Baseball Card Glossary

What this is about

This blog is a companion to my blog Baseball Card Reference (BCR). It is a glossary of terms used in the descriptions of the cards I've listed. I claim no real authority beyond having over 23 years of card collecting history. Many of the terms are used in the hobby but most of the definitions here were made up by me. If I use a definition from elsewhere, I'll give credit where credit is due.

The glossary will grow as needed to cover new terms from BCR. If you've got any suggestions (or corrections) please email me or leave a comment.

Thanks for looking.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Card Orientation

Portrait Cards oriented with the picture or printing vertically are generally called portrait.

Landscape Cards oriented horizontally.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Unfinished

Unfinished - typical of card backs of the 1980s and earlier.

No Gloss Finish

No Gloss Finish - The card surface is 'finished' but has no gloss. This is typical of cards from the 1980s and before. By contrast, the card backs of 1980s cards are unfinished.