#331 Dodgers Rookie Stars - Al Ferrara / John Purdin

Alfred John Ferrara
Los Angeles Dodgers
Outfield

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right Height:  6'1"  Weight:  200
Born:  December 22, 1939, Brooklyn, NY
Signed:  Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent before 1959 season
Major League Teams:  Los Angeles Dodgers 1963, 1965-1968; San Diego Padres 1969-1971; Cincinnati Reds 1971

John Nolan Purdin
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  185
Born:  July 16, 1942, Lynx, OH
Signed:  Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent before 1964 season
Major League Teams:  Los Angeles Dodgers 1964-1965, 1968-1969
Died:  March 28, 2010, Charleston, SC (age 67)

Ferrara as Atlas in Batman, 1968

Al Ferrara is a colorful character who was an accomplished pianist as a teenager, had cameos in episodes of Gilligan's Island and Batman, and also happened to play parts of eight seasons in the major leagues.  He was a member of the 1963 and 1965 Dodgers teams that won World Series titles, although he didn't appear in any of those postseason games.  Ferrara's best season came in 1967 when he appeared in 122 for the Dodgers and batted .277 with 16 home runs and 50 RBIs.  Selected by the Padres in the expansion draft, he appeared in 138 games in both the 1969 and 1970 seasons as a back-up outfielder and pinch-hitter.  After a brief stint with the Reds in 1971 almost exclusively as a pinch-hitter, Ferrara retired from baseball.  In 574 career games, he batted .259 with 51 home runs and 198 RBIs.

John Purdin had an eventful 1964, as he was signed by the Dodgers, pitched a seven-inning perfect game for the Class A Salisbury Dodgers over the summer and made his big league debut in Dodger Stadium in September.  Purdin dazzled for the Dodgers that September, including a two-hit complete game shutout against the Cubs in his first big league start.  He'd struggle in 11 games for the Dodgers in 1965, and he wouldn't return to the club until 1968.  That was to be his career year, as Purdin appeared in 35 games and was one of the club's better relievers with a 3.07 ERA over 55 2/3 innings pitched.  He'd last appear in the majors in 1969, pitching in a final nine games for the Dodgers.  Purdin would spend time in the Angels, White Sox and Padres organizations, retiring following the 1972 season.  In 58 major league games, Purdin was 6-4 with a 3.90 ERA over 110 2/3 innings pitched.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #419
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.

After securing Doug's Jim Thome autograph, I returned to Uncle Dick's and their neon green shirts, pulled up a chair, and settled in.  Over the course of 45 minutes or so, I found 79 cards needed for our set, including this Rookie Stars card which was a little less than $3 after the dealer discount.  I was surrounded by six or seven other seated collectors, all who looked similar to me, with a touch of gray, focused on their individual quests.  I wiped out Uncle Dick's two 1965 Topps commons binders, paid for my haul and then retreated to a table with Doug to update our checklist.

The Card / Dodgers Team Set
This is Ferrara's second appearance on a Rookie Stars card, as he appeared in the 1964 Topps set on a card with Jeff Torborg.  He'd earn his first solo card in the 1966 Topps set.  The photo of Purdin looks as if it's been touched up somehow and perhaps it was a black and white photo colorized by Topps?  This is Purdin's rookie card.

1965 Season - Ferrara
Ferrara was with the Dodgers until mid-June and then returned as a September call-up.  In 41 games with the Dodgers, he batted .210, making 18 starts in right field and a pair of starts in left field.  He spent the summer months after his demotion with the Spokane Indians in the Pacific Coast League, where he batted .307 in 63 games as one of the club's regular outfielders.

1965 Season - Purdin
Purdin had a few different stints with the Dodgers, appearing in 11 games and going 2-1 with a 6.75 ERA.  I'm assuming most of his season was lost to injury as his only other statistics from 1965 are with the Dodgers' team in the Arizona Instructional League.

1964 Topps #337

1966 Topps #487

1967 Topps #557

1969 Topps #452

1971 Topps #214

Other Notable Baseball Cards - Ferrara
First Mainstream Card:  1964 Topps #337
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (8):  1964-1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2020 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-AF

44 - Ferrara non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 1/10/22.

