Number 5 Type Collection

A century-spanning star for 4 of the sport's oldest franchises, Tommy Leach played third base and outfield from 1898 to 1918. This 1910 ...

Today’s guest, John Michael Pesky , played for the Red Sox from 1942 to 1954, excepting 3 years in WWII service, and has worked for them in ...

Check out that purple background! I’m trying to imagine where a Portland Beaver would find that kind of cloudless, blueberry sky. A subtle p...

Today’s guest is one severe, disembodied dude. The preponderance of hair, almost meeting twice on both the middle and sides of the forehea...

Anything prefaced by “W” in the card catalog means a strip card, so the W517s originally came in attached rows ready for cutting by a vendi...

The 1964 AL league leaders include a range of players and teams, all skilled with the bat. (Most are known for more besides.) Ah yes, Mantl...

Once cigarette cards petered out in the early 20 th century, gum companies stepped in to pick up the mantle with their own sugary products....

Junkballer Ed Lopat made the most of a career in the Yankees organization, winning 163 games in 12 pinstriped seasons . He hurled at least 2...

Sherm Lollar played catcher in the AL for 18 seasons and 4 different teams, starting with the Cleveland Indians in 1946 and finishing with ...

Lew's the first player to appear in my type card profiles that I met personally. A couple years prior to Mr. Burdette's death from ...