1966 Topps Baseball

I decided to fill the only gap between 1965 and 1969 by starting this blog. I didn't collect baseball cards in 1966, but in the 1980s I obtained all the Phillies cards (and a few others) from the 1966 set. Since the fall of of 2008, I have collected over 450 of these cards. I now have 533 of the 598 cards (89%). -- 16-OCT-2009

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Final Card: Dick Bertell

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I already posted Dick Bertell's 1965 card , so I will dispense with the usual write-up. I recently acquired his final card (#587) and...
Sunday, October 6, 2019

Final Card: Chi-Chi Olivo

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This is the first and last card for Chi-Chi Olivo, a reliever for the Braves from 1964-66. It's one of only three 1966 Braves cards show...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

National League Batting Leaders (#215, 217, 219)

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Hall of Famers abound!!! Here are the National League batting leaders for the prior season. Willie Mays appears 3 times, (unfortunately on...
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Sunday, September 15, 2019

Final Card: Dave Roberts

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I just got this card a few weeks ago, and along with a few others, I can wrap up some loose ends in the 1966 Final Cards subset . Dave Rob...
Sunday, September 1, 2019

New Acquisitions

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In the past few months, I was running out of 1966 cards to feature on this blog. Sure, I had a lot of cards left, but they are either for p...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Mickey Mantle (#50)

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It's always a good day for a Mickey Mantle card! (Even a reprint.) I got this card (and the 1965 Mantle reprint) on the same day...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

Pirates Rookies (#123, #498)

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Topps included 3 pitchers and a catcher in their 1966 Pirates Rookies Stars. First up is Frank Bork, Topps apparently lost track of what ...
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Monday, May 13, 2019

Final Card: Gary Kroll

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For some reason, I thought Gary Kroll was a Pirates' outfielder, but I must have been thinking of Gary Kolb. This is Kroll's final...
Sunday, March 24, 2019

Ron Hunt (#360)

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As I said at the top of my multi-blog checklist post , there were over 880 players who played from 1966-1970. I liked many of those players...
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Friday, February 15, 2019

Rene Lachemann (#157)

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This is Rene Lachemann’s first solo card. It’s one of a handful of 1966 cards that appear to have been painted, rather than photographed. I...
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Monday, December 10, 2018

Art Shamsky (#119)

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Here is young Art Shamsky, with all of 96 major-league at-bats under his belt. Shamsky was signed by the Reds in 1959, and played in the m...
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