Sources - Ferrara:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia

Other Notable Baseball Cards - Purdin
First Mainstream Card:  1965 Topps #331
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (4):  1965, 1968-1969, 1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1971 Topps #748

17 - Purdin non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 1/10/22.

Sources - Purdin:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia

1968 Topps #336

1969 Topps #161

1971 Topps #748

Previous Card:  #330 Whitey Ford - New York Yankees

Next Card:  #332 Ted Abernathy - Cleveland Indians

#329 Hawk Taylor - New York Mets

Robert Dale Taylor
New York Mets
Catcher-Outfield

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  187
Born:  April 3, 1939, Metropolis, IL
Signed:  Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent, June 1, 1957
Major League Teams:  Milwaukee Braves 1957-1958, 1961-1963; New York Mets 1964-1967; California Angels 1967; Kansas City Royals 1969-1970
Died:  June 9, 2012, Paducah, KY (age 73)

Hawk Taylor earned his nickname at a young age as his favorite movie serial was "Hawk of the Wilderness" while growing up in rural Illinois.  Signed to a record bonus baby contract of $119,000 in 1957, Taylor was forced to remain on the Braves roster for two seasons.  He rarely saw any playing time, getting into only 11 games over those two seasons.  After some seasoning in the minors, Taylor returned to the Braves in 1961 and he'd spend parts of three seasons as a pinch-hitter and occasional outfielder.  He'd get his chance for regular major league playing time in 1964 after the Braves sold his contract to the Mets.  Taylor was the relatively new team's opening day catcher in 1964, and he'd ultimately appear in 92 games - a career high.  Taylor also set career highs in 1964 with 54 hits, 20 runs scored, eight doubles, four home runs and 23 RBIs.  He was never an everyday player, although he did hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in Mets' franchise history on August 17, 1966.

After a brief stint with the Angels in 1967, Taylor was selected by the expansion Royals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.  He appeared in 121 games for the Royals in their first two seasons, serving as a pinch-hitter and back-up catcher or outfielder.  Taylor retired after a brief tenure in the Red Sox organization in 1971.  He batted .218 over 11 seasons in the majors, appearing in 394 games.  Taylor had 16 home runs 82 career RBIs.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #418
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.

After securing Doug's Jim Thome autograph, I returned to Uncle Dick's and their neon green shirts, pulled up a chair, and settled in.  Over the course of 45 minutes or so, I found 79 cards needed for our set, including this Taylor card which was a little less than $2 after the dealer discount.  I was surrounded by six or seven other seated collectors, all who looked similar to me, with a touch of gray, focused on their individual quests.  I wiped out Uncle Dick's two 1965 Topps commons binders, paid for my haul and then retreated to a table with Doug to update our checklist.

The Card / Mets Team Set
This is the first "C-Outfield" position combo card we've added to the set, and it may very well be the only instance of that position in the entire set.  We've had a "C-Inf." card for Ossie Virgil (#571) but never a "C-Outfield" until now.  Topps couldn't settle on what to call Taylor on his cards.  He's Bob in 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1969.  He's Hawk in 1965 and 1968.  And then in 1961, Topps went all in with Bob "Hawk" Taylor.  The back of the card references his five-hit game against the Colt .45s in 1962.  All five of Taylor's hits were singles.

1965 Season
Taylor spent the first half of the season with the Mets, appearing in 25 games through mid-June and making only seven starts - six at catcher and one at first base.  He spent the rest of the season with the Buffalo Bisons, where he hit .240 in 61 games as the team's regular catcher.

