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Joe McCarthy
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(b. April 21, 1887 - d. January 13, 1978)
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| While Joe McCarthy never played a game in the majors, in 24 years as manager he collected seven world championships and nine pennants. His 2,125-1,333 record gives him an all-time best .615 winning percentage. Most of his success came with the Yankees, where he won four straight World Series from 1936-1939. After winning the NL pennant with the Cubs in 1929, McCarthy piloted the Yankees to a pennant in 1932 to become the first manager to win a pennant in both leagues. |
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Inducted in 1957
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1936 V355 World
Wide Gum Joe McCarthy #53 PSA 5 EX
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| Comments: At the 2004
National Sports Collector's Convention in Cleveland, OH I purchased
a raw 1936 World Wide Gum card of legendary Yankee's skipper Joe
McCarthy from Irv Lerner (along with a Medwick and Al Lopez). The
card was submitted to PSA and graded VG-EX 4. In September, 2007
I picked up a 1938 Our National Game pin graded GAI 5 on eBay from
Bruce Cohen (psa-graded-cards). With the pin in the collection,
it was an easy decision for me to sell the '36 WWG card when I received
an offer I couldn't refuse in October, 2007. The buyer really wanted
to add a baseball card to his HOF collection and McCarthy doesn't
have anything else besides the '36 WWG card. It's a tough card.
SOLD!!! I ended up buying a couple more of the '38 pins trying to
find a nicer example - no luck. But, I missed the card and really
wanted to get my hands on another copy. Owning the pins wasn't enough.
In September, 2011 the opportunity came up to do just that. A PSA
5 example showed up on eBay from seller Richard Probstein (probstein123)
and I won the card. |
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| Card Details Below: |
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| Year(s): |
1936 |
| ACC Set Designation: |
V355 |
| Set Name: |
World Wide Gum |
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Canada |
| Description: |
The black and white Canadian set was issued by World
Wide Gum in 1936. The cards measure approximately 2-1/2" X
2-7/8", and the set includes both portrait and action poses.
The card number and player's name (appearing in all capital letters)
are printed inside a white box below the photo. Cards are very hard
to come by and rarely found in top notch condition. |
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Example 1936 World Wide Gum Pack Wrapper
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1938 PM8 Our
National Game Pin Joe McCarthy GAI 5 EX
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| Card Details Below: |
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| Year(s): |
1938 |
| ACC Set Designation: |
PM8 |
| Set Name: |
Our National Game Pin |
| Country: |
United States |
| Description: |
This unnumbered 30-pin set issued circa 1938 carries
the American Card Catalog designation of PM8. The pins, which measure
7/8" in diameter, have a bendable "tab" rather thank a pin pack.
The player photo is printed in blue-and-white. The player's name
and team are printed on the bottom. The pins were originally sold
on a square of cardboard decorated with stars and stripes, and imprinted
"OUR NATIONAL GAME" above the pin, and "A BASEBALL HERO" below.
A large number of the pins, complete with their cardboard backing,
were found in a hoard in Oklahoma in the early 1990s. |
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