1941 Double Play Chicago Cubs (R330)

The full cards measure 2 1/2" by 3 1/8". Fronts feature sepia-toned black and white photos of two different players from the same team, against a white background that also serves as the border. Below each picture is a short biography and statistical information, as well as the card number (each player has his own individual number). The cards are blank-backed.

They were produced by a Massachusetts-based company called Gum Products, Inc

There are 150 player pictures spread out over 75 cards. Cards numbered 1-79 and 101-150 are arranged horizontally and feature portrait shots, while 80-100 are arranged vertically with full-body action shots.

Cards that have been cut in half to form "singles" have a greatly reduced value. The player on the left has an odd number and the other player has an even number.

Cubs checklist

1941 Double Play #1 Larry French-Vance Page
1941 Double Play #3 Billy Herman-Stan Hack
1941 Double Play #97 Stan Hack-Bob Klinger
1941 Double Play #101 Dom Dallesandro-Augie Galanw
1941 Double Play #103 Bill Lee-Phil Cavarretta

2012 Topps Archives Chicago Cubs

Release Date: May 23, 2012

With many great autographs to collect plus plenty of insert and parallel cards this set and should be a big hit and this blogger is looking forward to May of 2012. I just hope that Banks Autographed Originals finds its way into the collection.

The 200-card base set will be divided into five 40-card subsets. Four of those will feature a variety of players, although mostly current stars, on cards meant to evoke one of four classic Topps designs: 1954, 1971, 1980 and 1984. The remaining 40 cards make up the short-printed All-Time Fan Favorites subset. Like the All-Time Fan Favorites sets of the middle part of the last decade

Base Set Checklist:

4 Matt Garza
42 Geovany Soto
124 Starlin Castro

Parallel Cards:

Gold

Inserts:

Autographed Originals:

These are actual vintage re-purchased Topps cards with an autograph & special stamping. Looks like a tuff one to get but I would love to have this card.
Ernie Banks #/5

Framed 1983 Mini Autographs:

I have many Sandberg autos but this card looks great and will be in collection.
83 Ryne Sandberg #/25

1977 Topps Cloth:

77C-SC Starlin Castro

Relics:

Adding 1 more Castro to the collection.
56R-SC-Starlin Castro

Topps Reprints Inserts:

I have a lot of these may not go after this insert but there again can’t get enough Cub cards.

Autographed Fan-Favorites Base:

This looks great definitely going to get these 2 cards.
FFA-DK-Dave Kingman
FFA-BBU-Bill Buckner

2012 Topps Starlin Castro Series I

Die-cut 2012 Topps Golden Moments cards are unlocked randomly with Golden Giveaway codes, which are available in 2012 Topps Series 1, Series 2 and Update Series packs. The cards direct collectors to a website where they enter their code and receive either a gold-themed card or a virtual coin that can be saved for prizes.

Series 2 Gold-Futures

Starling Castro has been one of Topps hottest cards lately this is his 2012 series 1 with more to come in series II

2012 Topps #167 Starlin Castro RB

2012 Topps #270A Starlin Castro

2012 Topps #270B Starlin Castro VAR SP

2012 Topps Black #270 Starlin Castro /61

2012 Topps Target Red Border #167 Starlin Castro RB

2012 Topps Wal Mart Blue Border #270 Starlin Castro

2012 Topps Golden Moments #167 Starlin Castro RB

2012 Topps Golden Moments #270 Starlin Castro

2012 Topps Golden Moments Relics #SC Starlin Castro

2012 Topps Gold Futures #GF7 Starlin Castro

2012 Topps Gold Futures Relics #SC Starlin Castro /50

2012 Topps Gold Futures Autographs #SC Starlin Castro /15

2012 Topps Golden Futures Autograph Relics #SC Starlin Castro /10

2012 Topps 1987 Topps Minis #TM47 Starlin Castro

2012 Topps Timeless Talents #TT22 Luis Aparicio Starlin Castro

2012 Topps Gold Rush Wrapper Redemption #44 Starlin Castro

2012 Topps Gold Rush Wrapper Redemption Autographs #44 Starlin Castro

2012 Topps Silk Collection #SC64 Starlin Castro /50

This is Ryno's Die Cast

2012 Chicago Cubs Projected Lineup

2012 Chicago Cubs Projected Lineup

I think the Cubs will be a .500 team this year and will improve with time. Hopefully Dale Sveum will get these guys to play some small ball with better defense and of course hustle, something are team has lacked for many years . Very excited about are new front office and over the next few years get some young hungry players and maybe a championship.

Player	POS	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
Alfonso Soriano	OF	458	61	23	69	4	242
Bryan LaHair	1B	380	59	12	60	0	.250
Darwin Barney	2B	485	53	2	53	6	.291
David DeJesus	OF	475	75	10	42	5	.265
Geovany Soto	C	435	61	18	57	0	.244
Ian Stewart	3B	475	59	16	55	11	.223
Marlon Byrd	OF	468	64	10	64	4	.282
Starlin Castro	SS	628	90	9	74	21	.304

2012 Chicago Cubs Projected Rotation

Player	IP	W	L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
Chris Volstad	170	8	9	4.29	1.42	114	54
Matt Garza	205	13	8	3.25	1.25	186	66
Paul Maholm	170	8	8	4.24	1.39	101	54
Randy Wells	160	8	8	4.28	1.38	105	53
Ryan Dempster	200	11	10	4.01	1.39	188	79

