Welcome To 1950 Bowman Baseball Cards
Bowman Gum first started manufacturing cards in 1939-1941. They began making cards again in 1948 when the war had ended and there were no longer restrictions on the products needed to make cards. Bowman was the only major sports card maker in 1950 and had a monopoly on trading cards. However, Topps was formed in 1950 and began producing cards as well.
Bowman made mainly baseball cards, but had their hand in making football cards as well. They also made a variety of non-sport cards. They made a set of basketball cards in 1948, but did not make another one until 2003. The 1950 Bowman football card set was a set of 144 cards. The 1950 Bowman non-sport cards included Blony Paper Novelties and Wild Man cards.
The 1950 Bowman baseball card set was a set of 252 cards. They had a monopoly on baseball cards that year, and it would be their last. In 1950, Topps was founded. The 1950 cards were much smaller than what we now consider a standard sized card, measuring 2-1/15 X 2-1/2 in.
The design of the cards had improved greatly this year. The front of the cards in 1950 had a hand-painted color reproduction of an actual photograph of the players. This replaced the 1049 machine-added colors used. There is a white boarder around the pictures and no names or words are present.
The backs of the cards remained basically the same. The only difference is that they appear horizontally. The ads had also been removed from the backs. However, the player’s names, team, position, and some biographical information are still present along with the Bowman logo.
Since Bowman did not have any competitors this year, they had most of the major starts of the era in the set. However, the set does not have many big-name rookie cards, which hurts the sets value.
Unlike most sets where the higher numbered cards are harder to find and more valuable, the lower number ins the 1950 Bowman set are harder to find. This includes cards 1-72. The 181-252 cards can be found with or without the copyright on the bottom of the card. The ones without the copyright are not as common.
This set also included non-player manages. Leo Durocher and Casey Stengel had cards. Picturing manages was not new, but featuring them on their own card was new.
1. Mel Parnell
2. Vern Stephens
3. Dom DiMaggio
4. Gus Zernial
5. Bob Kuzava
6. Bob Feller
7. Jim Hegan
8. George Kell
9. Vic Wertz
10. Tommy Henrich
11. Phil Rizzuto
12. Joe Page
13. Ferris Fain
14. Alex Kellner
15. Al Kozar
16. Roy Sievers
17. Sid Hudson
18. Eddie Robinson
19. Warren Spahn
20. Bob Elliott
21. Harold Reese
22. Jackie Robinson
23. Don Newcombe
24. Johnny Schmitz
25. Hank Sauer
26. Grady Hatton
27. Herman Wehmeier
28. Bobby Thompson
29. Ed Stanky
30. Eddie Waitkus
31. Del Ennis
32. Robin Roberts
33. Ralph Kiner
34. Murry Dickson
35. Enos Slaughter
36. Eddie Kazak
37. Luke Appling
38. Bill Wight
39. Larry Doby
40. Bob Lemon
41. Walter "Hoot" Evers
42. Art Houtteman
43. Bobby Doerr
44. Joe Dobson
45. Al "Zeke" Zarilla
46. Larry "Yogi" Berra
47. Jerry Coleman
48. Leland "lou" Brissie
49. Elmer Valo
50. Dick Kokos
51. Ned Garver
52. Sam Mele
53. Clyde Vollmer
54. Gil Coan
55. John "Buddy" Kerr
56. Del Crandell
57. Vernon Bickford
58. Carl Furillo
59. Ralph Branca
60. Andy Pafko
61. Bob Rush
62. Ted Kluszewski
63. Ewell Balckwell
64. Alvin Dark
65. Dave Koslo
66. Larry Jansen
