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1970 Topps
Trivia |
- 2nd and final set to include Seattle Pilots cards even though team had already moved to Milwaukee to become the Brewers.
- Wax packs were $0.10 for 10 cards. This was the first year that $0.05 wax packs were made unavailable since Topps made them available in 1952. Penny packs stopped after 1965.
- Cello packs were $0.25 for 33 cards.
- Rack packs were $0.39 for 54 cards.
- The set was released in seven series. Series 6 is #547-633. Series 7 is #634-720.
- The first series lacked the white bar between player name and position that subsequent series had (space permitting).
- #1 World Champions - UER: No "TOPPS" in card-number circle
- #18 Carlos May - Carlos May was named to the 1969 Topps All-Star Rookie Team but his #18 card is missing the trophy designation.
- #38 Mack Jones - UER: Write-up on back, "...tied for team lead in stolen bases", only had 6 compared to Maury Wills' 15
- #44 Roberto Pena - UER: Birth year should be 1937
- #52 Bruce Dal Canton - UER: Birthdate should be 6/15/41
- #61 1969 National League Batting Leaders (Pete Rose / Bob Clemente / Cleon Jones) - 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.
- #101 Bobby Floyd - UER: The write-up on the back says Floyd participated in three double plays in his first Major League game, when it was actually his second game
- #191 Vicente Romo - UER: Born 3/22, should be 4/12
- #210 Juan Marichal - UER: 1961 Team misspelled "Lrancisco"
- #211 Ted Williams - UER: "Threw Left", should be Right
- #225 Lee May - UER: 1968 stat line missing
- #250 Willie McCovey - UER: 1963 Team misspelled "Francisci"
- #331 Chuck Dobson - UER: "Dave" should be "Chuck" in last line of text on back
- #348 Mets 1970 Rookie Stars (Mike Jorgensen / Jesse Hudson) - UER: Hudson was in only 1 game (2 innings) at New York
- #356 Fred Lasher - UER: 1969 stat line should read "A.L."
- #359 Phil Roof - UER: last line should read "...traded to Pilots..."
- #360 Curt Flood - UER: 1969 Team misspelled "St. Lous"
- #365 Zoilo Versalles - UER: birth year should be 1939
- #402 Ellie Rodriguez - UER: 1st line should read, "...Royals #7 pick in the 1968 Expansion Draft"
- #503 Dal Maxvill - UER: first line should read "...NL Gold Glove.."
- #524 Alvin Dark - UER: 1969 stat, Pos. should read "Sixth (East)"
- #566 Gene Alley - UER: second line should read "Gold Gloves"
- #591 Mike Ryan - UER: stats incorrectly labeled "Pitching Record"
- #684 Jack Fisher - UER: The write-up on the back says Fisher had three consecutive shutouts in 1961, should be 1960.
- #689 Frank Tepedino - UER: birth year should be 1947
- #705 Tony Cloninger - UER - stat column headers are for Batting
