Editing Baseball card (section)

==Attributes==
The obverse (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. Many early [[trade card]]s displayed advertisements for a particular brand or company on the back. Tobacco companies were the most instrumental in the proliferation of baseball cards, which they used as value added bonuses and advertisements for their products.<ref name="Baseball Cards Cardboard Connection">[http://www.cardboardconnection.com/baseball/baseball-card/ Baseball Cards Section] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929080141/http://www.cardboardconnection.com/baseball/baseball-card/ |date=2012-09-29 }}, The Cardboard Connection</ref> Although the function of trading cards had much in common with [[business card]]s, the format of baseball cards initially most resembled that of [[playing card]]s. An example, is the design of 1951 Topps Baseball cards.

While there are no firm standards that limit the size or shape of a baseball card, most cards of today are rectangular, measuring {{convert|2+1/2|by|3+1/2|in|cm}}.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.topps.com/ | title = Topps Sports History | access-date = 2006-09-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060910211237/http://www.topps.com/ | archive-date = 10 September 2006 | url-status = dead }}</ref>