when did they start..

[56 chmps]

i recently purchased a 1951 topps baseball card and realized that there are no stats printed on the back. I was wondering what the first year was for companies to print stats on the back of the cards.

Thanx for any help
Vinny

[Chisox73]

I beleive they started putting the stats on the backs in '52.But at that time,they were only from the previos season.

I think it was around the late 60s when Topps put the year-by-year stats on the backs of the cards.

Hope this helps you out here.:waving

[wamby]

The first year that Topps put year by year stats on the back of their cards was 1957.

[flyingdutchdude]

the first year was 1911. The 1911 T212-3 Obaks (PCL) and 1911 T205 Gold Borders cards have bios and career stats on the backs. Hans