1966 Topps
Total Cards: 598
Rating: 7.7 (121 ratings)
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Trivia |
- 1st set to include Atlanta Braves cards.
- Wax packs were $0.05 for 5 cards.
- Features the rookie cards for Hall of Famers Jim Palmer, Don Sutton, and Fergie Jenkins.
Features the final cards for Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Robin Robert. - Topps did not issue a team card for the Houston Astros, possibly because of a legal dispute over the name, "Astros."
- 22 Braves players pictured with no hat. Only one pictured with a batting helmet.
- #30 Pete Rose - UER: 1963 Hits (H) should read "170"
- #31 Jack Cullen - UER: 2nd line should read "...impressive hurling at Toledo..."
- #36 Jim Hunter - UER: Stat Years should be "1964" and "1965"
- #43 Don Landrum - Originally, card #43 Don Landrum, showed Landrum's fly button open and visible. A "corrected" version removed the button altogether, and a second corrected version finally corrected the issue.
- #51 Gordon Richardson - UER: No copyright/"Printed in USA" line
- #55 Ken Harrelson - UER: 1st line should read "...with the Athletics in 1965..."
- #74 Don Mossi - UER: "Born January 11, 1930", should be "January 11, 1929"
- #126 Jim Palmer - UER: 4th line should read "...the right-hander"
- #146 George Altman - UER: 1st sentence should read "...absence."
- #172 New York Mets - 1964 Team photo
- #178 Bob Tillman - UER: Cartoon should read "...threw out 23"
- #185 Bob Buhl - UER: Write-up on back is incomplete; ends abruptly
- #192 Vic Power - UER: "Born Nov. 1, 1931", should be "Nov. 1, 1927"
- #200 Eddie Mathews - incorrectly referred to as "Ed" on front and back (cartoon)
- #215 National League 1965 Batting Leaders (Bob Clemente / Hank Aaron / Willie Mays) - 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.
- #239 Orlando Pena - UER: Birth year should read "1933"
- #266 Pedro Gonzalez - UER: Birth year should read "1937"
- #271 Hal Lanier - UER: First "1965 San Francisco" Stat should read "1964"
- #299 Lew Burdette - UER: ".544" should be "5.44" for ERA for 1965 in stats on back
- #300 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.
- #324 John Boozer - UER: 1965 Arkansas wins listed as 96, should be 9
- #365 Roger Maris - UER: Birth year should read "1934"
- #385 Ken Boyer - UER: Boyer's grand slam in the 1964 World Series was in game 4, not game 6
- #400 Zoilo Versalles - UER: Birth year should read "1939"
- #447 Dick Ellsworth - Card #447 carries Dick Ellsworth's name, but mistakenly shows former teammate Ken Hubbs who was killed in a plane crash in February 1964.
- #498 Pirates 1966 Rookie Stars (Luke Walker / Woody Fryman) - UER: Fryman's ERA listed as ".267", should be 2.67
- #498 Pirates 1966 Rookie Stars (Luke Walker / Woody Fryman) - UER: Fryman's write-up refers to him as a "righty", but he is a left-handed pitcher
- #502 Lenny Green - UER: Birth month misspelled "aJn" on back
- #542 George Smith - UER: Born on "July 7, 1938", should be "July 7, 1937"
- #559 Roberto Pena - UER: Birth year should read "1937"
- #586 Claude Raymond - Card #586 Claude Raymond also shows a player with his fly open. No cards were issued as a "correction". His card in 1967 also has a fly open. No correction card was made for that one either.
- #591 NL 1966 Rookie Stars (Bart Shirley / Grant Jackson) - Often one of the last cards for set builders. This card was printed in such short supply that Topps gave both players portrayed on it multi-player cards in 1967 Topps as well.
User Comments |
These were the first pack of baseball cards that I every opened. I remember going to the local store down the road with my brothers and purchasing my first pack and opening it up and the first card I saw was a Johnny Klippstein #493. It was late in the summer so we had a lot of high numbers from this set. My brother is just a few cards from completing this set. While I have completed the 68,69,70,71,73,74 and 75 sets. And need just 2 cards for a 1960 set. Rating: 8 | ||
Bought my first 1966 wax pack at a small local store. All I had was a quarter, but is was enough for 2 packs and some candy. I walked back home through the woods opening what became a lifelong obsession. ....D | ||
High #'s for the '66 and '67 sets are greatly undervalued. No where are sellers listing these cards according to book value. Even doubling the listed values for 1966 and 1967 high #'s may not be enough. | ||
Forum |
| Subject | Replies | Last Post |
| 1966 Topps #123 - Pirates Rookies RC? | 3 | Jan 22, 2021 2:17 PM by BigEd76 |
| 1966T - ERR or UER?, Does anybody have this card? | 9 | Nov 6, 2019 4:25 PM by TraderJack |
| 1966 Topps Baseball ??? Fakes ??? | 6 | Nov 4, 2019 10:59 AM by bkim |
| 1966 Topps #379 Cardinals team card? | 10 | Jul 11, 2019 10:37 AM by switzr1 |
| 1966 Topps Rub-offs - Faked/Wrong scans | 3 | May 26, 2019 8:04 PM by C2Cigars |
External Links |
- 1966 Topps Baseball Blog
- BaseballCardPedia: 1966 Topps (R-414-42-A)
- Inside the Baseball Card Business: Insights from a 1966 Topps Baseball Point of Sale Order Booklet
- PSA Article: The 1966 Topps Baseball Card Set Turns 50
- PSA Price Guide: 1966 Topps
- Sports Collectors Daily: 1966 Topps Baseball Set an Underrated Classic
- Sports Collectors Daily: 1966 Topps Insert Rubbed Collectors The Right Way
- Sports Collectors Digest: The Magic of Vintage Rub-Offs
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