1940 Play Ball Card Set Guide
Set Description
The 1940 Play Ball set continued with the black and white images first seen in the 1939 set. The Play Ball lineup increased to 240 total cards. This year the photographs were printed with a border around the outside which contained the players name and a baseball glove and bat. The backs of the cards are very similar to the 1939 set. To infuse the set with more talent, Play Ball decided to include many retired Hall of Famers from the dead ball era. Along Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, and Hank Greenberg, Play Ball printed cards of Joe Jackson, Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson (to name a few). Interestingly Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig were not included. The "high number" cards (#181-240) are more difficult to obtain than the lower number cards.
Set Information
Manufacturer: Play Ball
Year: 1940
Cards in Set: 240
Card Size: 2-1/2" x 3-1/8"
Series
Series 1: 1-180
Series 2: 181-240
Notes
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Cards from series 2 (#181-240) are more scare and valuable than series 1 cards (including commons)
Errors and Variations
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No significant errors/variations
Key Rookie Cards
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None
Key Cards/Hall of Famers
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Joe DiMaggio (#1)
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Ted Williams (#27)
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Hank Greenberg (#40)
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Charlie Gehringer (#41)
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Mel Ott (#88)
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Grover Alexander (#119)
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Walter Johnson (#120)
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Connie Mack (#132)
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Jimmie Foxx (#133)
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Honus Wagner (#168)
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Tris Speaker (#170)
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Christy Mathewson (#175)
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Joe Jackson (#225)
Subsets
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None
1940 Play Ball Baseball Checklist
1 Joe DiMaggio
2 Art Jorgens
3 Babe Dahlgren
4 Tommy Henrich
5 Monte Pearson
6 Lefty Gomez
7 Bill Dickey
8 George Selkirk
9 Charlie Keller
10 Red Ruffing
11 Jake Powell
12 Johnny Schulte
13 Jack Knott
14 Eric McNair
15 George Case
16 Cecil Travis
17 Buddy Myer
18 Charlie Gelbert
19 Ken Chase
20 Buddy Lewis
21 Rick Ferrell
22 Sam West
23 Dutch Leonard
24 Frankie Hayes
25 Bob Johnson
26 Wally Moses
27 Ted Williams
28 Gene Desautels
29 Doc Cramer
30 Moe Berg
31 Jack Wilson
32 Jim Bagby
33 Fritz Ostermueller
34 John Peacock
35 Joe Heving
36 Jim Tabor
37 Emerson Dickman
38 Bobby Doerr
39 Tom Carey
40 Hank Greenberg
41 Charlie Gehringer
42 Bud Thomas
43 Pete Fox
44 Dizzy Trout
45 Red Kress
46 Earl Averill
47 Ossie Vitt RC
48 Luke Sewell
49 Roy Weatherly
50 Hal Trosky
51 Don Heffner
52 Myril Hoag
53 George McQuinn
54 Bill Trotter