1958 Topps #164

1961 Topps #446

1964 Topps #381

1968 Topps #52

1969 Topps #239

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1958 Topps #164
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (8):  1958, 1961-1965, 1968-1969
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1969 Topps #239

18 - Taylor non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 1/9/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #328 Eddie Fisher - Chicago White Sox

Next Card:  #330 Whitey Ford - New York Yankees

#328 Eddie Fisher - Chicago White Sox

Eddie Gene Fisher
Chicago White Sox
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  200
Born:  July 16, 1936, Shreveport, LA
Signed:  Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent before 1958 season
Major League Teams:  San Francisco Giants 1959-1961; Chicago White Sox 1962-1966; Baltimore Orioles 1966-1967; Cleveland Indians 1968; California Angels 1969-1972; Chicago White Sox 1972-1973; St. Louis Cardinals 1973

Long-time reliever and knuckleballer Eddie Fisher was one of the more effective late-inning relievers of his era.  Fisher began his career with the Giants and spent parts of three seasons with them before getting a regular chance to relieve with the White Sox following a trade to Chicago in November 1961.  Fisher was a workhorse for the White Sox appearing in 57 games in 1962, 59 in 1964 and a league-leading 82 in 1965, which was his career year (see below).  Dealt to the Orioles in June 1966, Fisher helped that team reach the World Series although only reliever Moe Drabowsky (#439) saw action in the Series given the dominant performance of the Orioles' starting pitchers.  Nevertheless, Fisher was the proud recipient of a World Series ring after the Orioles swept the Dodgers.

Fisher would continue to pitch in the majors for another seven seasons, crossing the 30 game threshold in each of those seasons.  He had a late career resurgence with the Angels going 21-19 with a 3.22 ERA for the team over four seasons while recording 17 saves.  Fisher retired following the 1973 season with an 85-70 record to go along with a 3.41 ERA, 82 saves and 812 strikeouts over 1,538 2/3 innings pitched.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #417
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.

After securing Doug's Jim Thome autograph, I returned to Uncle Dick's and their neon green shirts, pulled up a chair, and settled in.  Over the course of 45 minutes or so, I found 79 cards needed for our set, including this Fisher card which was a little less than $2 after the dealer discount.  I was surrounded by six or seven other seated collectors, all who looked similar to me, with a touch of gray, focused on their individual quests.  I wiped out Uncle Dick's two 1965 Topps commons binders, paid for my haul and then retreated to a table with Doug to update our checklist.

The Card / White Sox Team Set
Looking at this card now, I don't know if I ever fully realized the White Sox had a different logo on their hat than they did on their jersey.  Seems odd now to have two completely different logos as part of your everyday uniform.  The back of the card rightfully points out how dominant Fisher and fellow knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm (#276) were out of the bullpen for the White Sox in 1964.  In what would be considered unusual today, the two pitchers essentially shared closer duties for a few seasons.  Wilhelm finished 140 of the White Sox games between 1963 and 1965 (about 29%), with Fisher finishing 96 games (about 20%) in the same span.

1965 Season
Fisher made his only All-Star team in 1965 and he threw two scoreless innings to close out the game.  Although the National League won, 6-5, Fisher retired future Hall of Famers Henry Aaron (#170), Roberto Clemente (#160) and Ron Santo (#110), in order, in the top of the ninth.  Fisher dominant season as the White Sox closer helped guide the team to a second place finish in the league.  In 82 games, he was 15-7 with a 2.40 ERA and 24 saves.  His fantastic year saw him finish fourth in the league's MVP voting behind winner Zoilo Versalles (#157), Tony Oliva (#340) and Brooks Robinson (#150).

1960 Topps #23

1964 Topps #66

1967 Topps #434

1970 Topps #156

1973 Topps #439

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1960 Topps #23
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (13):  1960-1961, 1963-1973
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1973 Topps #439

59 - Fisher non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 1/9/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #327 Denis Menke - Milwaukee Braves

Next Card:  #329 Hawk Taylor - New York Mets

#326 Dwight Siebler - Minnesota Twins

Dwight Leroy Siebler
Minnesota Twins
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  184
Born:  August 5, 1937, Columbus, NE
Signed:  Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent, July 21, 1958
Major League Teams:  Minnesota Twins 1963-1967
Died:  June 16, 2021, Omaha, NE (age 83)

Dwight Siebler pitched in parts of five seasons for the Twins, appearing in a career-high 23 games for the team in 1966.  Originally signed by the Phillies, Siebler was sold to the Twins in August 1963 and he'd make his big league debut that same month.  Most of his professional career was spent pitching in Triple-A, but he'd occasionally get the call to come to Minnesota, appearing in 23 games between 1963 and 1965 and making six spot starts.  He'd last appear in the majors in 1967, entering a pair of games for the Twins.  Siebler was 4-3 over his big league career, appearing in 48 games and pitching to a 3.45 ERA over 117 1/3 innings pitched.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #416
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.

