the complete guide to 1948 BOWMAN
SET HIGHLIGHTS
ABOUT THE SET
1948 Bowman contains 48 cards measuring 2 1/16" x 2 1/2". This was the first set released by the Bowman Gum Co.
uniqueness
Two printing sheets were used, one with cards 1-36 and another adding cards 37-48. Eleven cards were short-printed to make room on the second sheet.
KEY Rookies and hall of famers
Nine Hall of Famers with seven key rookie cards including Stan Musial, Yogi Berra, Warren Spahn, Phil Rizzuto, and Ralph Kiner.
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uniqueness
Eleven cards were short-printed with the only Hall of Famer being Phil Ruizzuto. The short-printed cards are Pete Reiser (#7), Phil Rizzuto (#8), Willard Marshall (#13), Jack Lohrke (#16), Buddy Kerr (#20), Bill Bevens (#22), Dutch Leonard (#24), Frank Shea (#26), Emil Verban (#28), Joe Page (#29), Whitey Lockman (#30) and Sheldon Jones (#34).
CHECKLIST
*HOFers are in bold
Bob Elliott RC
Ewell Blackwell RC
Ralph Kiner RC
Johnny Mize
Bob Feller
Yogi Berra RC
Pete Reiser SP
Phil Rizzuto RC SP
Walker Cooper
Buddy Rosar
Johnny Lindell
Johnny Sain RC
Willard Marshall SP
Allie Reynolds RC
Eddie Joost
Jack Lohrke SP
Enos Slaughter
Warren Spahn RC
Tommy Henrich
Buddy Kerr SP
Ferris Fain RC
Floyd Bevens RC SP
Larry Jansen RC
Dutch Leonard SP
Barney McCosky
Frank Shea RC SP
Sid Gordon
Emil Verban SP
Joe Page RC SP
Whitey Lockman RC SP
Bill McCahan
Bill Rigney
Bill Johnson
Sheldon Jones SP
Snuffy Stirnweiss RC
Stan Musial RC
Clint Hartung RC
Red Schoendienst RC
Augie Galan
Marty Marion RC
Rex Barney RC
Ray Poat
Bruce Edwards
Johnny Wyrostek
Hank Sauer RC
Herman Wehmeier
Bobby Thomson RC
Dave Koslo RC