Mistakes on 1955 Topps cards

by Steve Szluck - 88 cards (Last updated on Apr 6, 2017)

31. 1955 Topps #55 Rip Repulski

Date of birth 1927 should be 1928 .

32. 1955 Topps #58 Jim Rivera

Date of birth 1923 should be 1921. Card says he never hit below .335 in the minors but he hIt .333 in 1950.

33. 1955 Topps #62 Thornton Kipper

ERA of 2.48 in 1953 should be 2.49 . ERA of 7.71 in 1954 should be 7.90.

34. 1955 Topps #63 Joe Collins

With Yankees since 1949 ,came up in 1948.

35. 1955 Topps #68 Jim Davis

Date of birth 1925, should be 1924. Says he won 14 games in Seattle in 1953, he won 13 games.

36. 1955 Topps #70 Al Rosen

Date of birth March 1, 1925, should be February 29, 1924.

37. 1955 Topps #73 Jack Shepard

Date of birth 1932, should be 1931.

38. 1955 Topps #74 Bob Borkowski

Date of birth 1927, should be 1926.

39. 1955 Topps #75 Sandy Amoros

Date of birth 1932 , should be 1930.

40. 1955 Topps #82 Chuck Harmon

Date of birth 1926, should be 1924.

Comments

Mar 29, 2017 - 2:32PM
C2Cigars

I believe you’re misinterpreting Jim Hegan’s card. It doesn’t say “he has spent 9 years in majors”. It says, “In 9 Major League seasons,…”. It means in a 9 season span Jim caught 3 no-hitters, led A.L. in putouts by a catcher 3 of those seasons, and led in Assists two of those seasons. The 9 season span they are most likely talking about is 1946-1954. He didn’t do anything of note in his first two seasons (1941 & 1942). So saying, “in 9 seasons” sounds better than “in 11 seasons”. But is not an incorrect statement.

Mar 29, 2017 - 3:50PM
Steve Szluck

Thanks for the feedback. I actually made a mistake saying he had played 10 years. He had played 11, as you state. At best, I think, that 9 year statement is a bit foggy . Glad you looked at my list. I have a ton more for you to peruse.

Mar 29, 2017 - 3:56PM
Steve Szluck

Hegan caught his no hitters in 1947, 1948 and 1951 which means he caught them in a five year span and started only eight years before this card was printed.

Mar 30, 2017 - 9:41AM
JoshReese92099

It seems that Topps literally didn't even try when doing the back of Jim Thies' card XD

Mar 30, 2017 - 12:55PM
Steve Szluck

While I love looking through the cards, I'm frankly disappointed with all the mistakes I have found. They would round off pitchers ERA to the full inning and figure out the ERA from that, hence the difference in several of the pitchers stats.Thank you for your interest and I hope you enjoy my lists I will be compiling.

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