Dave Fallen, his self

Welcome to Dave Fallen's OBC page!

Folded, taped, spindled, & mutilated cards welcome!
All these things only go to show that someone onced loved these cards enough to actually use them.

T206 (Click here for list)
Count = 377
(ALSO WANTED, any error cards -- overprints, ghosts, name at top, etc.)

Zeenuts: I am collecting Seattle players (want list):  
(NOTE:  any Zeenut is welcome, but I'm not trying to collect them all!)
1919:  Bigbee, Bowman, Compton, Mails, Mains, Wilhoit
1920: Adams, Baldwin, Bohne, Brenton, Gardner, Hartford, Kenworthy, Kopp, Murphy, Nixon, Rheinhart, Schorr, Siebold, Wares, Zamlock
1921:  Adams, Bates, Cunningham, Daley, Demaree, Francis, Gardner, Geary, Jacobs, Lane,  Murphy, Oldring, Shorr, Spencer, Stumph
1922:  Burger, Connolly, Cueto, Dailey, Gardner, Henke, Jacobs, Kelly Lane, May, Murphy, Richardson, Schulte, Spencer, Westersil
1923:  Barney, Crane, Eldred, Jacobs, Lane, Orr, Plummer, Ritchie, Tobin, Williams
1924:  E. Baldwin,  T. Baldwin, Killifer, Osborne, Welsh, Williams
1925:  E. Baldwin, Crane, Emmer, Herman, Pailey
1926:  T. Baldwin, Boyd, Brady, Cutshaw, Eldred, Elliott, Ellsworth, Hasty, Hufft, Jenkins, Killifer, Plummer, Ramsey, Sherlock
1927:  Ballenger, Brady, Callaghan, Eldred, Hufft, Killifer, Peters
1928:  Eldred, Ellsworth, Graham (S on uniform), House,  Knight, Middleton, Ruble, Sunseri
1929:  Almada, Hood, Muller, Olney, Steinecke, Taylor
1930:  Cox, Fisch, Holland, House, Kallio, Knothe, Lamanski, Muller, Olney, Pipgrass, Taylor, Wilson
1931:  COMPLETE
1932:  COMPLETE
1933 (Sepia):  Bottarini
1933-36 B&W:  Biongovanni, Coscarat, Haid, E. Kelly, Muller, Page, Radonitz
1937-38:  Gabrielson, Leishman, Muller, Ulrich

Obak: I am collecting Seattle players (want list):
1910:  Complete! (16 players)
1911:   Complete! (12 players)

1956 Topps (want list):
020 030 181 251

1962 Topps (want list): see variations note following listing
010 394 395 425 471 523 527 530 
544 545 546 557 570 576 584 585
591 592 594 596 598
VARIATIONS NEEDED (using the designations in the 1998 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards):
If a card with variations is listed above, then I need any variation.
458A = Bob Buhl "M" on cap 

1961 Post (want list):
21 22 23 24 36 49 58 60 65 68 69 71 72 73 74 81 83 84 93 94 104 105
106 115 129 131 132 135 142 144 147 171 174 183

1963 Post (want list):
 6 10 (light pole) 13 16 17 18 21 24 28a (lifetime ave. is 278) 30 36b 37
38 39 48 49 50 53 61 69 70 71 80 86 87 89 98 100
101 106 108 112 114 118 119 121 124b 126 128 129
131a 131b 132  135 138 140 141 143 146 152 155
160 162 163 165 167(no astrisk before trade line) 172 173 174 176 181
182 185 187 188 194 195 196 197 199 200

1960 Leaf (want list):   New set Jan 2019 - started by Chuck Salek
1 27 29 38 41 47 52 54 63 70 72 73
74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 106 107 108 110 111 112 113 114
116 117 118 119 120121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130
131 132 134 135 136 137 138 139 141 143 144

SEATTLE RAINIERS CARDS (tough stuff!):

Centennial Flour Seattle Rainiers
1943:  Set complete
1944:  Set complete
1945:  Set complete   Upgrade:  Briskey (crayon marks), Gill (badly trimmed)
1947:  Set complete

Seattle Popcorn (I love these cards!):  LINK to WANT list

1933 Wheaties Seattle Indians (want list - I need any, these are the ones I know about):
George Burns, Joe Coscarart, Leo Lassen, Bill Radonits, "Junk" Walters 

1937 Imperial Candy Seattle Indians (uncataloged) (want list - I need any, these are the ones I know about):
SPENCER ABBOTT  MANAGER , Dick Barret  Pitcher, Johnny Bassler  Manager-Catcher,
JOHNNY BASSLER  CATCHER, Clyde Beck  Utility, "Doc" Crandall  Coach,
Jerry Donovan  Outfielder, Eddie Fernandes  Catcher, Paul Gregory  Pitcher,
Dick Gyselman  Third Base, Berly Horne  Pitcher, Mike Hunt  Outfielder,
Bill Lawrence  Outfielder, Levi Mccormick  Outfielder, Herman Michael  First Base,
EDDIE MONTAGUE  UTILITY, Freddie Muller  Second Base, Don Osborn  Pitcher,
Clarence Pickrel  Pitcher, Harlin Pool  Outfielder, John Smith  Pitcher, Hal Spindel  Catcher,
Alan Strange  Shortstop, Bill Thomas  Pitcher, Hollis Thurston  Pitcher, Hal Turpin  Pitcher,
DUTCH ULRICH  PITCHER 
Note:  Listed by name and caption on the card.  Names in upper case were not listed on
the original factory checklist.  Information taken from Mark Macrae's  article in the
Jan/Feb 1996 issue of The Vintage & Classic Baseball Collector

