1906 WG3 Fan Craze Set

‘It’s In The Details’
Title | WG3 Fan Craze |
Year | 1906 |
Size | 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ |
Images | Black and White |
Type | Game Cards |
Number in Set |
54 |
WG3 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.
WG3 cards have red 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.
With 54 cards, the WG3 Fan Craze set was slightly bigger than the WG2 set.
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.
WG3 Fan Craze Checklist
- Red Ames
- Clarence Beaumont
- Jake Beckley
- Bill Bergen
- Roger Bresnahan
- George Browne
- Mordecai Brown
- James Casey
- Frank Chance
- Fred Clarke
- Tom Corcoran
- Bill Dahlen
- Mike Donlin
- Red Dooin
- Mickey Doolan
- Hugh Duffy
- John Dunleavy
- Bob Ewing
- Chick Fraser
- Ed Hanlon
- G.E. Howard
- Miller Huggins
- Joe Kelley
- Johnny Kling
- Tommy Leach
- Harry Lumley
- Carl Lundgren
- Bill Maloney
- Dan McGann
- Iron Man McGinnity
- John McGraw
- Harry McIntyre
- Charley Nicholls
- Mike O’Neill
- Orval Overall
- Frank Pfeffer
- Deacon Phillippe
- Charley Pittenger
- Harry Pulliam
- Claude Ritchey
- Ed Reulbach
- Bentley Seymour
- James Sheckard
- Jack Taylor
- Luther Taylor
- Fred Tenney
- Harry Theilman
- Roy Thomas
- Honus Wagner
- Jake Weimer
- Bob Wicker
- Vic Willis
- Lew Wiltsie
- Irv Young
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