Number 5 Type Collection

Looking decidedly wistful here, and anything but "grim," today's guest kicked off his major league career with a bang, going 2...

Cheer up, Mr. Rice, you’re in the Hall of Fame ! Some thought you’d make it, others held you shouldn’t , and it dragged on long enough that ...

Artist Bob Laughlin published a bunch of oddball card sets featuring his cartoons and caricatures during the 70s and 80s, including a cute s...

Today’s guest, John Frederick Anderson , is the first player I've written about who eventually took his own life. That tragic end came s...

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...