1947 Signal Gasoline Seattle Rainiers (want list):
Jonas, Scharein

1949 Bowman PCL (Rainiers) Set Complete

1957 Hygrade Meats Seattle Rainiers (want list):
Dyck, Fricano, Glynn, Jansen, Kennedy, Lohrke, Mauro, Munger, O'Doul, Orteig, Vanni, Wills

1960 Henry House Wieners Seattle Rainiers (want list - I need any, these are the ones I know about):
Malmberg, Obregon, O'Brien, Coleman, Hain, Sisler, Zimmerman, Bevan, Regaldo, Pettit, Gilbert, Palica, Taylor, Stenhouse, Ripplemeyer, Beamon, Rudolph

1963 Milwaukee Sausage Seattle Rainiers (want list):
Hall, Harrell, Parnell, Singleton, Skeen, Paul Smith, Pete Smith, Spanswick, Spencer

OTHER PCL CARDS:

1953 Mother's Cookies (want list):
7 9 20 40 55 59

1960 National Bank of Washington Tacoma Giants (want list):
Alvarez,, Choate, Davis, Farley,, Haller, Jones, Marichal, Monzant, Perry
Phillips, Prescott, Renfroe, Reveira, Taormina, Tiefenhaler, Zanni

1961 National Bank of Washington Tacoma Giants (want list):
Alomar, Bowman, Byerly, Garrido, Goetz, Hain, Herbei, Lovenguth
Tiefenhaler, Zanni

1961 Union Oil (want list):
    Hawaii:         Jablonski, Prescott, Small, Smith
    Spokane:      Conde, Giallombardo, Gomez, Harwell

THE "1944 COLLECTION"  Needs Updating!
I was born in 1944 (World War 2) when no MLB cards were issued.  So, unlike
most OBC'ers I cannot collect my birth year set.  Therefore, I compensate by
collecting anything remotely related to 1944 and baseball.  Here is what I need, or have:

    Any card #44 (Steve Rittenberg got me started on this). 

  1944 NY Yankee Stamps (Need: Bonham, Borowy,  Byrne, Chandler, Combs, Dickey,   Hemsley, Johnson,  McCarthy, Murphy, O'Dougherty )   

TOPPS any #44 (WANT)
    1961 (HR Leaders)

    BOWMAN any #44 (WANT)
    1949 Dave Philley
    1952 Roy Campanella
    1953 Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle

    KELLOGS any #44 (WANT)
    1970 Lew Brock
    1971 Al Kaline
    1973 Dave Kingman
    1975 Jim Hunter (New York)
    1977 Jim Reme
    1978 Steve Ontiveros

    O-PEE-CHEE any #44 (WANT)
    1968
    1974
    1976
    1978

   Canadian POST any year #44 (WANT)

    Jello any year #44 (WANT)

    VINTAGE CARDS (HAVE LIST) -- I welcome any other vintage hits.   
    Goudey #44 1933
    Batter-Up #44 1934-36
    1944 Centennial Flour Seattle Rainiers (set complete)
    1944 Grand Studio Milwaukee Brewers (Julio Acosta)
    1959 Fleer Ted Williams #22 #23 (have 1944 date on front)
    Fleer #44 1960, 1961-62
    Leaf #44 1960 

    ODDBALL (HAVE LIST)
    1963 #44 Fun Cards By Gad
    1967Laughlin World Series 1944 card
    1971 Fleer World Series 1944 card
   1977 #44 Hostess
   1977 #44 Topps Cloth Sticker
    1980 Fleer World Series/Team Logo Sticker 1944 card
    1980 TCMA Baseball Immortals (1944 Judge Landis)
    1982 #44 Kmart (Pete Rose)
    1986 #44 Larry Frisch Negro League Baseball Stars (Buster Clarkson)
    1991 #44 Conlon (Tris Speaker)
    1991 #44 Comic Images The National Pastime (vintage Shredded Wheat Ad)
    1944 Play Ball set (printed 1983) - have entire set
    2004 Topps World Series Program Cover (1944)

    NONSPORTS (HAVE LIST)
    1964 #44 Topps John F. Kennedy
    1965 #44 Freddie and the Dreamers
    1967 #44 Monkees
    1969 #44 Planet of the Apes 
    OTHER ITEMS (HAVE LIST)
    Photo postcard of the infield for the 1944 Browns
    Team photo of the 1944 Seattle Rainiers
    A book "1944 Major League Baseball - Facts, Figures, and Official Rules"
    1944 Seattle Rainiers Roster (Schedule)
    1944 Seattle Rainiers Game Program

    SERIAL NUMBERED CARDS (e.g., 1944/2500)
    I have (way more than 17) of these and they are quite fun.  Any hits are welcome!

Other Stuff:
Just for laughs . . .
"New" 1956 Topps!
Nonsports Cards Want List

Last Updated on 4/12/2024
Email: david.fallen@comcast.net