#373 Curt Simmons - St. Louis Cardinals

Curtis Thomas Simmons
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  175
Born:  May 19, 1929, Egypt, PA
Signed:  Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent before 1947 season
Major League Teams:  Philadelphia Phillies 1947-1950, 1952-1960; St. Louis Cardinals 1960-1966; Chicago Cubs 1966-1967; California Angels 1967

Curt Simmons will forever be associated with the beloved Whiz Kids, the 1950 Phillies club that made it to the World Series for the first time since 1915.  Simmons was a 17-game winner for the Phillies in 1950 and formed a solid one-two punch atop their starting pitching rotation with Robin Roberts (#15).  He missed the 1950 World Series against the Yankees after being drafted to serve in the Korean War.  Simmons was a three-time All-Star with the Phillies in 1952, 1953 and 1957.  He won at least 12 games with the club in six different seasons.  Released by the Phillies in May 1960, Simmons signed with the Cardinals where he enjoyed a career resurgence.  His best seasons actually came during his time in St. Louis as he went 15-9 in 1963 with a 2.48 ERA and was 18-9 for the team in 1964 when they upset the Phillies in the final week of the season to advance to the World Series.  Simmons pitched well in his Game 3 and Game 6 starts, and while he was the losing pitcher in Game 6, he compiled a 2.51 ERA over 14 1/3 innings.  The Cardinals would win the series in seven games over the Yankees.

2006 Toyota Phillies Wall of Fame Postcards

A competent fielder as well, Simmons had errorless seasons in 1950, 1952, 1957 and 1963.  Simmons would finish up his 20-year big league career with a few seasons with the Cubs and Angels, retiring in 1967.  At the time, along with Smoky Burgess (#198), he was the last person to retire who had played in the majors in the 1940s.  Simmons had a lifetime record of 193-183 with a 3.54 ERA over 569 games pitched.  His career strikeout total of 1,697 is currently 149th on the all-time list.  Hank Aaron (#170) named Simmons as one of the toughest pitchers he faced during his career.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #399
You'll be seeing this particular passage on my 1965 Topps blog for quite some time as we added a whopping 97 cards to our set during the December Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show.  If I'm ambitious and compose posts for five cards a week, I should be completely caught up by the end of May.  If I'm not as ambitious, I might still be going through this stack by the time we hit July.  Either way, I'll enjoy the process and I'm looking forward to taking my time.  I've posted a complete summary of this fantastic show over at The Phillies Room.

Looking to kill some time while we were waiting for our number to be called for Doug's autograph from Jim Thome, I found a bargain bin of 1965 Topps cards at Uncle Dick's and I texted Doug that I'd be standing at the table where the dealers were wearing neon green shirts.   This Simmons card was one of 15 from that first batch of purchases, totaling $40, and it was a little less than $3 after the dealer discount.  After getting the Thome autograph, and grabbing a slice of pizza from the "food court" upstairs, I'd settle in at Uncle Dick's for my second and biggest haul of the show.

The Card / Cardinals Team Set
Simmons' veteran status and his lengthy major league career up to this point allowed no room for anything other than statistics.

1965 Season
Simmons, and the entire Cardinals team, came back down to Earth in 1965, with Simmons going 9-15 with a 4.08 ERA over 34 appearances, including 32 starts.  Only Bob Gibson (#320) with 36 made more starts than Simmons with the lefty pitcher crossing the 200-inning threshold for eighth and final time in his career.

Phillies Career
The Phillies signed Simmons as a bonus baby in 1947 for $65,000, one of the highest amounts received to date by an amateur player.  He made his debut on September 28th that season and he'd be a fixture in the Phillies' starting pitching rotation for the next decade.  He was the National League's starting pitcher in the 1952 All-Star Game, hosted at Shibe Park, and he pitched three shutout innings while striking out three.  With the Phillies entering a rebuilding phase, Simmons was released by the club on May 17, 1960.  He'd return briefly to the franchise in 1970 as a member of the Phillies' minor league instructional staff.

