1919–21 W514 Kid Gleason #112
The manager who was betrayed by his own players, completing the 1919 White Sox story.
- Issue
- 1919–21 W514 Strip Cards
- Year
- 1919-21
- Number
- #112
- Subject
- William "Kid" Gleason
- Grade
- SGC AUTH
- Cert #
- 1700011
- Population
- 12 at this grade (per Card Ladder)
1919–21 W514 Strip Cards
Crudely drawn, blank-backed cards sold in strips at candy, grocery and drug stores and cut apart by hand, which is why no two have the same edges. At 120 cards, W514 is the largest and best-known strip set, and its 1919–21 issue dates line up exactly with the Black Sox scandal. It includes seven of the eight banned White Sox (all but Fred McMullin) plus manager Kid Gleason, and for players like Swede Risberg and Lefty Williams it is one of very few cards made during their careers.
More on this issue →William "Kid" Gleason
A 19th-century pitcher and infielder turned beloved coach, Gleason managed the 1919 White Sox in his first season at the helm and watched his pennant winners lose to Cincinnati. He was never implicated in the fix; he is the honest man in the middle of the story, suspicious during the Series and powerless to stop what his players had already set in motion. He appears in the W514 set alongside the men he managed.
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