Connie Mack's (#142) Athletics teams in 1929 and 1930.  Those two Championship seasons coincided with Simmons' best years in the majors.  He collected 253 hits in 1925, a career-high, league-leading and record-setting single season record by a right-handed batter, as the Athletics slowly became an American League powerhouse.  In 1929, Simmons batted .365 with 34 home runs and a league-best 157 RBIs as his team defeated the Cubs in five games in the World Series.  The following season, Simmons won his first batting title with a .381 mark while hitting 36 home runs and collecting 165 RBIs.  The Athletics, with Simmons batting .364 in the World Series, took down the Cardinals in six games.  Another batting title would follow in 1931 with Simmons batting .390.  Another pennant resulted, but the Athletics lost the World Series to the Cardinals, and a slow and steady decline for the franchise began.

Mack sold Simmons to the White Sox in September 1932, and Simmons was the starting center fielder for the American League in the first ever All-Star Game played in 1933.  He'd make the All-Star team again in 1934 and 1935.  Over the final eight seasons of his playing career, Simmons played for six different teams, making two more stops with the Athletics along the way.  He retired having batted over .380 in four different seasons and over .330 in nine seasons.  Simmons' .334 career batting average is currently 27th all-time and his 2,927 hits are 41st all-time.  He had 539 doubles, 307 home runs and 1,828 RBIs.  Simmons was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1953 and he joined the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in 1981, inducted as the Athletics' representative alongside Phillies' great Grover Cleveland Alexander.

Building the Set
September 8, 2023 from Champaign, IL (Monster Cards) - Card #90
This is the card that put me over the three-quarters mark for a complete set, and as of this writing I need 29 more cards out of 119 for my version of the master set.  I've been searching for the White Sox version of this card for some time now.  During a recent search I came across this Tigers version of the card with a surprisingly low price as I believe this is the rarest, and usually the most expensive, of the three variations of this card.  There's some scuffing on the front and the corners aren't sharp, but otherwise it's a great looking card.  The card was purchased during the unofficial end of summer and arrived during the unofficial beginning of autumn.  Monster Cards included a 1988 Donruss Paul Molitor card in the box, along with a humorous quote about arrows and bananas.

Variations Available
1 - 1934 / green back / 1933 statistics / 1934 copyright
2 - 1935 / green back / 1934 statistics / 1934 copyright 
3 - 1936 / blue back / 1935 statistics / 1934 copyright / no SOX on front of jersey ✅

The Card / Tigers Team Set
Following his move from Chicago to Detroit (see below), National Chicle removed the SOX logo from the front of Simmons' jersey and referred to his new Tigers team on the back of the card.  The tip on the back of the card discusses the importance of a "long, free follow through" with a batter's power swing.

1936 Season
The White Sox sold Simmons to the Tigers on December 10, 1935 for $75,000 and he'd spend just one season playing for Detroit.  The opening day center fielder for the Tigers, Simmons would play in 143 games, batting .327 with 13 home runs and 112 RBIs.  He was one of four Tigers' sluggers with over 100 RBIs, joining Goose Goslin (#112) who had 125, Charlie Gehringer (#77) with 116 and Marv Owen (#67) with 105.  The Tigers finished in a distant second place to the Yankees, 19 1/2 games behind the top spot.  Before the start of the 1937 season, Simmons was on the move again, sold to the Senators for $15,000, a $60,000 drop in price from the year before.

1923-24 Exhibits (W461)
1933 DeLong Gum #2
1933 Goudey #35
1933 Tattoo Orbit (R305)
1960 Fleer Baseball Greats #32

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1923-24 Exhibits (W461)
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2023 Donruss #281

254 - Simmons non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 9/9/23.

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Sunday, November 27, 2022

#67 Marvin Owen - Detroit Tigers


Marvin James Owen
Detroit Tigers
Third Base

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  175
Born:  March 22, 1906, Agnew, CA
Major League Teams:  Detroit Tigers 1931, 1933-1937; Chicago White Sox 1938-1939; Boston Red Sox 1940
World Series Appearances:  Detroit Tigers 1934-1935
Died:  June 22, 1991, Mountain View, CA (85)

Marv Owen spent nine seasons in the majors, helping the Tigers reach the World Series in 1934 and 1935. Originally called up to the Tigers in 1931, he spent all of 1932 in the International League batting a combined .317 and winning league MVP honors.  He'd return as a regular with the Tigers in 1933 and was the third baseman in one of the strongest infields of the era, along with Hank Greenberg (#54) at first base, Charlie Gehringer (#77) at second base and Billy Rogell (#76) at shortstop.  Owen batted a career-best .317 in 1934 with 98 RBIs, with his Tigers team falling to the Cardinals in the seven game World Series.  During the final game of that series, Owen and Cardinals' slugger Ducky Medwick (#66) were involved in a fight that led to Medwick having to leave the game when Tigers fans wouldn't stop throwing debris his way as he stood in left field.

In 1935, Owen and the Tigers returned to the World Series, this time defeating the Cubs in six games.  The following season, Owen's last great year, he batted .295 with 105 RBIs.  Dealt to the White Sox following the 1937 season, he'd play in parts of three more seasons before retiring as a player.  Owen then began a decade-long career as a minor league manager between 1944 and 1954.  He'd also serve as a scout for the Tigers until the 1970s.  In 1,011 games, Owen batted .275 with 1,040 hits, 167 doubles and 499 RBIs.

Building the Set
November 18, 2022 from Newtown, NJ - Card #67
In a case of pure coincidence, the 67th card added to my Diamond Stars set is card #67 in the set.  This was a somewhat surprising addition, as I didn't expect to be the high bidder on this particular eBay auction.  Seller bcards79 from Newton, New Jersey listed a few Diamond Stars cards for sale, including this Owen card, and I set a relatively low opening bid and ultimately won the card for only $18.50.  Of the 67 cards added so far, this is the fourth least expensive added to date.

