1961 Fleer Baseball Greats
Description
1961 Fleer Baseball Greats (ACC Catalog Number: F418-3) is a 154-card set released in two series of 88 and 66 cards -- the second series being noticeably tougher than the first. Shut out by Topps monopoly on player contracts and desperate to find some toe-hold in the baseball card business, Fleer issued this set consisting of "Baseball Greats." Needless to say, the youth of 1961 were not interested in baseball cards of former (and in many cases, dead) players and the product did not sell well.
The product remains a way for collectors to acquire affordable, colorful, vintage cards of Hall of Fame players.
Distribution
24 packs per box, five cards plus one sticker and one pennant per pack (MSRP: $0.05).
Reviews
Checklist
Base Set
Series One
- 1 Frank Baker / Ty Cobb / Zach Wheat CL
- 2 Grover C. Alexander
- 3 Nick Altrock
- 4 Cap Anson
- 5 Earl Averill
- 6 Frank Baker
- 7 Dave Bancroft
- 8 Chief Bender
- 9 Jim Bottomley
- 10 Roger Bresnahan
- 11 Mordecai Brown
- 12 Max Carey
- 13 Jack Chesbro
- 14 Ty Cobb
- 15 Mickey Cochrane
- 16 Eddie Collins
- 17 Earle Combs
- 18 Charles Comiskey
- 19 Kiki Cuyler
- 20 Paul Derringer
- 21 Howard Ehmke
- 22 Billy Evans UMP
- 23 Johnny Evers
- 24 Urban Faber
- 25 Bob Feller
- 26 Wes Ferrell
- 27 Lew Fonseca
- 28 Jimmy Foxx
- 29 Ford Frick
- 30 Frankie Frisch
- 31 Lou Gehrig
- 32 Charlie Gehringer
- 33 Warren Giles
- 34 Lefty Gomez
- 35 Goose Goslin
- 36 Clark Griffith
- 37 Burleigh Grimes
- 38 Lefty Grove
- 39 Chick Hafey
- 40 Jesse Haines
- 41 Gabby Hartnett
- 42 Harry Heilmann
- 43 Roger Hornsby
- 44 Waite Hoyt
- 45 Carl Hubbell
- 46 Miller Huggins
- 47 Hughie Jennings
- 48 Ban Johnson
- 49 Walter Johnson
- 50 Ralph Kiner
- 51 Chuck Klein
- 52 Johnny Kling
- 53 Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- 54 Tony Lazzeri
- 55 Ernie Lombardi
- 56 Dolf Luque
- 57 Heinie Manush
- 58 Marty Marion
- 59 Christy Mathewson
- 60 John McGraw
- 61 Joe Medwick
- 62 Bing Miller
- 63 Johnny Mize
- 64 John Mostil
- 65 Art Nehf
- 66 Hal Newhouser
- 67 Bobo Newsom
- 68 Mel Ott
- 69 Allie Reynolds
- 70 Sam Rice
- 71 Eppa Rixey
- 72 Edd Roush
- 73 Schoolboy Rowe
- 74 Red Ruffing
- 75 Babe Ruth
- 76 Joe Sewell
- 77 Al Simmons
- 78 George Sisler
- 79 Tris Speaker
- 80 Fred Toney
- 81 Dazzy Vance
- 82 Hippo Vaughn
- 83 Ed Walsh
- 84 Lloyd Waner
- 85 Paul Waner
- 86 Zach Wheat
- 87 Hack Wilson
- 88 Jimmy Wilson
Series Two
- 89 George Sisler / Pie Traynor CL
- 90 Babe Adams
- 91 Dale Alexander
- 92 Jim Bagby
- 93 Ossie Bluege
- 94 Lou Boudreau
- 95 Tommy Bridges
- 96 Donie Bush
- 97 Dolph Camilli
- 98 Frank Chance
- 99 Jimmy Collins
- 100 Stan Coveleskie
- 101 Hugh Critz
- 102 Alvin Crowder
- 103 Joe Dugan
- 104 Bibb Falk
- 105 Rick Ferrell
- 106 Art Fletcher
- 107 Dennis Galehouse
- 108 Chick Galloway
- 109 Mule Haas
- 110 Stan Hack
- 111 Bump Hadley
- 112 Billy Hamilton
- 113 Joe Hauser
- 114 Babe Herman
- 115 Travis Jackson
- 116 Eddie Joost
- 117 Addie Joss
- 118 Joe Judge
- 119 Joe Kuhel
- 120 Nap Lajoie
- 121 Dutch Leonard
- 122 Ted Lyons
- 123 Connie Mack
- 124 Rabbit Maranville
- 125 Fred Marberry
- 126 Joe McGinnity
- 127 Oscar Melillo
- 128 Ray Mueller
- 129 Kid Nichols
- 130 Lefty O'Doul
- 131 Bob O'Farrell
- 132 Roger Peckinpaugh
- 133 Herb Pennock
- 134 George Pipgras
- 135 Eddie Plank
- 136 Ray Schalk
- 137 Hal Schumacher
- 138 Luke Sewell
- 139 Bob Shawkey
- 140 Riggs Stephenson
- 141 Billy Sullivan
- 142 Bill Terry
- 143 Joe Tinker
- 144 Pie Traynor
- 145 Hal Trosky
- 146 George Uhle
- 147 Johnny VanderMeer
- 148 Arky Vaughan
- 149 Rube Waddell
- 150 Honus Wagner
- 151 Dixie Walker
- 152 Ted Williams
- 153 Cy Young
- 154 Ross Youngs
Inserts
In a foreshadowing of what would come in the 80s, each pack of 1961 Fleer Baseball Greats contained either one of 48 World Series Decals (Series One) or one of 18 Team Decals (Series Two).
World Series Decals
Team Decals
Fleer/Fleer Tradition
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| Pre-License Era: 1959 Fleer Ted Williams - 1960 - 1961 - 1963 |
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| Update Sets: 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 Final Edition - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2002 - 2003 |
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