With the Phillies, he was 115-110 with a 3.66 ERA in 325 games.  Simmons was inducted onto the Phillies Wall of Fame in 1993, and he was by far the best left-handed pitcher in franchise history until Steve Carlton (#477), Chris Short and Cole Hamels all came along.  Simmons still ranks in the top ten among all Phillies pitchers in games started (263), shutouts (18), wins (115), innings pitched (1,939 2/3), and strikeouts (1,052).

1949 Bowman #14

1952 Topps #203

1957 Topps #158

1963 Topps #22

1967 Topps #39

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1949 Bowman #14
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (13):  1952, 1956-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2016 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-CS

92 - Simmons non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 12/29/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Phillies Room
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #372 Clay Dalrymple - Philadelphia Phillies

Next Card:  #374 Angels Rookie Stars

#488 Ted Wills - Cincinnati Reds

Theodore Carl Wills
Cincinnati Reds
Pitcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  200
Born:  February 9, 1934, Fresno, CA
Signed:  Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent before 1955 season
Major League Teams:  Boston Red Sox 1959-1962; Cincinnati Reds 1962; Chicago White Sox 1965

Ted Wills pitched professionally for 11 seasons, spending most of that time within the Red Sox organization.  Used as a starter by the Red Sox for eight games during his rookie season in 1959, Wills threw two complete games and was 2-6 with a 5.27 ERA.  He appeared in a career-high 27 games in 1962, including 26 with the Reds, who purchased his contract in May.  He spent all of the 1963 and 1964 seasons in the minors pitching for the the Triple-A San Diego Padres, the Reds' top farm team at the time.  He'd appear in his final 15 big league games with the White Sox in 1965, pitching respectively with a 2-0 record and a 2.84 ERA over 19 innings pitched.  Wills earned a career record of 8-11 over 83 big league games with a 5.51 ERA.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #398
You'll be seeing this particular passage on my 1965 Topps blog for quite some time as we added a whopping 97 cards to our set during the December Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show.  If I'm ambitious and compose posts for five cards a week, I should be completely caught up by the end of May.  If I'm not as ambitious, I might still be going through this stack by the time we hit July.  Either way, I'll enjoy the process and I'm looking forward to taking my time.  I've posted a complete summary of this fantastic show over at The Phillies Room.

Looking to kill some time while we were waiting for our number to be called for Doug's autograph from Jim Thome, I found a bargain bin of 1965 Topps cards at Uncle Dick's and I texted Doug that I'd be standing at the table where the dealers were wearing neon green shirts.   This Wills card was one of 15 from that first batch of purchases, totaling $40, and it was a little less than $3 after the dealer discount.  After getting the Thome autograph, and grabbing a slice of pizza from the "food court" upstairs, I'd settle in at Uncle Dick's for my second and biggest haul of the show.

The Card / Reds Team Set
This is Wills' third and final appearance in a Topps set, and he'd sign reprints of this card for inclusion in the 2014 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs insert set.  Rather than try to come up with a cartoon to highlight an aspect of Wills' career on the back of the card, Topps opted to display his entire minor league statistical history while dramatically increasing the font size for his name.

1965 Season
Wills began the season in the Reds' organization but was acquired by the White Sox on April 7th.  As mentioned above, he pitched well out of the White Sox bullpen, but was sent down to the Triple-A Jacksonville Suns, the top farm team of the Cardinals.  I'm not sure why he wouldn't have reported to the Indianapolis Indians, the White Sox top minor league team.  In any event, Wills had a falling out with the Suns' manager, Grover Resinger, and he was shipped out to Oregon to play for the Portland Beavers, the top farm team of the Indians.  Wills would finish out his career with the Beavers, and in total he appeared in 15 minor league games in 1965, making 12 starts, and going 4-3 with a 3.75 ERA over 72 innings pitched.

