Final Card: Nick Willhite

This is the 4th and final card for Nick Willhite (249). He also appeared on a Dodgers Rookies card in 1964, in the 1965 set as a Senator, and in the 1966 set as a Dodger.Nick was signed by the Dodgers in the Fall of 1959. He played in the minors ever…

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Here are the 1967 Baltimore Orioles. The team swept the Dodgers in the 1966 World Series, but would have two off-years before returning to form and winning their division 5 times between 1969 and 1974, including 3 consecutive trips to the World Serie…

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Program Note: I recently acquired the 1969 Topps Blog from its previous owner. Be sure to check it out, and add it to your sidebars. (You may also want to add my 1963 and 1970 blogs to your sidebars, if you haven’t already done so.)This is the final c…

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Here is the 2nd and final card for Larry Elliot (#23), who previously appeared on the 1964 Mets Rookies card. Elliot is one of a dozen players in the 1967 set who didn’t play in the majors after 1966.Larry was signed by the Pirates in 1958, and spent 6…

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Five players saw action with three teams during the 1967 season. For some, it would be the final season of their careers. For others, the moves culminated in a trip to the World Series. Ken Harrelson began the year with the Washington Senators, but in…

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The earliest piece of true hobby research I ever pulled off was in the early 1980′s, when I sussed out a black & white picture in an old hobby magazine of a 1967 Topps high number sheet.  I did this because the accompanying article mentioned i…

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This is the last of four cards for Ray Barker (#583). Ray’s first card appeared in 1961, a solo card with a yellow “rookie” star, as was the custom that year. He also appeared on a 4-man Indians Rookies card in 1965, and his own Yankees card in 1966….

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As I mentioned previously, 1967 was my first year of collecting baseball cards. Other than Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, I had no idea of any MLB players, so those 1967 cards were my introduction. Since the 1967 high-number cards were not sold in my …

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Here is the 2nd of Bill Heath’s 3 Topps baseball cards. Bill was signed by the Phillies in 1960, and played 5 seasons at all the Phillies’ minor-league outposts of the day (Bakersfield, Chattanooga, Williamsport, Arkansas). Along the way, some of his t…

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Here is the last card for Dwight Siebler (#164). My card has a severely stubbed top right corner, a casualty found on many of my 1st and 2nd series 1967 cards. I didn’t start buying cards until May or June of that year, so the early cards were acquir…

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First, some commercials:1) Last week, I signed up on the Zistle.com site, after reading about it on The Phillies Room blog. So far, I’ve got all my baseball cards from 1952-80, and all my football cards (1964-79) entered. Check it out using the link at…

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No Phillies card in over a year! That won’t do…Dick Ellsworth was signed by the Cubs in 1958. He joined their starting rotation in 1960, and was a fixture in the rotation for 7 seasons, winning 22 games in 1963, but losing a league-high 22 games in…

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After being swept by the Orioles in the 1966 World Series (including 3 complete game shutouts), Sandy Koufax retired, and the Dodgers embarked on a 3-year tour to oblivion, their only one in the Walter Alston era. In those 23 seasons, the Dodgers fin…

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Here is the rare, 7th-series card for Galen Cisco (#596). Galen looks older than his 30 years here.Cisco was signed by the Red Sox in 1958, and spent 2 seasons in the low minors followed by 1 1/2 seasons in triple-A, all in the Red Sox’ organization. …

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Last month I was about to post Dick Radatz’ card on my 1968 card blog, when I realized (43 years late) that he didn’t have a card in the 1968 set.Dick Radatz (nicknamed “The Monster”) was signed by the Red Sox in 1959. He spent 3 seasons in Boston’s fa…

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Jesse Gonder was one of 3 Pirates catchers featured in the 1967 set. (Because his was the first one of the three that I got, and because I knew next-to-nothing about major-league baseball prior to 1967, for a while I assumed Gonder was the team’s star…

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This is the last of 5 consecutive cards for Pedro Gonzalez (#424).Pedro was signed by the Yankees in 1958, and spent the next 4 full seasons in their farm system, strictly at 2nd base until 1962, when he also played a significant amount of games at 3rd…

