1968 Topps Baseball

My 2nd year of collecting baseball cards, and the last card set before expansion to 24 teams and divisional play. I have completed the whole set. (Series 1-5, and 7 during 1968. In my neighborhood, the 6th series was unavailable. I completed this in the 1980s.) -- 28-SEP-2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

The 1968 Tigers

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The Tigers were the World Champions in 1968, beating the 1967 champion Cardinals in 7 games. In games 1 and 4, manager Mayo Smith sent hi...
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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Bill Landis (#189)

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Although his debut came with one game in 1963, Bill Landis' rookie season was 1967, with the Impossible Dream Red Sox. This is his rooki...
Monday, March 16, 2020

John Donaldson (#244)

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John Donaldson played 6 seasons from 1966-1970, and in 1974, all for the Athletics except for playing the 2nd half of 1969 with the Seattle ...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Rob Gardner (#219)

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This is Rob Gardner’s first card as a member of the Chicago Cubs. I first became aware of him when I got his Mets’ card in the 1967 set. ...
Friday, October 4, 2019

Ron Herbel (#333)

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Ron Herbel looks determined to not finish with a 4-5 record for the 3rd straight year. ( He didn't – his 1968 record was 0-0! He did ge...
Monday, September 23, 2019

Dick Kelley (#203)

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Dick Kelley was signed by the Milwaukee Braves in 1959, and made his major-league debut on April 15, 1964. In that game he had the misfortu...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Ed Stroud (#31)

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This is Ed Stroud’s first solo card.  He previously appeared on a White Sox Rookies card (with Walt Williams) in the 1967 set. Stroud beg...
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Saturday, August 31, 2019

Steve Whitaker (#383)

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Here is outfielder Steve Whitaker, in his last season as a Yankee. Whitaker was one of a long line of Yankees' outfielders (along with...
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Collecting sports cards (and vinyl records) since 1967.
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