Editing Trading card (section)

===Baseball===
{{Main|Baseball card}}
[[File:1954 Bowman Mickey Mantle.jpg|thumb|150px|A 1954 [[Bowman Gum|Bowman]] card of [[Mickey Mantle]]]]
Baseball cards will usually feature one or more [[baseball]] players or other baseball-related sports figures. The front of the card typically displays an image of the player with identifying information, including, but not limited to, the player's name and team affiliation. The reverse of most modern cards displays statistics and/or biographical information. Cards are most often found in the [[United States]]; however, they are also common in countries such as [[Canada]], [[Cuba]], and [[Japan]], where baseball is a popular sport and there are professional leagues.

The earliest baseball cards were in the form of [[trade cards]] produced in 1868.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cycleback.com/1800s/trade.htm |title=Early Trade Cards |first=David E. |last=Rudd |publisher=Cycleback |access-date=May 11, 2010}}</ref> They evolved into [[tobacco card]]s by 1886.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cycleback.com/1800s/tobacco1.htm |title=Tobacco Era Part I: Introduction |first=David E. |last=Rudd |publisher=Cycleback |access-date=May 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cycleback.com/1800s/tobacco2.htm |title=Tobacco Era Part 2 |first=David E. |last=Rudd |publisher=Cycleback |access-date=May 11, 2010}}</ref> In the early 20th century, other industries began printing their own version of baseball cards to promote their products, such as bakery/bread cards, caramel cards, dairy cards, game cards and publication cards. Between the 1930s and 1960s, the cards developed into trading cards, becoming their own product. In 1957, [[Topps]] changed the dimensions of its cards slightly, to 2-1/2&nbsp;inches by 3-1/2&nbsp;inches, setting a standard that remains the basic format for most sports cards produced in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Cesar |last1=Brioso |first2=Mike |last2=Dodd |title=Topps facts |publisher=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/stories/2001-03-27-cards-facts.htm |date=March 27, 2001 |access-date=May 11, 2010}}</ref>

In 2005, the long-standing sports card producer [[Fleer]] went bankrupt and was bought out by [[Upper Deck]]. Not long after that, [[Donruss]] lost its MLB license. Since 2009, [[Topps]] has held exclusive rights to produce MLB-licensed baseball cards.<ref name="fanatics-topps-mlb">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32052284/fanatics-strikes-deal-become-exclusive-licensee-mlb-cards|last=Hajducky|first=Dan|title=Fanatics strikes deal to become exclusive licensee for MLB cards|publisher=ESPN|date=August 19, 2021|access-date=April 24, 2024}}</ref>