1960 Leaf #56

1961 Topps #548

1962 Topps #444

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1960 Leaf #56
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (3):  1961-1962, 1965
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2014 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-TW

12 - Wills non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 12/29/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #487 Woody Woodward - Milwaukee Braves

Next Card:  #489 Gene Mauch MG - Philadelphia Phillies

#520 Tony Cloninger - Milwaukee Braves

Tony Lee Cloninger
Milwaukee Braves
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  210
Born:  August 13, 1940, Lincoln County, NC
Signed:  Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent, May 23, 1958
Major League Teams:  Milwaukee Braves 1961-1965; Atlanta Braves 1966-1968; Cincinnati Reds 1968-1971; St. Louis Cardinals 1972
Died:  July 24, 2018, Denver, NC (age 77)

Tony Cloninger pitched in 12 big league seasons as one of the top strikeout pitchers of his day, and would go on to serve as a long-time pitching coach for the Yankees (1992-2001) and Red Sox (2002-2003).  Cloninger won 19 games in 1964, but his career year came in 1965 when he went 24-11 with a 3.29 ERA and 211 strikeouts in 279 innings pitched.  Effectively wild, he also led the league in wild pitches in 1965 and 1966 and his career tally of 119 wild pitches is currently 68th on the all-time list.  A surprisingly solid batter, Cloninger clubbed two grand slams on July 3, 1966, driving in nine runs in total, and to date he is the only pitcher to hit two grand slams in the same game.  After 7 1/2 seasons with the Braves, he was dealt to the Reds where he helped that team advance to the World Series in 1970.  Cloninger was the losing pitcher in Game 3 and the Orioles would ultimately win the series in five games.  He retired as a player following the 1972 season with a lifetime record of 113-97 in 352 games, with a 4.07 ERA and 1,120 strikeouts.

Cloninger returned to baseball in 1988 as a minor league pitching coach for the Yankees and he'd join the Yankees' major league coaching staff in 1992.  Under managers Buck Showalter and Joe Torre (#200), he was a member of five American League pennant winners and four World Series championship teams.  After two seasons as a coach with the Red Sox, Cloninger was named a player development consultant in 2004 for the team, serving in that role for 15 years.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #397
You'll be seeing this particular passage on my 1965 Topps blog for quite some time as we added a whopping 97 cards to our set during the December Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show.  If I'm ambitious and compose posts for five cards a week, I should be completely caught up by the end of May.  If I'm not as ambitious, I might still be going through this stack by the time we hit July.  Either way, I'll enjoy the process and I'm looking forward to taking my time.  I've posted a complete summary of this fantastic show over at The Phillies Room.

Looking to kill some time while we were waiting for our number to be called for Doug's autograph from Jim Thome, I found a bargain bin of 1965 Topps cards at Uncle Dick's and I texted Doug that I'd be standing at the table where the dealers were wearing neon green shirts.   This Cloninger card was one of 15 from that first batch of purchases, totaling $40, and it was a little less than $3 after the dealer discount.  After getting the Thome autograph, and grabbing a slice of pizza from the "food court" upstairs, I'd settle in at Uncle Dick's for my second and biggest haul of the show.

The Card / Braves Team Set
The back of the card mentions Cloninger's team-leading 19 wins in 1964, and Denny Lemaster (#441) finished second on the team with 17 wins.  Cloninger's one-hitter against the Pirates came on April 29, 1964 in front of 4,337 fans in Milwaukee's County Stadium.  The no-hitter lasted 6 2/3 innings, until Willie Stargell (#377) lined a single to right field.

1965 Season
As mentioned above, this was Cloninger's career year and he was the ace of the Braves pitching staff for a team that finished in fifth place.  Cloninger made 38 starts, pitching 16 complete games and one shutout.  He also led the league with 119 walks and 22 wild pitches.