55 Slick Coffman
56 Eddie Miller RC
57 Max West
58 Bill Posedel
59 Rabbit Warstler
60 Johnny Cooney
61 Tony Cuccinello
62 Buddy Hassett
63 Pete Cascarart
64 Van Mungo
65 Freddie Fitzsimmons
66 Babe Phelps
67 Whit Wyatt
68 Dolph Camilli
69 Cookie Lavagetto
70 Luke Hamlin
71 Mel Almada
72 Chuck Dressen RC
73 Bucky Walters
74 Duke Derringer
75 Buck McCormick
76 Lonny Frey
77 Bill Hershberger
78 Lew Riggs
79 Harry Craft
80 Bill Myers
81 Wally Berger
82 Hank Gowdy
83 Cliff Melton
84 Jo-Jo Moore
85 Hal Schumacher
86 Harry Gumbert
87 Carl Hubbell
88 Mel Ott
89 Billy Jurges
90 Frank Demaree
91 Bob Seeds
92 Burgess Whitehead
93 Harry Danning
94 Gus Suhr
95 Hugh Mulcahy
96 Heinie Mueller
97 Morrie Arnovich
98 Pinky May
99 Syl Johnson
100 Hersh Martin
101 Del Young
102 Chuck Klein
103 Elbie Fletcher
104 Paul Waner
105 Lloyd Waner
106 Pep Young
107 Arky Vaughan
108 Johnny Rizzo
109 Don Padgett
110 Tom Sunkel
111 Mickey Owen
112 Jimmy Brown
113 Mort Cooper
114 Lon Warneke
115 Mike Gonzales
116 Al Schacht
117 Dolly Stark
118 Waite Hoyt
119 Ol Pete Alexander
120 Walter Johnson
121 Atley Donald RC
122 Sandy Sundra RC
123 Oral Hildebrand
124 Earle Combs
125 Art Fletcher RC
126 Moose Solters
127 Muddy Ruel
128 Pete Appleton
129 Bucky Harris RC
130 Clyde Milan RC
131 Zeke Bonura
132 Connie Mack RC
133 Jimmie Foxx
134 Joe Cronin
135 Lynn Nelson
136 Cotton Pippen
137 Bing Miller
138 Beau Bell
139 Elden Auker
140 Dick Coffman
141 Casey Stengel RC
142 George Kelly RC
143 Gene Moore
144 Joe Vosmik
145 Vito Tamulis
146 Tot Pressnell
147 Johnny Hudson
148 Hugh Casey
149 Milburn Shoffner
150 Whitey Moore
151 Eddie Joost
152 Jimmie Wilson
153 Bill McKechnie RC
154 Jumbo Brown
155 Ray Hayworth
156 Daffy Dean
157 Lou Chiozza
158 Stonewall Jackson
159 Pancho Snyder RC
160 Hans Lobert
161 Debs Garms
162 Joe Bowman
163 Spud Davis
164 Ray Berres
165 Bob Klinger
166 Bill Brubaker
167 Frankie Frisch
168 Honus Wagner
169 Gabby Street
170 Tris Speaker
171 Harry Heilmann
172 Chief Bender
173 Nap Lajoie
174 Johnny Evers
175 Christy Mathewson
176 Heinie Manush
177 Frank Baker
178 Max Carey
179 George Sisler
180 Mickey Cochrane
181 Spud Chandler RC
182 Bill Knickerbocker RC
183 Marvin Breuer RC
184 Mule Haas
185 Joe Kuhel
186 Taft Wright RC
187 Jimmie Dykes
188 Joe Krakauskas RC
189 Jimmy Bloodworth RC
190 Charlie Berry
191 Johnny Babich RC
192 Dick Seibert RC
193 Chubby Dean RC
194 Sam Chapman RC
195 Dee Miles RC
196 Nonny Nonnenkamp RC
197 Lou Finney RC
198 Denny Galehouse RC
199 Pinky Higgins
200 Soupy Campbell RC
201 Barney McCosky RC
202 Al Milnar RC
203 Odell Hale RC
204 Harry Eisenstat RC
205 Rollie Hemsley RC
206 Chet Laabs RC
207 Gus Mancuso
208 Lee Gamble RC
209 Hy Vandenberg RC
210 Bill Lohrman RC
211 Pop Joiner RC
212 Babe Young RC
213 John Rucker RC
214 Ken O'Dea RC
215 Johnny McCarthy RC
216 Joe Marty RC
217 Walter Beck
218 Wally Millies RC
219 Russ Bauers RC
220 Mace Brown RC
221 Lee Handley RC
222 Max Butcher RC
223 Hughie Jennings
224 Pie Traynor
225 Shoeless Joe Jackson
226 Harry Hooper
227 Jesse Haines
228 Charlie Grimm
229 Buck Herzog
230 Red Faber
231 Dolf Luque
232 Goose Goslin
233 George Earnshaw
234 Frank Chance
235 John J. McGraw
236 Jim Bottomley
237 Willie Keeler
238 Tony Lazzeri
239 George Uhle
240 Bill Atwood RC