1949 Bowman baseball cards were released over seven series with a final checklist coming in at 240 cards. Card #4 and #73 were swapped and released in Series 3 and Series 1 respectively as a sales gimmick to give the illusion that #4 was exceptionally rare. Name plates on the front of the card didn’t begin until Series 4 but cards #4, 83, 85, 88, and 98 — all of which predate Series 4 — have versions with and without the name plate.
The checklist is loaded with rookies including Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, and Satchel Paige.
1949 Bowman Baseball Checklist
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9 Ferris Fain 25 Carl Scheib RC 41 Lou Brissie RC 55 Eddie Joost 66 Elmer Valo RC 80 Bill McCahan 96 Taft Wright 112 Sam Chapman 127 Henry “Heeney” Majeski RC 138 Warren “Buddy” Rosar 155 Fermin “Mickey” Guerra RC 171 Dick Fowler RC 187 Phil Mahildon RC 203 Barney McCosky 222 Alex Kellner RC
1 Vernon Bickford RC 17 Earl Torgeson RC 33 Warren Spahn 47 Johnny Sain 58 Bob Elliott 67 Alvin Dark RC 72 Tommy Holmes RC 88 Bill Salkeld RC 104 Ed Stanky RC 153 Phil Masi RC 169 Jeff Heath RC 185 Pete Reiser 201 Sibby Sisti RC 213 Charles “Red” Barrett RC 235 Jim Russell RC 239 Frank McCormick
4 Jerry Priddy RC 15 Ned Garver RC 31 Dick Kokos RC 89 Mizell “Whitie” Platt RC 105 Bill Kennedy RC 120 Cliff Fannin RC 131 Paul Lehner RC 139 Hank “Bow-Wow” Arft RC 143 Bob Dillinger RC 156 Al “Zeke” Zarilla RC 172 Eddie Pellagrini RC 188 Karl Drews RC 204 Bob Savage RC
24 Stan Musial 40 George “Red” Munger RC 54 Marty “Slats” Marion 65 Enos “Country” Slaughter 79 Ron Northey RC 95 Howie Pollet RC 111 Al “Red” Schoendienst 126 Al Brazle RC 137 Ted Wilks RC 158 Harry “The Cat” Brecheen RC 174 Terry Moore RC 190 Jim Hearn RC
6 Phil Cavarretta RC 22 Harry “P-Nuts” Lowrey RC 38 Emil “The Antelope” Verban 52 Johnny Schmitz RC 63 Andy Pafko RC 83 Bob Scheffing RC 99 Frank Gustine RC 115 Emil “Dutch” Leonard 130 Harry “The Hat” Walker RC 152 Clarence Maddern RC 168 Doyle Lade RC 184 Bob Chipman RC 200 Jess Dobernic RC 212 Ralph Hamner RC
20 Gene Hermanski RC 36 Harold “Peewee” Reese 50 Jackie Robinson RC 61 Rex Barney 70 Carl Furillo RC 73 Billy Cox RC 84 Roy Campanella RC 100 Gil Hodges RC 116 Joe Hatten RC 146 Myron “Mike” McCormick RC 162 Elwin “Preacher” Roe RC 178 Tommy Brown RC 194 Ralph Branca RC 206 Bruce Edwards 226 Edwin “Duke” Snider RC
2 Carroll “Whitey” Lockman 18 Bobby Thomson 34 Dave Koslo 48 Willard Marshall 59 Jack “Lucky” Lohrke 68 Sheldon “Available” Jones 85 Johnny “Big John” Mize 101 Sid Gordon 117 Walker Cooper 154 Clint Hartung 170 Bill Rigney 186 John “Buddy” Kerr 202 Larry Jansen 220 Johnny McCarthy 223 Bob Hofman RC 230 Augie Galan 237 Monte Kennedy RC