1962 Topps #63

1964 Topps #575

1968 Topps #93

1970 Topps #705

1972 Topps #779

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1962 Topps #63
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (10):  1962-1972
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1988 ProCards #1353

69 - Cloninger non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 12/28/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #519 Bob Uecker - St. Louis Cardinals

Next Card:  #521 Phillies Rookie Stars

#503 Phil Gagliano - St. Louis Cardinals

Philip Joseph Gagliano
St. Louis Cardinals
Infield

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  180
Born:  December 27, 1941, Memphis, TN
Signed:  Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent, September 6, 1959
Major League Teams:  St. Louis Cardinals 1963-1970; Chicago Cubs 1970; Boston Red Sox 1971-1972; Cincinnati Reds 1973-1974
Died:  December 20, 2016, Hollister, MO (age 74)

Phil Gagliano was a key utility player for the Cardinals throughout the 1960s, and he'd play every position except pitcher, catcher and center fielder over his 12-year big league career.  Gagliano appeared in a career high 122 games in 1965, mostly filling in for slumping second baseman, Julian Javier (#447).  He was a member of the Cardinals' pennant-winning teams in 1964, 1967 and 1968, and he'd play in his only winning World Series with the club in 1967 when St. Louis defeated the Red Sox in seven games.  Gagliano would continue in his utility role with the Cardinals until a trade in May 1970 sent him to the Cubs.  He'd spend just a season with the Cubs before landing with the Red Sox and settling into a full-time pinch-hitting role.  Gagliano batted a career-high .324 with the Red Sox in 1971, serving as their top bat off the bench.  He'd move on to the Reds for the final two seasons of his career, making one last playoff appearance in the 1973 NLCS against the Mets.  Gagliano was released by the Reds following the 1974 season, ending his baseball career.

He was a career .238 batter with 14 home runs and 159 RBIs.  As a pinch-hitter, he batted .201 with 55 pinch-hits in 333 plate appearances.  Gagliano's younger brother Ralph (#501) played his sole major league game on September 21, 1965 with the Indians.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #396
You'll be seeing this particular passage on my 1965 Topps blog for quite some time as we added a whopping 97 cards to our set during the December Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show.  If I'm ambitious and compose posts for five cards a week, I should be completely caught up by the end of May.  If I'm not as ambitious, I might still be going through this stack by the time we hit July.  Either way, I'll enjoy the process and I'm looking forward to taking my time.  I've posted a complete summary of this fantastic show over at The Phillies Room.

Looking to kill some time while we were waiting for our number to be called for Doug's autograph from Jim Thome, I found a bargain bin of 1965 Topps cards at Uncle Dick's and I texted Doug that I'd be standing at the table where the dealers were wearing neon green shirts.   This Gagliano card was one of 15 from that first batch of purchases, totaling $40, and it was a little less than $3 after the dealer discount.  After getting the Thome autograph, and grabbing a slice of pizza from the "food court" upstairs, I'd settle in at Uncle Dick's for my second and biggest haul of the show.

The Card / Cardinals Team Set
This is the third appearance on Cardinals cards I've added to our set of what appears to be an apartment building (or a hotel?) in the background.  The building also turns up on the cards of Ray Sadecki (#230) and Mike Shannon (#43), and I'm assuming these photos were all taken during the Cardinals' spring training camp.  Gagliano receives his fist solo Topps card here after appearing on a Rookie Stars card in 1964 with Cap Peterson (#512).  The back of the card features his brother Ralph and mentions his history with current Cardianls' teammate, Tim McCarver (#294).

1965 Season
As mentioned above, Gagliano appeared in 122 games, making 48 starts at second base, 23 starts in right field, 17 starts at third base and a pair of starts in left field.  The Cardinals finished in a distant seventh place behind the pennant-winning Dodgers, a year after winning the World Series.  Gagliano batted .240 with eight home runs and 53 RBIs - both career highs.  He also hit career highs in runs (46), hits (87) and doubles (14).

