Portrait of Jerry Coleman, second baseman for the New York Yankees, holding a baseball bat. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Jerry Coleman." Printed on back: "Jerry Coleman. Second base, New York Yankees. Born: San Jose, Calif., Sept. 14, 1924. Height: 6 ft. Weight: 165. Bats: right. Throws: right. Called back to active duty by the Marines Corps early in 1952. Shackled by a batting slump in 1951. His .249 average was a drop of 38 points from that of 1950. He batted in 43 runs, however. Began in baseball in 1942. Hit majors in 1949. One of the league's snappiest fielders. No. 73 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."