2012 Chicago Cubs Relievers

Player	IP	W	L	Saves	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
Carlos Marmol	70	3	3	35	3.34	1.31	101	47
Kerry Wood	55	2	2	0	3.76	1.31	62	25
Jeff Samardzija	75	3	3	0	4.44	1.4	70	45
James Russell	65	2	2	0	4.43	1.34	45	14
Scott Maine	45	2	2	0	5.2	1.76	35	26
Travis Wood	100	4	4	0	4.5	1.37	75	34
Rodrigo Lopez	80	3	3	0	4.61	1.46	45	23
Casey Coleman	60	2	2	0	4.65	1.68	48	31

2012 Chicago Cubs Bench Hitters

Player	POS	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
Anthony Rizzo	1B	250	34	12	37	4	.248
Reed Johnson	OF	250	27	4	30	2	.264
Tony Campana	OF	200	23	2	22	25	.295
Jeff Baker	1B	200	22	4	24	0	.265
Brett Jackson	OF	200	26	6	20	5	.250
Welington Castillo	C	150	15	4	16	0	.227

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection Kerry Wood

Each five-card pack will include three game-used memorabilia cards or one autograph and two game-used memorabilia cards. Many of the memorabilia cards in the product contain multi-swatch versions with some containing as many as eight game-used memorabilia swatches on one card. Every four-pack hobby box will contain a six and eight game-used memorabilia swatch card on average. Each five-card pack carries a suggested retail price of $49.99.

PRODUCT BREAKDOWN:

Regular Cards

Base Set -100 Cards
Ballpark Rookie Autographs (1 per Box, on average)
Ballpark Dual Memorabilia Card (1 per pack, on average)
Ballpark Quad Memorabilia Card(1 per pack, on average)
Ballpark Six Swatch Memorabilia Card (1 per Box, on average)
Ballpark Eight Swatch Memorabilia Card (1 per Box, on average)

Autograph Cards (1 per box, on average)

Ballpark Autographed Memorabilia Card
Ballpark Dual Autographed Memorabilia Card
Signs of History Presidential Cut Signatures

Memorabilia Cards

Ballpark MLB Logo Patch (Varied #’d)
Ballpark MLB Jersey Tag (Varied #’d)
Ballpark MLB Jersey Button (Varied #’d)

The Kerry Wood Collection

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection #171 Kerry Wood

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection #197 Kerry Wood

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection #265 Kerry Wood

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection #267 Kerry Wood

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection #276 Kerry Wood

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection #296 Kerry Wood

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection #311 Kerry Wood

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection #321 Kerry Wood

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection Jersey Autographs #91 Kerry Wood

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection Jersey Buttons #91 Kerry Wood 5

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection Jersey Laundry Tag #91 Kerry Wood 15

Not in Collection

2008 Upper Deck Ballpark Collection Jersey MLB Logo #91 Kerry Wood 5

1992 Pinnacle Chicago Cubs

The Pinnacle was a brand made by the Score Company and marked their entrance into the high-end card market. Pinnacle had a short-lived run with only 7 sets (1992–1998).

These cards feature black borders on the front surrounded by a white frame with a full-color photo inside. The players' names and teams are located along the bottom. The players' positions and the Pinnacle logo can be found along the top border. The backs are horizontal and feature a close-up photo along with stats, a team logo, and biographical information.

The 1992 Pinnacle baseball card set consisted of 620 baseball cards that measured 2-1/2" by 3-1/2". An anti-counterfeit device appears at the bottom border of each card back. A special ribbed plastic lenticular detector card was made available that allowed the user to view the anti-counterfeit device and unscramble the coding with the word "Pinnacle" appearing.

 

Subsets

92 Rookie Prospects (52, 55, 168, 247-261, 263-280)
Idols (281-286/584-591)
Sidelines (287-294/592-596)
Draft Picks (295-304)
Shades (305-310/601-605)
Grips (606-612
Technicians (614-620)

Cubs checklist

10 Ryne Sandberg
37 George Bell
65 Greg Maddux
94 Dave Smith
115 Andre Dawson
136 Mark Grace
160 Doug Dascenzo
197 Mike Harkey
224 Jerome Walton
244 Shawon Dunston
269 Gary Scott
272 Lance Dickson
293 Dwight Smith Sidelines
329 Chuck McElroy
372 Luis Salazar
414 Mike Morgan
419 Hector Villaneuva
457 Danny Jackson
466 Paul Assenmacher
498 Joe Girardi
504 Frank Castillo
527 Shawn Boskie
534 Derrick May
550 Rey Sanchez RC
608 Greg Maddux GRIP
617 Ryne Sandberg Tech

Rookies

This 30-card boxed set features top rookies of the 1992 season, with at least one player from each team. A total of 180,000 sets were produced.

Slugfest

This 15-card set highlights the games top sluggers.

Rookie Idols

This 18-card insert set is a spin-off on the Idols subset featured in the regular series. The cards were randomly inserted in Series II. The set features full-bleed color photos of 18 rookies along with their pick of sports figures or other individuals who had the greatest impact on their careers. The fronts carry a close-up photo of the rookie superimposed on an action game shot of his idol.

Team Pinnacle

This 12-card, double-sided insert set features the National League and American League All-Star team as selected by Pinnacle. The standard-size cards were randomly inserted in Series I packs. The cards feature illustrations by sports artist Chris Greco with the National League All-Star on one side and the corresponding American League All-Star by position on the other. The words "Team Pinnacle" are printed vertically down the left side of the card in red for American League on one side and blue for National League on the other.

Team 2000

This 80-card standard-size set focuses on young players who were projected to be stars in the year 2000. Cards 1-40 were inserted in Series 1 jumbo packs while cards 41-80 were featured in Series 2 jumbo packs. The insertion rate was three per jumbo pack in either series.