11 Lou Boudreau RC 27 Bob Feller 43 Dale Mitchell RC 57 Gene Bearden RC 78 Sam Zoldak RC 94 James “Mickey” Vernon RC 110 Early Wynn RC 125 Ken Keltner RC 136 Henry “Hank” Edwards RC 150 Alfred “Allie” Clark RC 166 Mike Tresh RC 182 Hal Peck RC 198 Steve Gromek RC 210 Joe “Flash” Gordon RC 224 Leroy “Satchel” Paige RC 233 Larry Doby RC 238 Bob Lemon RC
14 Curt Simmons RC 30 Andy Seminick RC 46 Robin Roberts RC 76 Bill Nicholson RC 92 Willie “Puddin-Head” Jones RC 108 Ken Heintzelman RC 123 Johnny Blatnik RC 134 Hank Borowy RC 142 Eddie Waitkus RC 145 Sylvester “Blix” Donnelly RC 161 John “Jocko” Thompson RC 177 Stan Lopata RC 193 Ken Trinkle RC 205 Dick Sisler RC 214 Richie Ashburn RC 216 Lynwood “Schoolboy” Rowe 228 Jackie Mayo RC
8 Murry Dickson RC 13 Bob Chesnes RC 29 Ralph Kiner 45 Wally Westlake RC 77 Ernie “Jumbo & Tiny” Bonham RC 93 Ed Stevens RC 109 Ed Fitz Gerald RC 124 Danny Murtaugh RC 135 Stan “Happy Rabbit” Rojek RC 147 Elmer “Bert” Singleton RC 163 Clyde McCullough RC 179 Hugh Casey 195 Eddie Bockman RC 207 Johnny “Hippity” Hopp RC 215 Kirby Higbe 221 Bob Muncrief RC 227 Fritz Ostermueller 234 Truett “Rip” Sewell RC
7 Joe Dobson RC 23 Bobby Doerr 39 Bill Goodman RC 53 Jack Kramer RC 64 Dom DiMaggio 71 Vern “Junior” Stephens RC 86 Johnny Pesky RC 102 Stan Spence RC 118 Sam Mele RC 151 Maurice “Mickey” Harris RC 167 Boris “Babe” Martin RC 183 Lou Stringer RC 199 Cecil “Tex” Hughson RC 211 Dave “Boo” Ferriss RC 231 Earl Johnson RC
5 Hank Sauer 21 Frank Baumholtz RC 37 John Wyrostek 51 Herman Wehmeier 62 Grady Hatton RC 81 Virgil “Red” Stallcup RC 97 Danny Litwhiler RC 113 Ray Lamanno RC 128 Johnny Vander Meer 160 Jim Blackburn RC 176 Ken Raffensberger RC 192 Harry Gumbert
16 Al Kozar RC 32 Eddie Yost RC 74 Tom McBride RC 90 Gil Coan RC 106 Jake Early RC 121 Mark Christman RC 132 Al Evans RC 140 Rae Scarborough RC 144 Milton “Mickey” Haefner RC 157 Walt Masterson RC 173 Eddie Stewart RC 189 Earl Wooten RC
10 Ted Gray RC 26 George Kell RC 42 Walter “Hoot” Evers RC 56 Pat Mullin RC 75 Eddie Mayo RC 91 Dick Wakefield RC 107 Eddie Lake RC 122 George Vico RC 133 Aaron Robinson RC 141 Ulysses “Tony” Lupien RC 148 Bob Swift RC 164 Vic Wertz RC 180 Connie Berry RC 196 Fred Hutchinson RC 208 Paul “Dizzy” Trout 219 Virgil “Fire” Trucks RC
12 Cass Michaels RC 28 Don Kolloway RC 44 Dave Philley RC 87 Randy Gumpert RC 103 Joe Tipton RC 119 Floyd Baker RC 159 Glen Moulder RC 175 Luke Appling 191 Joe Haynes RC 217 Marino Pieretti RC
3 Bob Porterfield RC 19 Bobby Brown RC 35 Vic Raschi RC 49 Frank Shea 60 Larry “Yogi” Berra 69 Tommy Henrich 82 Joe Page 98 Phil Rizzuto 114 Allie Reynolds 129 Bill “The Bull” Johnson 149 Roy Partee RC 165 George “Snuffy” Stirnweiss 181 Gus Niarhos RC 197 Johnny Lindell 209 Charlie “King Kong” Keller 218 Dick Kryhoski RC 225 Jerry Coleman RC 229 Ed Lopat RC 232 George McQuinn 236 Fred Sanford RC 240 Norman “Babe” Young
