1914 Cracker Jack Baseball Card Guide

Set Description

If ever a product needed to produce baseball cards it had to be Cracker Jacks. In 1908 the famous "Take me out to the ball game" song came out and of course mentions "Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks". Well the first issue of cards from Cracker Jacks definitely did not disappoint. The set consists of 144 different cards all of which were inserted into boxes of Cracker Jacks. Because of this it is not uncommon to see caramel stains on the cards. Each card, printed on thin stock paper, consists of a tinted color image of the front with a bright red background. Above the image "Cracker Jack ball players" is listed. Below the image is the player's last name and team. The back contains a player biography and advertisement. Because these cards could only be obtained by buying a box of the product, high grade examples are extremely rare given that they were exposed to the candy. This set is loaded with hall of famers but is headlined by the highly desirable Joe Jackson card as well as Ty Cobb. 1914 was also the only year of the the "horizontal pitching" image of Christy Mathewson. In 1915, Cracker Jack released another set, this time with 176 different cards. The majority of the 1914 images were re-used, with several exceptions including the 1914 horizontal Mathewson, which was replaced by a portrait pose. Since there is no 1915 alternative, it is extremely sought after and valuable.

Set Information

Manufacturer: Cracker Jack

Year: 1914

Cards in Set: 144

Card Size: 2-1/4" x 3"

Series

Series 1: 1-144

Notes

The set is printed on very thin paper stock
Caramel stains are common
The easiest way to differentiate 1914 vs 1915 is the backs on the 1915 cards are upside down

Errors and Variations

Roger Bresnaham (#17) comes in 2 variations. 1 has no number on the back while the other does contain the number. No number is rarer and more valuable

Key Rookie Cards

none

Key Cards/Hall of Famers

Frank Baker (#2)
Joe Tinker (#3)
Eddie Plank (#6)
Eddie Collins (#7)
Connie Mack (#12)
Sam Crawford (#14)
Johnny Evers (#18)
Ty Cobb (#30)
Mordecai Brown (#32)
Grover Alexander(#37)
Walter Johnson (#57)
Tris Speaker (#65)
Nap Lajoie (#66)
Honus Wagner (#68)
Christy Mathewson (#88)
Frank Chance (#99)
Joe Jackson (#103)

Subsets

None

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1914 Crack Jack Baseball Checklist

1 Otto Knabe
2 Frank Baker
3 Joe Tinker
4 Larry Doyle
5 Ward Miller
6 Eddie Plank
7 Eddie Collins
8 Rube Oldring
9 Artie Hoffman
10 Stuffy McInnis
11 George Stovall
12 Connie Mack
13 Art Wilson
14 Sam Crawford
15 Reb Russell
16 Howie Camnitz
17 Roger Bresnahan
18 Johnny Evers
19 Chief Bender
20 Cy Falkenberg
21 Heinie Zimmerman
22 Joe Wood
23 Charles Comiskey
24 George Mullen
25 Michael Simon
26 Jim Scott
27 Bill Carrigan
28 Jack Barry
29 Vean Gregg
30 Ty Cobb
31 Heinie Wagner
32 Mordecai Brown
33 Amos Strunk
34 Ira Thomas
35 Harry Hooper
36 Ed Walsh
37 Grover Cleveland Alexander
38 Red Dooin
39 Chick Gandil
40 Jimmy Austin
41 Tommy Leach
42 Al Bridwell
43 Rube Marquard
44 Charles Tesreau
45 Fred Luderus
46 Bob Groom
47 Josh Devore
48 Harry Lord
49 John Miller
50 John Hummel
51 Nap Rucker
52 Zack Wheat
53 Otto Miller
54 Marty O'Toole
55 Dick Hoblitzell
56 Clyde Milan
57 Walter Johnson
58 Wally Schang
59 Harry Gessler
60 Rollie Zeider
61 Ray Schalk
62 Jay Cashion
63 Babe Adams
64 Jimmy Archer
65 Tris Speaker
66 Nap Lajoie
67 Otis Crandall
68 Honus Wagner
69 John McGraw
70 Fred Clarke
71 Chief Meyers
72 John Boehling

73 Max Carey
74 Frank Owens
75 Miller Huggins
76 Claude Hendrix
77 Hughie Jennings
78 Fred Merkle
79 Ping Bodie
80 Ed Ruelbach
81 Jim Delehanty
82 Gavvy Cravath
83 Russ Ford
84 Elmer E. Knetzer
85 Buck Herzog
86 Burt Shotton
87 Hick Cady
88 Christy Mathewson
89 Lawrence Cheney
90 Frank Smith
91 Roger Peckinpaugh
92 Al Demaree
93 Del Pratt
94 Eddie Cicotte
95 Ray Keating
96 Beals Becker
97 Rube Benton
98 Frank LaPorte
99 Frank Chance
100 Thomas Seaton
101 Frank Schulte
102 Ray Fisher
103 Shoeless Joe Jackson
104 Vic Saier
105 Jimmy Lavender
106 Joe Birmingham
107 Tom Downey
108 Sherry Magee
109 Fred Blanding
110 Bob Bescher
111 Jim Callahan
112 Ed Sweeney
113 George Suggs
114 George Moriarty
115 Addison Brennan
116 Rollie Zeider
117 Ted Easterly
118 Ed Konetchy
119 George Perring
120 Mickey Doolan
121 Hub Perdue
122 Owen Bush
123 Slim Sallee
124 Earl Moore
125 Bert Niehoff
126 Walter Blair
127 Butch Schmidt
128 Steve Evans
129 Ray Caldwell
130 Ivey Wingo
131 George Baumgardner
132 Les Nunamaker
133 Branch Rickey
134 Armando Marsans
135 Bill Killefer
136 Rabbit Maranville
137 William Rariden
138 Hank Gowdy
139 Rebel Oakes
140 Danny Murphy
141 Cy Barger
142 Eugene Packard
143 Jake Daubert
144 James C. Walsh