1968 Topps

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1968 Topps

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• 1st set to contain Oakland Athletics cards.
• Wax packs were $0.05 for 5 cards.
• Features the rookie cards for Hall of Famers Nolan Ryan and Johnny Bench.
  
  598 card set, down from 609 cards in 1967.
• The Sporting News All Stars subset returned after a hiatus.
• Backs of All-Star cards were puzzle pieces that formed pictures of Orlando Cepeda and Carl Yastrzemski.
• Dick Hughes (#253), Rick Monday (#282) and Rich Nye (#339) were each named to the 1967 Topps All-Star Rookie Team but their cards are missing the trophy designation.
• The first series was designed with a wider-mesh border than subsequent series.
• 22 of the 33 game cards were outs. Only 1 of home run, triple, error, hit by pitch, and double play.
• Game cards had only 1 foul out. 5 strike outs and 5 fly outs.
• #1 National League 1967 Batting Leaders (Bob Clemente / Tony Gonzalez / Matty Alou) - 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.
• #3 National League 1967 RBI Leaders (Orlando Cepeda / Bob Clemente / Hank Aaron) - 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.
• #49 Ed Brinkman - A version of this card with "Senators" printed in yellow instead of white was issued in the 1968 Topps Milton Bradley Win-A-Card set.
• #66 Casey Cox - A version of this card with "Senators" printed in yellow instead of white was issued in the 1968 Topps Milton Bradley Win-A-Card set.
• #112 Woody Fryman - Picture used was from his Pittsburgh Pirates years
• #150 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.
• #177 Mets 1968 Rookie Stars (Jerry Koosman / Nolan Ryan) - The Nolan Ryan/Jerry Koosman RC #177 has an uncorrected error on it's reverse, as the second 's' was left out of the word 'sensational' within Nolan's bio.
• #179 Bill Stoneman - UER: The last sentence of the write-up on the back ends prematurely ("Bill was used sparingly but still")
• #196 Gary Nolan - UER: Born "May 4, 1943", should be "May 27, 1948"
• #199 A's 1968 Rookie Stars (Roberto Rodriguez / Darrell Osteen) - RC for Roberto Rodriguez only
• #226 Jimmie Price - UER: The 1967 stat line is listed as Pittsburgh, should be Detroit
• #253 Dick Hughes - Dick Hughes was named to the 1967 Topps All-Star Rookie Team but his #253 card is missing the trophy designation.
• #282 Rick Monday - Rick Monday was named to the 1967 Topps All-Star Rookie Team but his #282 card is missing the trophy designation.
• #315 Zoilo Versalles - UER: Born "Dec. 18, 1940", should be "Dec. 18, 1939"
• #337 Bill Robinson - UER: The trivia answer on the lower back is incorrect. Mantle had 518 homers entering the 1968 season.
• #339 Rich Nye - UER: 4th line of write-up on back, "Comiskey Park" should be "Wrigley Field"
• #339 Rich Nye - Rich Nye was named to the 1967 Topps All-Star Rookie Team but his #339 card is missing the trophy designation.
• #374 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.
• #471 Orlando Pena - UER: Born "Nov. 17, 1935", should be "Nov. 17, 1933"
• #480 Manager's Dream (Tony Oliva / Chico Cardenas / 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.