1955 bowman complete through 160!

it's been a while since i added any cards to my 1955 bowman set build, but i can still provide an update post as i have a few complete sheets that you haven't seen yet!

sheet 18, cards 137 through 144

the shantz brothers provide the highlight of the page, with bowman's followup to the 1954 topps o'brien brothers card. unlike topps, however, bowman gave each brother an individual card, too. bobby's card is right next to the duo's card in the set, with billy's is coming up later in the set.

here are the backs:

the backs of both shantz cards address bobby's injuries that limited his time following his mvp performance in 1952.

brooklyn dodger don newcombe is on that page as well, and the well loved card you see above was actually in my dodger collection until a few months ago. for this project i picked up another one of newk's 1955 bowman cards

which turned out to be an upgrade, so i put it in the dodger collection and moved the other one to the set. maybe i have it backwards, but that's what i did.

sheet 19, cards 145 through 152

here are the backs:

not a lot of star power on that page, but the backs have some fun information. both bob nieman and sam mele count their biggest baseball thrill as hitting the first home run of their career - in nieman's case he hit one in each of his first two big league at bats! and how lucky was mele to get his home run ball back from the fan in exchange for a new ball? today that would have cost him at least a signed ted williams bat.

sheet 20, cards 153 through 160

a couple of yankees and a couple of dodgers, but they are not side by side as teammates. gil hodges looks annoyed at the creases in his card. sorry gil.

here are the backs:

this page also gives us the corrected version of ernie johnson's card, with the photo on the front matching the player on the back. note that johnson gives another vote to stan musial as the best hitter he's seen (bill klaus on the previous page voted for his teammate ted williams).

here's a look at the ernie johnson error card

that's don johnson of the orioles. here's the back of the error card

which is the same as the correct card.

back to gil hodges, his card status is the same as newcombe's. i found a card in better condition for the set and wound up putting it in the dodger collection instead.

no more creases, gil!

so there you have it. as of now, i've shared exactly half of the set! however, i am further along than that as i need just 47 cards to have all 320. stay tuned!