1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Baseball Cards
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If two is good, then three must be even better. Clearly this was the mindset that was in place for the 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Baseball cards. Featuring a trio of images within one card, the T202 cards mirror the design of other releases from the time but stand out due to the multiple panels and overall size.
In 1911, the American Tobacco Company inserted a set of cards featuring two players sharing one card in a design collectors now classify as T201. The next year, the company took the concept a step further with 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Baseball. The product included three different sections on a single card that could be folded together. Found in packages of Hassan Cigarettes, the cards also borrowed from the design of another set, the gold-bordered T205 cards from the same brand in 1911.
1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Baseball card fronts showcase three different parts. The main component is a black-and-white game photo in the middle of the card, with smaller player portraits attached on each side. The design of those end cards are reminiscent of T205, except there is no team logo and the borders are white. The full measurements for the entire card is approximately 2-1/4" x 5-1/4".
Helping distinguish between the two leagues, there are separate designs for American and National League players. The American League players are accompanied by generic baseball equipment, while those in the National Leaguer are given a borderless fade around the edges of the pictures. Also, print text is used for American League names and script is featured on the National League cards. A version for each league can be seen above.
Card backs are matched to the front, with biographies for the players and text describing the action of the center panel photo. There is also a title listed for each center image that describes the action. All three 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Baseball card parts have a Hassan advertisement at the bottom and an example of the card back is shown below.
Like the T201 cards, the T202 cards have folds, which allow the players to be folded over the center picture as a type of booklet. Some of the players on the end panels are also in the center photo, but that isn't always the case. There are 76 different center action photos, but some can be found with different player end panels attached. For that reason, most collectors count 132 total cards in the complete 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Baseball set.
Appearing in several different cards, Ty Cobb is the key subject in the set. Various cards for Hall of Fame players Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson are also popular options. While the cards are found intact and with the panels separated, the complete versions are the most sought after and valuable.
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Key Cards
Key 1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Baseball Cards
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A Desperate Slide for Third - Charley O'Leary / Ty Cobb
Fast Work at Third - Charley O'Leary / Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb Steals Third (3 different versions)
Good Play at Third - George Moriarty / Ty Cobb
Birmingham Gets to Third - Walter Johnson / Gabby Street
Devlin Gets His Man w/ Christy Mathewson (4 different versions)
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Set Checklist
1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders Baseball Set Checklist
Base Set Checklist
A Close Play at Home Plate - Bobby Wallace / Barney Pelty
A Desperate Slide for Third - Charley O'Leary / Ty Cobb
A Great Batsman - Bill Bergen / Cy Barger
A Great Batsman - Nap Rucker / Bill Bergen
A Wide Throw Saves Crawford - George Mullin / Oscar Stanage
Ambrose McConnell at Bat - Walter Blair / Jack Quinn
Baker Gets His Man - Eddie Collins / Frank Baker
Birmingham Gets to Third - Walter Johnson / Gabby Street
Birmingham's Home Run - Doc Birmingham / Terry Turner
Bush Just Misses Austin - Pat Moran / Sherry Magee
Carrigan Blocks His Man - Harry Gaspar / Larry McLean
Carrigan Blocks His Man - Heinie Wagner / Bill Carrigan
Catching Him Napping - Rebel Oakes / Roger Bresnahan
Caught Asleep Off First - Roger Bresnahan / Robert Harmon
Chance Beats Out a Hit - Frank Chance / Bill Foxen
Chance Beats Out a Hit - Harry McIntire / Jimmy Archer
Chance Beats Out a Hit - Orval Overall / Jimmy Archer
Chance Beats Out a Hit - John Rowan / Jimmy Archer
Chance Beats Out a Hit - David Shean / Frank Chance
Chase Dives into Third - Hal Chase / Harry Wolter
Chase Dives into Third - George Gibson / Fred Clarke
Chase Dives into Third - Deacon Phillippe / George Gibson
Chase Gets Ball Too Late - Dick Egan / Mike Mitchell
Chase Gets Ball Too Late - Harry Wolter / Hal Chase
Chase Guarding First - Hal Chase / Harry Wolter
Chase Guarding First - George Gibson / Fred Clarke
Chase Guarding First - Lefty Leifield / George Gibson
Chase Ready for Squeeze Play - Dode Paskert / Sherry Magee
Chase Safe at Third - Jack Barry / Frank Baker
