Last Saturday the Cardinals celebrated the 90th anniversary of their 1926 World Series championship by wearing their 1927 "World Champion" uniforms. Cards from this era are scarce so I decided to copy the 1971 Laughlin World Series cards.
These featured cartoon drawings of players, highlights or factoids about the games. There were several different variations of these cards issued by Fleer in 1970, 1971 and again in 1980. I chose third-baseman
Jhonny Peralta to take the place of Hall of Fame player-manager
Rogers Hornsby.
Can't really compare the uniform to a cartoon so I included a photo of Hall of Fame pitcher, (Grover Cleveland)
Pete Alexander. I found this colorized version posted on several pages on the interwebs and I am not sure who to credit with the colorization. As usual the main differences are the modern cut of the uniform including the shorter sleeves and of course the socks. Oddly the socks look closer to the cartoon than the photo.
Last Saturday the Cardinals celebrated the 90th anniversary of their 1926 World Series championship by wearing their 1927 "World Champion" uniforms. Cards from this era are scarce so I decided to copy the 1971 Laughlin World Series cards. 
These featured cartoon drawings of players, highlights or factoids about the games. There were several different variations of these cards issued by Fleer in 1970, 1971 and again in 1980. I chose third-baseman Jhonny Peralta to take the place of Hall of Fame player-manager Rogers Hornsby. 
Another great concept John. :) Great card
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