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1962 Topps
Trivia |
- 1st year with New York Mets and Houston Colt .45's (Astros) cards.
- First set featuring multi-player rookie cards.
Hall of Fame rookie cards of Gaylord Perry, Joe Torre, and Lou Brock. - Packs of 1962 Topps baseball cards included a two-stamp panel.
- All Houston cards refer to the team as the "Colts" instead of the "Colt .45s".
- #5 Sandy Koufax - UER: 7th line, "ou" should be "out"
- #10 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.
- #13 Dick Howser - Dick Howser was named to the 1961 Topps All-Star Rookie Team but his #13 card is missing the trophy designation.
- #15 Dick Donovan - UER: "southpaw" should be "righthander" in 6th line of text
- #19 Ray Washburn - UER: "...earned run average of 2.31...", should be 2.34
- #21 Jim Kaat - UER: misspelled "Katt" below cartoon
- #28 Minnie Minoso - UER: birth year should be 1925
- #52 1961 National League Batting Leaders (Bob Clemente / Vada Pinson / Ken Boyer / Wally Moon) - His name was not Bob. He made it explicitly clear his name was Roberto. The nicknames Bob and Bobby were disrespectful to his heritage.
- #105 Don Mossi - UER: birth year should be 1929
- #110 Bill Skowron - UER: birth year should be 1930
- #110 Bill Skowron - UER: birth year should be 1930
- #128 Art Fowler - UER: birth year should be 1922; pitched for Dodgers in 1960, should be 1959
- #128 Art Fowler - UER: birth year should be 1922; pitched for Dodgers in 1960, should be 1959
- #187 Gene Conley - played for the Washington Tapers (ABL) during the 1961-62 season
- #187 Gene Conley - played for the Washington Tapers (ABL) during the 1961-62 season
- #193 Eddie Kasko - UER: 2nd sentence should read "...St. Louis in 1957,"
- #193 Eddie Kasko - UER: 2nd sentence should read "...St. Louis in 1957,"
- #218 Joe Torre - UER: .376 should be .342 in 3rd line of text on back
- #269 Bob Oldis - UER: Born on "Jan. 5, 1929", should be "Jan. 5, 1928"
- #346 Jack Kralick - In a complete coincidence, card #346 for Jack Kralick highlights him throwing a no hitter in the northern minor league. He went on to throw one in the major leagues the year that card was released as well.
- #347 Chuck Hinton - UER: Born on "May 3, 1936", should be "May 3, 1934"
- #423 Rival League Relief Aces (Roy Face / Hoyt Wilhelm) - UER: "8th" should be "9th" in 5th line of text, "1958" should be "1960" in 10th line of text
- #434 Clay Dalrymple - UER: 5th line of text "Hit .270 with Phillies", should be .272
- #561 Gene Oliver - UER: Cartoon caption, "...against St. Louis", should be "...for St. Louis"