Chief Bender Waiting For a Good One - Chief Bender / Ira Thomas
Clarke Hikes for Home - Al Bridwell / Johnny Kling
Close at First - Neal Ball / George Stovall
Close at the Plate - Fred Payne / Doc White
Close at the Plate - Ed Walsh/ Fred Payne
Close at Third - Bill Carrigan / Heinie Wagner
Close at Third - Joe Wood / Tris Speaker
Collins Easily Safe - Bobby Byrne / Fred Clarke
Collins Easily Safe - Eddie Collins / Frank Baker
Collins Easily Safe - Eddie Collins / Danny Murphy
Crawford About to Smash One - Oscar Stanage / Ed Summers
Cree Rolls Home - Jake Daubert / John Hummell
Davy Jones Great Slide - Jim Delahanty / Tom Jones
Devlin Gets His Man - Art Devlin - Giants / Christy Mathewson
Devlin Gets His Man - Art Devlin - Rustlers / Christy Mathewson
Devlin Gets His Man - Art Fletcher / Christy Mathewson
Devlin Gets His Man - Chief Meyers / Christy Mathewson
Donlin Out at First - Howie Camnitz / George Gibson
Donlin Out at First - Red Dooin / Sherry Magee
Donlin Out at First - Larry Doyle / Fred Merkle
Donlin Out at First - George Gibson / Deacon Phillippe
Donlin Out at First - Tommy Leach / Chief Wilson
Dooin Gets His Man - Red Dooin / Mickey Doolan
Dooin Gets His Man - Red Dooin / Hans Lobert
Dooin Gets His Man - Red Dooin / John Titus
Easy for Larry - Larry Doyle / Fred Merkle
Elberfeld Beats the Throw - Clyde Milan / Kid Elberfeld
Elberfeld Gets His Man - Clyde Milan / Kid Elberfeld
Engle in a Close Play - Tris Speaker / Hack Engle
Evers Makes a Safe Slide - Jimmy Archer / Johnny Evers
Evers Makes a Safe Slide - Jimmy Archer / Orval Overall
Evers Makes a Safe Slide - Jimmy Archer / Ed Reulbach
Evers Makes a Safe Slide - Frank Chance / Johnny Evers
Fast Work at Third - Charley O'Leary / Ty Cobb
Ford Putting Over a Spitter - Russ Ford / Jeff Sweeney
Ford Putting Over a Spitter - Russ Ford / Hippo Vaughn
Good Play at Third - George Moriarty / Ty Cobb
Grant Gets His Man - Eddie Grant / Doc Hoblitzel
Hal Chase Too Late - Ambrose McConnell / Matty McIntyre
Hal Chase Too Late - Larry McLean / George Suggs
Harry Lord at Third: - Ed Lennox / Joe Tinker
Hartsel Strikes Out - Dolly Gray / Bob Groom
Hartzell Covering Third - Bill Dahlen / Doc Scanlon
Held at Third - Harry Lord / Jesse Tannehill
Jake Stahl Guarding First - Eddie Cicotte / Jake Stahl
Jim Delahanty at Bat - Jim Delahanty / Davy Jones
Just Before the Battle - Red Ames / Chief Meyers
Just Before the Battle - Beals Becker / Josh Devore
Just Before the Battle - Roger Bresnahan / John McGraw
Just Before the Battle - Doc Crandall / Chief Meyers
Just Before the Battle - Art Fletcher / Christy Mathewson
Just Before the Battle - Rube Marquard / Chief Meyers
Just Before the Battle - John McGraw / Hugh Jennings
Just Before the Battle - Chief Meyers / Christy Mathewson
Just Before the Battle - Chief Meyers / Hook Wiltse
Just Before the Battle - Red Murray / Fred Snodgrass
Knight Catches a Runner - Jack Knight / Walter Johnson
Lobert Almost Caught - Al Bridwell / Johnny Kling
Lobert Almost Caught - Johnny Kling / Harry Steinfeldt
Lobert Almost Caught - Johnny Kling / Cy Young
Lobert Almost Caught - Al Mattern / Johnny Kling
Lobert Gets Tenney - Red Dooin / Hans Lobert
Lord Catches His Man - Harry Lord / Lee Tannehill
McConnell Caught - Tom Needham / Lew Richie
McIntyre at Bat - Ambrose McConnell / Matty McIntrye
Moriarty Spiked - Oscar Stanage / Ed Willett
Nearly Caught - Johnny Bates / Bob Bescher
Oldring Almost Home - Harry Lord / Rube Oldring
Schaefer on First - George McBride / Clyde Milan
Schaefer Steals Second - George McBride / Clark Griffith
Scoring from Second - Harry Lord / Rube Oldring
Scrambling Back to First - Cy Barger / Bill Bergen
Scrambling Back to First - Hal Chase / Harry Wolter
Speaker Almost Caught - Dots Miller / Fred Clarke
Speaker Rounding Third - Joe Wood / Tris Speaker
Speaker Scores - Tris Speaker / Hack Engle
Stahl Safe - Jimmy Austin / George Stovall
Stone About to Swing - Wildfire Schulte / Jimmy Sheckard
Sullivan Puts Up a High One - Steve Evans / Miller Huggins
Sullivan Puts up a High One - Dolly Gray / Bob Groom
Sweeney Gets Stahl - Russ Ford / Jeff Sweeney
Sweeney Gets Stahl - Russ Ford / Hippo Vaughn
Tenney Lands Safely - Arlie Latham / Bugs Raymond
The Athletic Infield - Jack Barry / Frank Baker
The Athletic Infield - Mordecai Brown / Peaches Graham
The Athletic Infield - Arnold Hauser / Ed Konetchy
The Athletic Infield - Harry Krause / Ira Thomas
The Pinch Hitter - Dick Egan / Doc Hoblitzel
The Scissors Slide - Doc Birmingham / Terry Turner
Tom Jones at Bat - Art Fromme / Larry McLean
Tom Jones at Bat - Harry Gaspar / Larry McLean
Too Late For Devlin - Red Ames / Chief Meyers
Too Late For Devlin - Doc Crandall / Chief Meyers
Too Late For Devlin - Art Devlin - Giants / Christy Mathewson
Too Late For Devlin - Art Devlin - Rustlers / Christy Mathewson
Too Late For Devlin - Rube Marquard / Chief Meyers
Too Late For Devlin - Chief Meyers / Hooks Wiltse
Ty Cobb Steals Third - Hughie Jennings MG / Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb Steals Third - George Moriarty / Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb Steals Third - George Stovall / Jimmy Austin
Wheat Strikes Out - Bill Dahlen / Zach Wheat
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