Mistakes on 1955 Topps cards

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

81. 1955 Topps #181 Roy McMillan

Date of birth 1930, should be 1929.

82. 1955 Topps #189 Phil Rizzuto

Date of birth 1918, should be 1917.

83. 1955 Topps #191 Eddie Stanky

Date of birth 1917, should be 1915. He also played for the Chicago Cubs.

84. 1955 Topps #192 Jim Delsing

Says he joined Yankees in 1949 , he first joined White Sox in 1948.

85. 1955 Topps #193 Johnny Sain

Date of birth 1918, should be 1917. Veteran of 14 years in the majors, should be 10 years.

86. 1955 Topps #195 Ed Roebuck

With Montreal he won 15 games, should be he won 12 games.

87. 1955 Topps #205 Gene Freese

87 RBIs in 1953, should be 89 RBIs.

88. 1955 Topps #208 Ray Moore

Broke into baseball with Greenville in 1948, should be broke in with Greenwood in 1947.

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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