Variations Available
1 - 1935 / green back / 1934 statistics / 1935 copyright

The Card / Tigers Team Set
I'm going to imagine those are Owen's legendary Tigers infield teammates behind him on this card.  I've heard third base often referred to as the hot corner, but never as the "red light" spot as noted on the back of the card.  Owen was a steady defender at third, leading the league in putouts twice (1934 and 1936) and finishing in the top four for assists in four different seasons.

1935 Season
Owen started 131 of the Tigers' 152 games at third base, batting .263 with a pair of home runs and 72 RBIs.  He slumped in the World Series, batting just 1 for 20 (.050), but he filled in admirably at first base over the final four games of the series when Greenberg went down with an injury.

1934-36 Batter-Up (R318) #168
1936 Goudey Wide Pen Premiums #A81
1938 Goudey Heads-Up #287
1993 Conlon Collection TSN #941

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1934-36 National Chicle Diamond Stars #67
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1993 Conlon Collection TSN #941

23 - Owen non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 11/20/22.

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Sunday, July 3, 2022

#112 Leon Goslin - Detroit Tigers


Leon Allen Goslin
Detroit Tigers
Outfield

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  185
Born:  October 16, 1900, Salem, NJ
Major League Teams:  Washington Senators 1921-1930; St. Louis Browns 1930-1932; Washington Senators 1933; Detroit Tigers 1934-1937; Washington Senators 1938
World Series Appearances:  Washington Senators 1924-1925, 1933; Detroit Tigers 1934-1935
Died:  May 15, 1971, Bridgeton, NJ (70)
Hall of Fame Induction:  1968

South Jersey's own Goose Goslin compiled his Hall of Fame career playing 18 seasons primarily with the Senators.  As one of the game's top left fielders of his era, Goslin led the league in triples in 1923 and 1925, and won the league's batting title in 1928 with a .379 mark.  He collected at least 10 home runs in 12 different seasons, including a career best 37 home runs playing for the Senators and Browns in 1930.  He also drove in 138 runs that season, another career-best, and Goslin collected at least 100 RBIs in 11 seasons, leading the league in 1924 with 129.  He played in five different World Series, winning rings with the Senators in 1924 and the Tigers in 1935.  Goslin's glove could at times be a liability, and he led all left fielders in errors in eight different seasons, with his 184 errors at the position currently second all-time behind fellow Hall of Famer Zack Wheat.  His 3,826 putouts in left are currently fifth all-time and his 181 assists are sixth all-time.

Goslin was a lifetime .316 batter, with 2,735 hits, 500 doubles, 248 home runs and 1,612 RBIs.  The Veterans Committee inducted him into the Hall of Fame in 1968.

Building the Set
December 11, 2020 from San Diego, CA (Kit Young Cards)
On the night I impulsively decided to collect the original Diamond Stars set, and I subsequently purchased the Harvey Hendrick (#41) card from Kit Young Cards, I also added the complete, and first, extended set to my cart for the very reasonable price of $7.50.  The 12 cards in this first extended set were originally issued in 1981.

In the early 1980s, a family member of a former National Chicle employee discovered an uncut sheet of 12 unused cards presumably meant as a 1937 continuation of the Diamond Stars set.  As originally advertised, and as mentioned on the back of every card issued, the company had intended for the set to contain 240 subjects.  They only produced 108 cards before production was halted, and the theory is this newly found sheet represented a "lost" continuation of the set.  Fortunately, the images of the cards made their way into the collecting world and a 12-card "what if" set was created.  (More on the uncut sheet can be found here from SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee and from this Ryan Cracknell article for Beckett.)

Another great article was recently published to SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee website taking a closer look at these extended cards.

The Beckett online database lists the set as "1981 Diamond Stars Continuation Den's" and the set's description notes "This set was created and produced by Denny Eckes.  Hobbyist Mike Galella was involved in bringing this sheet to the the public.  These cards were originally available from the producer for $3."  The back of the cards have a 1981 copyright attributed to Den's Collectors Den, the company belonging to the aforementioned Eckes.

The 12 cards include more ambitious geometric designs than the original Diamond Stars cards,  although the overall color template remains the same as their 1934 to 1936 counterparts.

Variations Available
1 - 1981 / blue back / 1936 statistics / 1981 copyright

The Card / Tigers Team Set
The back of the card mentions Goslin's start as a pitcher, and he made 18 appearances on the mound in 1920 for the Columbia Comers in the South Atlantic League before his strong bat necessitated a change to the outfield.  His heroics from 1935 are also noted on the back.  Goslin was second on the Tigers' in RBIs with 111, far behind the 168 driven in by slugger Hank Greenberg (#54).  He appeared in five different World Series, batting a solid .287 (37 for 129) with five doubles, seven home runs and 19 RBIs.

1937 Season
In his penultimate season, Goslin appeared in 79 games for the Tigers, batting .238 with four home runs and 35 RBIs.  He was the club's opening day left fielder, but started only 39 games at the position and in his final month with the team he was used almost exclusively as a pinch-hitter.  He was released in October, signing with the Senators right before the start of the 1938 season, where he'd play in his final 38 big league games.

1922 American Caramel
Series of 240 (E120)
1933 DeLong Gum
(R333) #24
1933 Goudey #110
 
1940 Play Ball #232
 
1961 Fleer
Baseball Greats #35

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1922 American Caramel Series of 240 (E120)
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2020 Panini Diamond Kings #39

176 - Goslin non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 6/20/22.

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