1964 Topps #568

1967 Topps #304

1970 Topps #143

1972 Topps #472

1974 Topps #622

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1964 Topps #568
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (11):  1964-1974
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1974 Topps #622

32 - Gagliano non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 12/26/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #502 Don Cardwell - Pittsburgh Pirates

Next Card:  #504 Jerry Grote - Houston Astros

#534 John Herrnstein - Philadelphia Phillies

John Ellett Herrnstein
Philadelphia Phillies
Outfield-First Base

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  215
Born:  March 31, 1938, Hampton, VA
Signed:  Signed as an amateur free agent by the Philadelphia Phillies, December 2, 1958
Major League Teams:  Philadelphia Phillies 1962-1966; Chicago Cubs 1966; Atlanta Braves 1966
Died:  October 3, 2017, Chillicothe, OH (age 79)

Before he would appear in five major league seasons, John Herrnstein was a star baseball and football player at the University of Michigan, and he was the captain of the Wolverines' football team in 1958.  A knee injury that year ended his football career and Herrnstein switched his focus to baseball.  He made his debut with the Phillies in 1962 and would appear in 21 games over the next two seasons, all as a pinch-hitter, pinch-runner, or late inning outfield defensive replacement.  Herrnstein got his chance to play every day in 1964, eventually replacing Roy Sievers (#574) as the team's regular first baseman.  Eight different players received starts at first base during that season, with Herrnstein leading them all with 61 starts.  He got off to a hot start, and proved to be a good defensive first baseman, while also starting 15 games in the outfield.  But during the great Phillies collapse in September 1964, Herrnstein batted only .084 (3 for 35) as the team lost the pennant by one game.

From the 1965 Phillies Yearbook

Herrnstein was relegated to a utility role in 1965 and began the 1966 season as the Phillies' fourth outfielder.  He was dealt to the Cubs on April 21, 1966, in one of the worst trades in franchise history, and was on the move again to the Braves a little over a month later.  Herrnstein would retire following the 1966 season with a career .220 average, eight home runs and 34 RBIs.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #395
You'll be seeing this particular passage on my 1965 Topps blog for quite some time as we added a whopping 97 cards to our set during the December Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show.  If I'm ambitious and compose posts for five cards a week, I should be completely caught up by the end of May.  If I'm not as ambitious, I might still be going through this stack by the time we hit July.  Either way, I'll enjoy the process and I'm looking forward to taking my time.  I've posted a complete summary of this fantastic show over at The Phillies Room.

Looking to kill some time while we were waiting for our number to be called for Doug's autograph from Jim Thome, I found a bargain bin of 1965 Topps cards at Uncle Dick's and I texted Doug that I'd be standing at the table where the dealers were wearing neon green shirts.   This Herrnstein card was one of 15 from that first batch of purchases, totaling $40, and it was a little less than $3 after the dealer discount.  After getting the Thome autograph, and grabbing a slice of pizza from the "food court" upstairs, I'd settle in at Uncle Dick's for my second and biggest haul of the show.

The Card / Phillies Team Set
This is Herrnstein's first solo card after appearing on Rookie Stars cards in 1963 with Hall of Famer Willie Stargell (#377) and in 1964 with future Hall of Famer Dick Allen (#460), and he'd appear on just one more solo Topps card in 1966.  Topps featured an odd highlight from 1964 as Herrnstein's pinch-hit home run came on August 16, 1964, and it was a solo shot in the eighth inning with the Phillies trailing 9-2 to the Mets at the time.  The other Phillies pinch-hit home run in 1964 came on August 9th from Alex Johnson (#352).

1965 Season
Herrnstein appeared in 63 games, batting .200 with a home run and five RBIs.  With the offseason acquisition of Dick Stuart (#280) to play first base, Herrnstein was left without a position and he was used sparingly by manager Gene Mauch (#489).  He didn't receive his first start until June 17th.  According to his SABR biography, Herrnstein's best memory from the 1965 season came during the team's opening day game against the Astros in the newly opened Astrodome.  Herrnstein happened to have a lengthy pregame conversation with one of the Mercury astronauts on hand for the ceremony, and the astronaut turned out to be Neil Armstrong.  Herrnstein revealed that he and Armstrong would exchange letters over the years.

