Portrait of Tookie Gilbert, first baseman for the New York Giants. Bowman series. Printed on back: "Harold Gilbert. First base, New York Giants. Born: New Orleans, April 4, 1929. Height: 6-3. Weight: 182. Bats: left: Throws: right. Back in high school 'Tookie' Gilbert hit .695. Played in the minors for Erie, Sioux City, Nashville and Minneapolis. Hit 33 homers for Nashville in 1949. Five major-league clubs tried for the young player's services. The Giants won when their name was pulled out of a hat. 'Tookie' hit a homer in his first big-league game in May, 1950. No. 235 in the series of baseball picture cards. [Copyright] 1950 Bowman Gum, Inc., Phila., Pa., U.S.A. Picture Card Collectors Club, 5-star Bowman series."
