Portrait of Virgil Stallcup, shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds, holding a baseball bat. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Thomas Virgil Stallcup." Printed on back: "Virgil 'Red' Stallcup. Shortstop, Cincinnati Reds. Born: Ravensford, N.C., Jan. 3, 1923. Height: 6-2. Weight: 178. Bats: right. Throws: right. Led National League shortstops in fielding in 1951 with an average of .969. Virgil compiled a .241 batting average. He drove in 49 runs. Entered organized baseball as third baseman, but soon switched to shortstop. Red's rookie year in the majors was 1948. No. 6 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."