Phillies Career
All but 28 of Herrnstein's 239 career games came with the Phillies.  In 213 games, he batted .222 with eight home runs and 33 RBIs.  On April 21, 1966, Herrnstein was dealt with outfielder Adolfo Phillips and pitching prospect Fergie Jenkins to the Cubs for Bob Buhl (#264) and Larry Jackson (#420).  Jenkins would win a Cy Young Award in 1971 with the Cubs, and he was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1991.

1963 Topps #553

1964 Topps #243

1966 Topps #304

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1963 Topps #553
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (4):  1963-1966
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2015 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-JH

13 - Herrnstein non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 12/26/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Phillies Room
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #533 Mets Rookie Stars

Next Card:  #535 Jack Kralick - Cleveland Indians

#482 Bob Priddy - San Francisco Giants

Robert Simpson Priddy
San Francisco Giants
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  200
Born:  December 10, 1939, Pittsburgh, PA
Signed:  Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent before 1959 season
Major League Teams:  Pittsburgh Pirates 1962, 1964; San Francisco Giants 1965-1966; Washington Senators 1967; Chicago White Sox 1968-1969; California Angels 1969; Atlanta Braves 1969-1971

Journeyman reliever Bob Priddy spent part of nine seasons in the majors, spending the most time with the Braves over the final seasons of his career.  Beginning his career with the Pirates, and then spending two seasons with the Giants, Priddy enjoyed the best year of his career with the Senators in 1967.  Although he was 3-7 that season, he had a 3.44 ERA over 46 games pitched (a career high) while saving four games.  He'd move to the White Sox the following season, losing 11 games but again providing somewhat steady relief while also serving as fifth starter when needed.  Priddy appeared in 41 and 40 games respectively with the Braves in his final big league seasons in 1970 and 1971.  He retired having pitched in 249 games, with a record of 24-38 and an ERA of 4.00.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #394
You'll be seeing this particular passage on my 1965 Topps blog for quite some time as we added a whopping 97 cards to our set during the December Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show.  If I'm ambitious and compose posts for five cards a week, I should be completely caught up by the end of May.  If I'm not as ambitious, I might still be going through this stack by the time we hit July.  Either way, I'll enjoy the process and I'm looking forward to taking my time.  I've posted a complete summary of this fantastic show over at The Phillies Room.

Looking to kill some time while we were waiting for our number to be called for Doug's autograph from Jim Thome, I found a bargain bin of 1965 Topps cards at Uncle Dick's and I texted Doug that I'd be standing at the table where the dealers were wearing neon green shirts.   This Priddy card was one of 15 from that first batch of purchases, totaling $40, and it was a little less than $3 after the dealer discount.  After getting the Thome autograph, and grabbing a slice of pizza from the "food court" upstairs, I'd settle in at Uncle Dick's for my second and biggest haul of the show.

The Card / Giants Team Set
Priddy is hatless and wearing a Pirates jersey on this card.  This is his first solo card in a Topps set, and his rookie card is shared in the 1964 set with Tom Butters (#246).  The back of the card mentions his last start in the minors from 1961.  Priddy would be called on to start 29 games over his remaining big league career, including a career high 18 with the White Sox in 1968.  He owned three career complete games.

Our version of this card has a pretty significant dinged corner, which I didn't notice at the time of purchase.  This could be a good candidate for an upgrade at some point.

1965 Season
On February 11th, the Pirates traded Priddy and outfielder Bob Burda to the Giants for catcher Del Crandall (#68).  Priddy would only appear in eight games for the Giants, all in relief, accumulating an ERA of 1.74 over 10 1/3 innings pitched.  The bulk of his season was spent pitching for the Triple-A Columbus Jets, where he went 8-4 with a 2.76 ERA over 48 games pitched.

1964 Topps #74

1966 Topps #572

1967 Topps #26

1969 Topps #248

1971 Topps #147

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1964 Topps #74
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (8):  1964-1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2020 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-BPR

24 - Priddy non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 12/24/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database

Previous Card:  #481 Cleveland Indians Team Card

Next Card:  #483 George Smith - Detroit Tigers