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Specs
Year: 1959
Title: Oklahoma Today Major Leaguers
Size: 1-11/16″ by 2-3/4″
Number in Set: 20
Overview
The 20 cards of baseball players, past and present, from Oklahoma, were printed on the back cover of the Summer 1959 Issue of Oklahoma Today magazine.
The front of the cards feature black and white player images against color backgrounds, of which eight are green, eight are gold, and four are light blue, within a thin black border. Each card was supposed to be cut out by hand, with the printed perforation lines guiding the collector. Under the player’s photo is their name in red capital letters within a white panel.
The backs are unnumbered and show the player’s name, position, team, and league.
PSA has graded 281 cards from this set (64 of those being Mickey Mantle’s card).
Example
Key Cards
The key cards are Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Warren Spahn.
A high-grade Mickey Mantle, PSA 8+, is now a $5k+ card.
Checklist
Jerry Adair
Harry Brecheen
Johnny Callison
Alvin Dark
Dizzy Dean
Don Demeter
Paul Dean
Carl Hubbell
Mickey Mantle
Pepper Martin
Lindy McDaniel
Von McDaniel
Cal McLish
Dale Mitchell
Allie Reynolds
Warren Spahn
Tom Sturdivant
Jerry Walker
Lloyd Waner
Paul Waner