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This (#568) is the last of John Sullivan’s three Topps baseball cards. He first appeared on a Tigers Rookies card in 1965. In 1966, his card portrayed him as a Tigers’ catcher. This year, he moves on to the Mets. Coincidently, all three of John’s car…

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Many posts ago, I mentioned players who were active during the 1967 season who did not appear on a Topps card.Today, I’m showing the 11 players who appeared on (full) cards in the 1967 set, even though their last major league appearances were in 1966, …

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Many posts ago, I mentioned players who were active during the 1967 season who did not appear on a Topps card.Today, I’m showing the 11 players who appeared on (full) cards in the 1967 set, even though their last major league appearances were in 1966, …

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And now, the 1967 Chicago White Sox: The White Sox had a good team in the mid 1960s, but were lost in the hype given to the 1st place clubs. The Sox finished in 2nd place in 1963 (10.5 behind the Yankees), 1964 (1 behind the Yankees), and 1965 (7 behi…

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I’ve caught the poll bug after reading and voting for White Sox Cards’ Hall of Fame. I’ve added polls to several of my baseball and football card blogs. You can use this post to comment on the selections, or to offer up other choices.Coming later tonig…

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WILL THIS GUY EVER MAKE IT INTO THE HALL OF FAME?Many months ago, I had a discussion with Wrigley Wax, where I said that I (like many others, I suspect) overlooked the impact of Cubs’ outfielder Billy Williams. To a lesser extent, the same is true of R…

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This is the final baseball card for Bill Hepler (#144). His only other card came in 1966, when he appeared on a 7th-series Mets Rookies card.Until today, I never gave a 2nd thought to Hepler. Sure, I had seen his short career listed on the back of thi…

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Today’s Nitty Gritty Card of the Day is card #15 from 1967 Topps baseball featuring Minnesota Twins catcher Earl Battey. If you thought that Joe Mauer was the first Twins backstop that could handle the bat, you would be incorrect… Battey’s stats do…

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Here are the 1967 cards showing the previous season’s American League leaders in batting average, RBI, and home runs. The Orioles are well-represented among the league leaders. They won their first World Series in 1966, and their newly-acquired right …

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Program note: Please check out my new 1970 Topps Baseball card blog, which I launched today. Here are the 1967 cards showing the previous season’s National League leaders in batting average, RBI, and home runs. The Braves are well-represented with 4 of…

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Here is a review of the 1967 Senators squad, as requested by “Spiff” of the Texas Rangers Cards blog back in May. After two straight 8th-place finishes, the Senators finished in 6th place in 1967. After the season, manager Gil Hodges was hired away by …

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This is the final card for Gil Blanco (#303). His only other baseball card was a Yankees Rookie Stars card in 1965.Gil was signed by the Yankees in 1964, and started 23 games for class-A Fort Lauderdale, compiling a 12-7 record. In 1965, Blanco spent …

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It has been a LONG time since a post over here, but I am going to roll right into it… This card didn’t come from the Wicked One, but it is a card of a mutual favorite player of ours. Wicked Ortega and I are both Latino bloggers who live in Florida. 3…

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I always thought that the name “Wes” was a nickname derived from Westrum’s last name, but his first name really is Wesley! By the time this card appeared in the 7th series in 1967, Wes was about to be fired.Westrum was a catcher for the New York Giants…

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“INFIELD”… Is there anything that screams “short-timer” more than “INFIELD”? (other than “INF-OF”, of course)This is the final baseball card for John Werhas (#514). Werhas was signed by the Dodgers in 1960, and after 2 seasons in the low minors, h…

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Ossie Chavarria (#344) was a utility infielder who played a season and a half with the Kansas City Athletics.Ossie (from Panama) was signed by the Cubs before the 1959 season, but after only 1 season in their system, was traded to Kansas City. He spent…

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This is the final card for Jake Wood (#394), who played for the Tigers from 1961-67.Jacob Wood was signed by the Tigers in 1957, and after 4 seasons in the minors he made his big-league debut in April 1961. Wood played in 162 games in his rookie season…

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This is the final baseball card for Hank Fischer (#342).Hank was signed by the Milwaukee Braves in 1959. After 3 seasons in the minors, he made his major-league debut in April 1962. Fischer appeared in 29 games (37 innings) for the Braves in 1962, all…

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