1961 Topps

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1961 Topps

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• 1st set to include Los Angeles Angels and Minnesota Twins cards.
• First set that featured Checklists, League Leaders, and Topps Rookie All-Star trophy cards.
  
  Hall of Fame rookie cards for Billy Williams, Juan Marichal and Ron Santo.
  
  Set featured 6 different Mickey Mantle cards.
• Cards #426, 587, and 588 were not issued.
  #426 was supposed to be the Braves team; that card was instead issued #463 - the same as Jack Fisher.
• First set to include the new Washington Senators, an expansion team to replace the team that moved and became the Minnesota Twins.
• Packs of cards also contained two Topps Stamps. The stamps could be collected into an album which was available for an additional 10 cents.
• #14 Don Mossi - UER: "January 11, 1930" should be "January 11, 1929" as birthdate on back
• #21 Zoilo Versalles - UER: Born 1940, should be 1939
• #28 Hector Lopez - UER: Born "July 9, 1932", should be "July 9, 1929"
• #52 George Crowe - UER: Born "Mar. 22, 1923", should be "Mar. 22, 1921"
• #57 Marv Throneberry - UER: Hometown should be Collierville, Tennessee, not Collierville, Texas.
• #64 Alex Grammas - UER: "April 3, 1927" should be "April 3, 1926" as birthdate on back
• #67 Ossie Virgil - UER: "196" should be "149" for H for 1959 in stats on back
• #87 Joe Amalfitano - UER: "46" should be "36" for G for 1955 in stats on back
• #90 Jerry Staley - UER: Back of card states born in 1928; should be 1920
• #99 Don Buddin - UER: "66" should be "6" for HR for 1960 in stats on back
• #124 J.C. Martin - UER: "1953" should be "153" in 2nd cartoon on back
• #127 Ron Kline - UER: "8.18" should be ".818" for PCT for 1951 for Bartlesville in stats on back
• #144 Jim Coker - The coach in the background is #39 Andy Cohen. He won the only game he ever managed for the the Phillies. Eddie Sawyer stepped down after losing the first game of the 1960 season (after a subpar 1959 year), and Andy picked up the slack until Gene Mauch could take over for game #3.
• #149 Bob Oldis - UER: Born on "January 5, 1929", should be "January 5, 1928"
• #160 Whitey Ford - UER: 5'0" should be 5'10" as Height on back
• #199 Bob Boyd - UER: Back of card states born October 1, 1926; should be October 1, 1919
• #214 Danny Murphy - UER: "a day after his 18th birthday" was actually 2 months and 5 days before his 18th birthday in 3rd line of text on back
• #220 Al Dark - UER: "January 7, 1923" should be "January 7, 1922" as birthdate on back
• #255 Vic Power - UER: "November 1, 1931" should be "November 1, 1927" as birthdate on back
• #280 Frank Howard - Frank Howard was named to the 1960 Topps All-Star Rookie Team but his #280 card is missing the trophy designation.
• #307 1960 World Series Game #2 - Mantle Slams 2 Homers - UER: "THREE RUNS" should be "TWO RUNS" in ninth inning recap for Pirates on back
• #332 Dutch Dotterer - The card for Dutch Dotterer #332 shows his own brother Tommy instead.
• #371 Bill Skowron - UER: "December 18, 1931" should be "December 18, 1930" as birthdate on back
• #380 Minnie Minoso - UER: "November 29, 1923" should be "November 29, 1925" as birthdate on back
• #388 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.
• #414 Dick Donovan - UER: "1953" should be "1954" in 2nd cartoon on back
• #422 Bud Daley - UER: "October 7, 1933" should be "October 7, 1932" as birthdate on back
• #454 Pumpsie Green - UER: "October 27, 1934" should be "October 27, 1933" as birthdate on back
• #493 Don Zimmer - UER: "A.L." should be "N.L." for 1954 to 1959 in stats on back
• #505 Red Schoendienst - UER: Career batting average listed on back as 2.89; should be .289
• #507 Pete Burnside - UER: Teams and values from 1952-1959 are actually for Bud Byerly in stats on back
• #545 Hoyt Wilhelm - UER: "July 26, 1923" should be "July 26, 1922" as birthdate on back