1922 W501 Strip Card Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | W501 Strip |
Year | 1922 |
Size | 2″ x 3 1/2″ |
Images | Black and White |
Type | Strip |
Number in Set |
120 |
W501 Strip Overview
The 1922 W501 strip card set includes black and white images on the front and blank backs. Cards are similar to the blank-backed W575-1 set, which is a spinoff of sorts of the E121 American Caramel set.
The cards have a unique G-4-22 printing on the fronts in the border area. To date, the reason behind it is unknown. The cards also include a card number. Numerous names in the set are misspelled. Some, such as the case of Ed Rommel (spelled Rounnel), are absolutely butchered.
The strip cards were printed in vertical rows as is evident from the way you see the cards today – many were not cut and instead were ripped and have uneven edges. The sides, by contrast, are generally even.
There aren’t many of these around with only a few hundred being graded. SGC has graded every card, but has graded only one or a handful of most cards. You don’t usually see large lots of these available but Robert Edward Auctions had a near set up for auction back in 2012.
Unnumbered W501s
While the W501 cards often have the G-422 printing on them, many do not, as discovered by a collector in recent years. As outlined here in a Net54 post, there are some that appear to be W575-1s but are really W501s, just without the G-422 marking.
These can be differentiated by the paper type as the W501 paper is slightly different than that of the W575-1 cards. The printing is also a little different with the W501 cards typically being a lesser quality and more of a grainy look, appearing almost as if they are a copy of a copy.
W501 Strip Checklist
- Ed Rommel
- Urban Shocker
- Dixie Davis
- George Sisler
- Bob Veach
- Harry Heilmann
- Ira Flagstead
- Ty Cobb
- Oscar Vitt
- Muddy Ruel
- Derrill Pratt
- Ed Gharrity
- Joe Judge
- Sam Rice
- Clyde Milan
- Joe Sewell
- Walter Johnson
- Jack McInnis
- Tris Speaker
- Jim Bagby
- Stan Coveleski
- W. Wambsganss
- Walter Mails
- Bill Gardner
- Aaron Ward
- Miller Huggins
- Wally Schang
- Tom Rogers
- Carl Mays
- Everett Scott
- Bob Shawkey
- Waite Hoyt
- M.J. McNally
- Joe Bush
- Bob Meusel
- Elmer Miller
- Dickie Kerr
- Eddie Collins
- Kid Gleason
- Johnny Mostil
- Bib Falk
- Clarence Hodge
- Ray Schalk
- Amos Strunk
- Eddie Mulligan
- Earl Sheely
- Harry Hooper
- Red Faber
- Babe Ruth
- Ivy Wingo
- Earl Neale
- Jake Daubert
- Edd Roush
- Eppa Rixey
- Elwood Martin
- Bill Killifer
- Charles Hollocher
- Zeb Terry
- Grover Alexander
- Turner Barber
- John Rawlings
- Frankie Frisch
- Pat Shea
- Dave Bancroft
- Cecil Causey
- Frank Snyder
- Heinie Groh
- Ross Youngs
- Fred Toney
- Art Nehf
- Earl Smith
- George Kelly
- John McGraw
- Phil Douglas
- Bill Ryan
- Jesse Haines
- Milton Stock
- Bill Doak
- George Toporcer
- Wilbur Cooper
- George Whitted
- Charlie Grimm
- Rabbit Maranville
- Babe Adams
- L. Bigbee
- Max Carey
- Whitey Glazner
- George Gibson
- Billy Southworth
- Hank Gowdy
- Walter Holke
- Joe Oeschger
- P.J. Kilduff
- Hy Myers
- Otto Miller
- Wilbert Robinson
- Zack Wheat
- Walter Reuther
- Curtis Walker
- Fred Williams
- Dave Danforth
- Ed Rommel
- John McGraw
- Frankie Frisch
- Lou De Vormer
- Tom Griffith
- Harry Hooper
- John Lavan
- Elmer Smith
- George Dauss
- Alexander Gaston
- John Garney
- Emil Meusel
- Rogers Hornsby
- Les Nunamaker
- Steve O’Neill
- Max Flack
- Billy Southworth
- Art Nehf
- William Fewster
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