1961 Post

Total Cards: 200

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1961 Post

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• Cards were issued singly, on cereal boxes, and in team sheets offered directly from Post through a mail-in offer.
• All of the Minnesota Twins cards that appeared on cereal boxes were mistakenly listed as "Minneapolis". They were corrected to "Minnesota Twins" on the mail-in offer versions.
• #3 Bill Skowron - UER: "December 18, 1931" should be "December 18, 1930" as birthdate
• #3 Bill Skowron - UER: "December 18, 1931" should be "December 18, 1930" as birthdate
• #12 Hector Lopez - UER: "home runs" should be "RBI's" in 2nd and 3rd lines of text
• #12 Hector Lopez - UER: "home runs" should be "RBI's" in 2nd and 3rd lines of text
• #25 Minnie Minoso - UER: "November 25, 1922" should be "November 29, 1925" as birthdate
• #25 Minnie Minoso - UER: "November 25, 1922" should be "November 29, 1925" as birthdate
• #42 Don Mossi - UER: "January 11, 1930" should be "January 11, 1929" as birthdate
• #42 Don Mossi - UER: "January 11, 1930" should be "January 11, 1929" as birthdate
• #62 Paul Foytack - #62 was originally intended to be Cleveland's Jimmy Piersall and he agreed to be photographed for the set, but he could not come to an agreement with General Foods and their advertising agency, so he was replaced with Detroit's Paul Foytack.
• #63 Vic Power - UER: "November 1, 1931" should be "November 1, 1927" as birthdate
• #63 Vic Power - UER: "November 1, 1931" should be "November 1, 1927" as birthdate
• #86 Dick Williams - UER "63" should be "65" for RBI in 1960 in stats
• #86 Dick Williams - UER: "63" should be "65" for RBI in 1960 in stats
• #132 Bob Clemente - His name was not Bob. He made it explicitly clear his name was Roberto. The nicknames Bob and Bobby were disrespectful to his heritage.
• #132 Bob Clemente - His name was not Bob. He made it explicitly clear his name was Roberto. The nicknames Bob and Bobby were disrespectful to his heritage.
• #153 Andre Rodgers - #153 Andre Rodgers is the only card that had two variations but both appeared exclusively on cereal boxes. One card mentions a trade to Milwaukee while the other doesn't.
• #163 Mel Roach - It's believed #163 was originally intended to be Sandy Koufax, but he could not come to an agreement with General Foods and their advertising agency, so he was replaced with Milwaukee's Mel Roach.
• #177 Alex Grammas - UER: "April 3, 1927" should be "April 3, 1926" as birthdate
• #177 Alex Grammas - UER: "April 3, 1927" should be "April 3, 1926" as birthdate