1939 Play Ball Almost Complete Set

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Year 1939
Manufacturer Play Ball

Below is a list of all of the cards included in this particular set. To view front and back images, click on the card names. To view scans of all of the cards included in this set, please click the first card and use the white arrows to scroll through the set.

1939 Play Ball series cards were larger in size and featured clearer photographs than its predecessors, features which sparked increased interest in card collectors and subsequent growth in the industry as a whole.  The set consists of 161 total cards, each measuring 2 1/2" by 3 1/8" in size--larger than nearly any other tobacco card of the early 20th century.  
This 1939 set features the one and only depiction of a rookie Ted Williams.
This almost complete set contains no duplicate cards.  

This almost complete set contains 145 cards out of the possible 161 cards. This is not a complete set.
This set does not include the following cards: #27 Fritz Ostermueller , #42 Arndt Jorgens , #74 Cookie Lavagetto , #88 Charlie Keller , #92 Ted Williams , #118 Lynn Nelson , #122 George McQuinn , #123 Peaches Davis , #124 Jumbo Brown , #128 Joe Bowman , #130 Bill Brubaker , #136 Roy Bell , #137 Pete Appleton , #139 Vito Tamulis , #141 Pete Coscarart , #151 Hugh Casey

The cards ranked by Value:

  • 1939 Play Ball #26 Joe DiMaggio : SGC 2 - GOOD
  • 1939 Play Ball #103 Moe Berg : PSA 3 - VG
  • 1939 Play Ball #56 Hank Greenberg : 2 - GOOD
  • 1939 Play Ball #51 Mel Ott : PSA 3 - VG
  • 1939 Play Ball #30 Bill Dickey : PSA 4 - VG/EX
  • 1939 Play Ball #143 Earl Averill : PSA 4 - VG/EX
  • 1939 Play Ball #7 Bobby Doerr : PSA 3 - VG
  • 1939 Play Ball #138 George Case : PSA 4 - VG/EX
  • 1939 Play Ball #133 Lynn Myers : PSA 5 - EX
  • 1939 Play Ball #154 Johnny Hudson : PSA 4 - VG/EX
  • 1939 Play Ball #153 Dizzy Trout : PSA 3 - VG
  • 1939 Play Ball #6 Leo Durocher : 4 - VG/EX

Set breakdown by grade:

Number of Cards in Set 145
Average Grade - Weighted by Value 3.11 - VG
Average Grade - Unweighted 3.04 - VG
Grade Breakdown
PSA 5 - EX 4
5 - EX 4
SGC 5 - EX 1
4.5 - VG/EX+ 1
PSA 4.5 - VG/EX+ 1
4 - VG/EX 14
PSA 4 - VG/EX 10
3.5 - VG+ 1
PSA 3.5 - VG+ 2
3 - VG 52
PSA 3 - VG 15
PSA 2.5 - GD+ 2
2 - GOOD 35
SGC 2 - GOOD 1
1.5 - FAIR 2

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Out of Stock
Serial Number
Item #5495501
Grade
3 - VG
Price
$15,840.00
$12,672.00 after 20% discount

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