1967 Topps

Total Cards: 609

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1967 Topps

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• Last set to contain Kansas City Athletics cards.
• Wax packs were $0.05 for 5 cards.
• Features the rookie cards of Hall of Famers Tom Seaver and Rod Carew.
  
  Set expanded from 600 cards to 609.
  
  Facsimile signatures appeared on card fronts for the first time since 1959.
  
  Redesigned checklist cards featuring a floating players head on the front.
• This is the first regular-issue Topps set since 1953 to feature a vertical format on backs.
• Only the first series of cards had no dot between the player's name and position on the front.
• The 1967 Topps baseball card set's high numbers series begins at card #534 and ends at #609. The set also includes semi-high numbers from #458–533
• #5 Whitey Ford - UER: 1953 New York stat line misprinted as "1933"
• #9 Ron Hansen - UER: 1965 season listed as 1964
• #72 Tigers 1967 Rookie Stars (George Korince / Tom Matchick) - UER: Korince photo actually James M. Brown
• #87 George Altman - UER: Total average should be .270
• #114 Jack Baldschun - UER: Second cartoon has "5 yrs. as a Pirate.", should be "5 yrs. as a Phillie."
• #133 Ron Kline - UER: Birthplace listed as Gallery, PA, should be Callery, PA
• #143 Sox Sockers (Pete Ward / Don Buford) - "SOX SOCKERS" is printed in orange lettering, inconsistent with White Sox cards printed in purple lettering. Since this is considered a "design decision" by the card company, it is not considered a "UER".
• #164 Dwight Siebler - UER: Last yearly stat line printed as "1960", should be "1966"
• #181 Terry Fox - UER: Text should read "Phillies in May, 1966." on back
• #200 Willie Mays - UER: 1963 listed as "Sna Fran."
• #242 National League 1966 RBI Leaders (Hank Aaron / Bob Clemente / Richie Allen) - Clemente's name was not Bob. He made it explicitly clear his name was Roberto. The nicknames Bob and Bobby were disrespectful to his heritage.
• #245 Curt Flood - UER: Last word of bio misspelled "Cardintl"
• #254 Milt Pappas - UER: No facsimile signature
• #264 Ron Swoboda - UER: "...a strong tnd extremely accurate..."
• #270 Zoilo Versalles - UER: Born 1940, should be 1939
• #279 Frank Linzy - UER: "piecher" on back
• #282 Johnny Odom - UER: Born "Sept. 10, 1046", should be "May 29, 1945"
• #329 Charley Lau - "Charlie" on front, "Charley" on back
• #385 Jim Fregosi - UER: Shown batting left-handed
• #396 Atlanta Aces (Denis Menke / Tony Cloninger) - UER: Write-up states Cloninger had 258 strikeouts in 1966, when in reality he had only 178. He had 257 2/3 innings pitched that year.
• #400 Bob Clemente - Clemente's name was not Bob. He made it explicitly clear his name was Roberto. The nicknames Bob and Bobby were disrespectful to his heritage.
• #424 Pedro Gonzalez - UER: Born 1938, should be 1937
• #449 Orlando Pena - UER: Born 1935, should be 1933/ ERA total .389, should be 3.89
• #493 Phil Ortega - UER: 1962 Los Angeles losses listed as 28, should be 2
• #573 Chicago White Sox - UER: Has stats for 1966 Indians rather than 1966 White Sox