1941 St. Louis Browns Team Set (W753) and Checklist

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	St. Louis Browns
Year	1941
Size2	″2 1/4 x 2 3/4″
Images	Black and White
Type	Miscellaneous
Number in Set	30

1941 St. Louis Browns Team Set Overview

W753 Browns Sewell This is a 30-card team set for the St. Louis Browns that was sold at the team’s stadium. It is similar in appearance to another 1941 set for the St. Louis Cardinals. This one is categorized as W753 in the American Card Catalog while the Cardinals’ issue is W754.

The cards are basic looking with a black and white head shot of the subject with a white border. No names are on the front but they are printed on the back as well as statistical and biographical information. The cards are unnumbered. They are easily dated as a 1941 issue with statistics on the back going up to 1940.

The team finished with a losing record (70-84) in 1941 and finished sixth in the American League. As you might expect, there are not many stars found in the set. The biggest name is eight-time All-Star and Hall of Famer, catcher Rick Ferrell.

While 30 cards are in the set, not that many players are featured. One card is simply a header card that reads, ‘Presenting the St. Louis Browns.’ In addition, several cards of coaches and executives are included, as is a card of manager Luke Sewell.

Interestingly enough, Sewell did not coach the team the entire season. He only was brought in as a replacement during the year for the departed Fred Haney. That helps to loosely identify the set as one that was distributed later in the year as Sewell was included in the set but Haney was not.