67. Willie Jones
68. Curt Simmons
69. Wally Westlake
70. Bob Chesnes
71. Al Schoendienst
72. Howie Pollett
73. Willard Marshall
74. Johnny Antonelli
75. Roy Campanella
76. Rex Barney
77. Edwin "Duke" Snider
78. Mickey Owen
79. Johnny Vander Meer
80. Howard Fox
81. Ron Northey
82. Carroll Lockman
83. Sheldon Jones
84. Richie Ashburn
85. Ken Heintzelman
86. Stan Rojek
87. Bill Werle
88. Marty Marion
89. George Munger
90. Harry Brecheen
91. Cass Michaels
92. Hank Majeski
93. Gene Bearden
94. Lou Boudreau
95. Aaron Robinson
96. Virgil "Fire" Trucks
97. Maurice McDermott
98. Ted Williams
99. Billy Goodman
100. Vic Raschi
101. Bobby Brown
102. Billy Johnson
103. Eddie Joost
104. Sam Chapman
105. Bob Dillinger
106. Cliff Fannin
107. Sam Dente
108. Rae Scarbrough
109. Sid Gordon
110. Tommy Holmes
111. Walker Cooper
112. Gil Hodges
113. Gene Hermanski
114. Wayne Terwilliger
115. Roy Smalley
116. Billy DeMars
117. Bill Rigney
118. Clint Hartung
119. Dick Sisler
120. John Thompson
121. Andy Seminick
122. Johnny Hopp
123. Dino Restelli
124. Clyde McCullough
125. Del Rice
126. Al Brazile
127. Dave Philley
128. Phil Masi
129. Joe "Flash" Gordon
130. Dale Mitchell
131. Steve Gromek
132. James Vernon
133. Don Kolloway
134. Paul "Dizzy" Trout
135. Pat Mullin
136. Warren Rosar
137. Johnny Pesky
138. Allie Reynolds
139. Johnny Mize
140. Pete Suder
141. Joe Coleman
142. Sherman Lollar
143. Eddie Stewart
144. Al Evans
145. Jack Graham
146. Floyd Baker
147. Mike Garcia
148. Early Wynn
149. Bob Swift
150. Georg Vico
151. Fred Hutchinson
152. Ellis Kinder
153. Walt masterson
154. Gus Niarhos
155. Frank "Spec" Shea
156. Fred Sanford
157. Mike Guerra
158. Paul Lehner
159. Joe Tipton
160. Mickey Harris
161. Sherry Robinson
162. Eddie Yost
163. Earl Torgeson
164. Sibby Sisti
165. Bruce Edwards
166. Joe Hatten
167. Elwin Roe
168. Bob Scheffing
169. Hank Edwards
170. Emil Leonard
171. Harry Gumbert
172. Harry Lowrey
173. Lloyd Merriman
174. Henry Thompson
175. Monte Kennedy
176. Sylvester Donnelly
177. Hank Borowy
178. Eddy Fitzgerald
179. Charles Diering
180. Harry Walker
181. Marino Pieretti
182. Sam Zoldak
183. Mickey Haefner
184. Randy Gumpert
185. Howie Judson
186. Ken Keltner
187. Earl Stringer
188. Earl Johnson
189. Bob Friend
190. Ken Wood
191. Dick Starr
192. Bob Chipman
193. Harold "Pete" Reiser
194. Billy Cox
195. Phil Cavaretta
196. Doyle Lade
197. Johnny Wyrostek
198. Danny Litwhiler
199. Jack Kramer
200. Kirby Higbe
201. Pete Castiglione
202. Cliff Chambers
203. Danny Murtaugh
204. Granville Hamner
205. Mike Goliat
206. Stan Lopata
207. Max Lanier
208. Jim Hearn
209. Johnny Lindell
210. Ted Gray
211. Charlie Keller
212. Gerry Priddy
213. Carl Scheib
214. Dick Fowler
215. Ed Lopat
216. Bob Porterfield
217. Casey Stengel
218. Cliff Mapes
219. Hank Bauer
220. Leo Durocher
221. Don Mueller
222. Bobby Morgan
223. Jimmy Russell
224. Jack Banta
225. Eddie Sawyer
226. Jim Konstanty
227. Bob Miller
228. Bill Nicholson
229. Frank Frisch
230. Bill Serena
231. Perston Ward
232. Al "Flip" Rosen
233. Allie Clark
234. Bobby Shantz
235. Harold Gilbert
236. Bob Cain
237. Bill Salkeld
238. Vernal Jones
239. Bill Howerton
240. Eddie Lake
241. Neil Berry
242. Dick Kryhoski
243. Johnny Groth
244. Dale Coogan
245. Al Papai
246. Walt Dropo
247. Irv Noren
248. Sam Jethroe
249. George Stirnweiss
250. Ray Coleman
251. John Lester Moss
252. Virgil "Red" Stallcup
