Indiana Jones' baseball cards were a collection belonging to avid baseball fan Indiana Jones during his childhood years. He took the set, which included one of his favorite player, Christy Mathewson, with him when traveling on his father's 1908-10 world lecture tour.
History[]
Leo Tolstoy examines the baseball cards.
In 1910, on a visit to Russia, Indiana Jones traded most of his baseball card collection to famed author Leo Tolstoy in return for his family bible despite the protests of Henry Jones, Sr. who felt it was too precious an acquisition.[1]
That same year, in Benares, the younger Jones gave Jiddu Krishnamurti a baseball card of player Ty Cobb as a token of their friendship. In turn, Krishnamurti gave his friend a vial of water from the Ganges River, collected when pair toured the city.[2]
Cards[]
Behind the scenes[]
The order in which Indiana Jones gives away his baseball card collection flips between The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones re-edit.
Appearances[]
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Benares, January 1910" → Journey of Radiance
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father" → Travels with Father