1906 WG2 Fan Craze Set and Checklist

‘It’s In The Details’
Title | WG2 Fan Craze |
Year | 1906 |
Size | 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ |
Images | Black and White |
Type | Game Cards |
Number in Set |
51 |
WG2 Fan Craze Set Overview
In 1906, the Fan Craze Company created two gaming card sets. The WG2 set featured the American League while the WG3 set featured the National League. The cards are designated as WG cards in the American Card Catalog.
WG2 cards have blue backs. The cards were part of a game with a player image, team name, and specific action (i.e. home run) printed on the fronts. The player images are in black and white.
These are among the more popular gaming cards because they not only feature individual, specific players, but also have attractive pictures of them. The players chosen, too, were good ones as the set includes plenty of Hall of Famers.
In addition to these Fan Craze sets, the company also produced a lesser known and uncatalogued set in 1904. That set included pictures of generic players and many of the cards simply had words on them, so it is not as popular as the WG2 and WG3 releases.
WG2 Fan Craze Checklist
- Nick Altrock
- Jim Barnett
- Harry Bay
- Chief Bender
- Bill Bernhard
- Bill Bradley
- Jack Chesbro
- Jimmy Collins
- Sam Crawford
- Lou Criger
- Lave Cross
- Monte Cross
- Harry Davis
- Bill Dinneen
- Bill Donovan
- Pat Dougherty
- Norm Elberfeld
- Hobe Ferris
- Elmer Flick
- Buck Freeman
- Fred Glade
- Clark Griffith
- Charlie Hickman
- Bill Holmes
- Harry Howell
- Frank Isbell
- Albert Jacobson
- Ban Johnson
- Fielder Jones
- Addie Joss
- Willie Keeler
- Nap Lajoie
- Connie Mack
- Jimmy McAleer
- Jim McGuire
- Earl Moore
- George Mullin
- Billy Owen
- Fred Parent
- Case Patten
- Eddie Plank
- Ossie Schreckengost
- Jake Stahl
- Fred Stone
- Bill Sudhoff
- Roy Turner
- Rube Waddell
- Bobby Wallace
- Doc White
- George Winters
- Cy Young
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