Senators Singles: Alvin Crowder 1933 Goudey

SENATORS SINGLES:

Now THIS card is my oldest Curly W Card

I had previously stated in my very first "Senators Singles" post that the card I was showing then was my oldest Washington Baseball card.  At the time I started composing that post it was true, but while I was dilly dallying and just outright procrastinating on scanning that card I went on a spending spree on Ebay. I got a bunch of stuff mostly cards that had FREE Shipping.

This "new" Oldest card might not be the absolutely oldest Washington Baseball card available, but it is currently the oldest I have and will probably hold that title for a while longer. It is a 1933 Goudey Gum card number 122 Alvin Crowder.

Alvin learned to play baseball while in the army during World War I and was nicknamed "General" after Major General Enoch Crowder who was best known for starting the Selective Service Act of 1917. Alvin was a pitcher who had a 10 year career in the Majors with The Senators, The Browns and The Tigers. Alvin was also known as "Yankee Killer" for his success against the Yankees especially Babe Ruth.

So here is the card:

1933 Goudey 122 Alvin Crowder Senators

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Frankly Friday: 1953 Topps Reprints

1953 TOPPS Reprints

Last week I showed the 1952 Topps Reprint I have this week I will show the 1953 Topps Reprints I have. I also have some original 1953 Topps cards (a couple of St. Louis Browns) but none of them are Senators yet. I like the design of the 1953s more than the 1952. Again I got a Senators Team Reprint set (Didn't get one of the Browns although I should so I can do a side by side with those originals I have on my regular card blog). 1953 had the same two Franks (Campos and Shea) as the 1952 had this time both were shown properly/timely as Senators. This time the reprints were done in 1991 under the "Archives" Brand.

 1991 Topps Archives 1953 Reprint - 51 Frank Campos Senators

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 1991 Topps Archives 1953 Reprint - 164 Frank Shea Senators

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Washington Franks mentioned this post:

Frank Campos

Frank Shea

Frankly Friday: 1952 Topps Reprints

 1952 TOPPS Reprints

Many baseball card collectors consider the 1952 Topps Baseball set to be the Crème de la crème set of baseball cards. Nobody seems to know exactly what it is that has made this one of the most sought after sets in the hobby. This popularity and its scarcity makes the prices for the individual cards insane. So I will probably never have a complete original set, and probably won't even have a complete Original Senators Team set from 1952, but I did manage to get a reprint set of the Senators (and a reprint set of the St. Louis Browns who would become the Orioles in 1954). I have one original 1952 Topps cards of a Red Sox player. I don't have any original 1952 Senators yet. The Senators had two Franks playing for them in 1952; Frank Campos and Frank Shea. Both had 1952 Topps cards, however Frank Shea's card has him as a Yankee as he was traded to Washington in May of 52 and apparently Topps had already printed their cards, where as Bowman seems to have him as a Senator. So right now I only have the Campos '52 reprint so that is the only one I can show right now. When I get some of the originals I can do a side by side, until then I will only have reprints to show from time to time. The 1952 set was reprinted in 1983.

 1983 Topps 1952 Reprint - 307 Frank Campos Senators

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Washington Franks mentioned in this post:
Frank Campos
Frank Shea