Off the success of its initial baseball offering in 1948, Bowman decided to put some color in its cards for 1949 and came up with this fine 240-card set. The set is anchored by the rookie cards of #84 Roy Campanella (EX+) and 226 Duke Snider (EX+ corners, light crease), plus the pasteboards of stars such as #24 Musial (EX corners, o/c, crease), 27 Feller (EX corners, o/c, light crease), 33 Spahn (EX corners, crease), 36 Reese (EX corners, slight crease), 46 Roberts RC (EX+), 50 Robinson (EX corners, great centering, crease), 60 Berra (FR, tape, crease), 214 Ashburn RC (VG-EX to EX), 224 Satchell Paige (EX corners, crease) and 238 Lemon RC (EX to EX-MT, o/c). The set has more than its share of variations, beginning with card #109, in which Bowman added player names to the front of the cards. Twelve cards (#s 4, 78, 83, 85, 88, 98, 109, 124, 127, 132 and 143) were reprinted in the seventh series with slight modifications to the earlier versions. Aside from the stars, the cards grade 15% EX or better, 45% VG to VG-EX, 30% GD to VG and 10% lesser. Approx. 20% of the cards have creases, 10% have pinholes, a handful have tape residue.