After securing Doug's Jim Thome autograph, I returned to Uncle Dick's and their neon green shirts, pulled up a chair, and settled in.  Over the course of 45 minutes or so, I found 79 cards needed for our set, including this Siebler card which was a little less than $2 after the dealer discount.  I was surrounded by six or seven other seated collectors, all who looked similar to me, with a touch of gray, focused on their individual quests.  I wiped out Uncle Dick's two 1965 Topps commons binders, paid for my haul and then retreated to a table with Doug to update our checklist.

The Card / Twins Team Set
I love the cartoon on the back.  It shows Siebler being sold by a Quaker (representing the Phillies) to a pair of twins.  This is his first solo card as he appeared on a Rookie Stars card with Jerry Arrigo (#39) in the 1964 Topps set.

1965 Season
Spending the bulk of the season with the Denver Bears, Siebler was 11-7 with a 3.37 ERA in 30 appearances and his 187 innings pitched was second on the club to only Jim Merritt.  Siebler returned to the Twins in mid-July and he'd appear in seven games for the eventual American League champions.  He was optioned back down to Denver towards the end of the summer and not recalled again until mid-September, making him ineligible for the postseason roster.  Upset at missing his chance to play in the World Series, Siebler asked for a trade but his request was ignored by the Twins.

Phillies Connection
Siebler pitched in the Phillies' minor league system between 1959 and his sale to the Twins in 1963.  His best season was most likely his first, when he went 11-7 with a 3.22 ERA in 36 games for the Class C Bakersfield Bears in the California League.  His manager for that team was future Phillies general manager and manager Paul Owens, and his teammates included Dennis Bennett (#147), Danny Cater (#253) and Pat Corrales (#107).

1964 Topps #516

1966 Topps #546

1967 Topps #164

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1964 Topps #516
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (4):  1964-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2016 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-DSI

10 - Siebler non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 1/9/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #325 Donn Clendenon - Pittsburgh Pirates

Next Card:  #327 Denis Menke - Milwaukee Braves

#324 Bobby Locke - Los Angeles Angels

Lawrence Donald Locke
Los Angeles Angels
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  185
Born:  March 3, 1934, Rowes Run, PA

Signed:  Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before 1953 season
Major League Teams:  Cleveland Indians 1959-1961; St. Louis Cardinals 1962; Philadelphia Phillies 1962-1964; Cincinnati Reds 1965; California Angels 1967-1968

Died:  June 4, 2020, Dunbar, PA (age 86)

Born Lawrence Donald, but given the nickname Bobby, Bobby Locke played in parts of nine major league seasons, seeing the most action of his career with the Indians in the early 1960s.  Locke's best season came in 1960 when he appeared in 32 games for Cleveland and was 3-5 with a 3.37 ERA over 123 innings pitched.  He set personal career highs in just about every pitching category and along with Johnny Klippsten (#384) and Dick Stigman (#548) was one of the top relievers that year for the Indians.  Locke was dealt to the Cubs following the 1961 season, beginning a journey that would see him pitch with six different organizations throughout the rest of the decade.  

He'd appear in a total of 43 big league games between 1962 and 1967 with the Cardinals, Phillies, Reds and Angels.  Locke would last appear in the majors with the Angels in 1968, appearing in 29 games and going 2-3 with a 6.44 ERA.  He'd pitch in the minors in the Yankees system in 1969 before retiring.  In 165 career appearances, Locke was 16-15 with a 4.02 ERA in 416 2/3 innings pitched.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #415
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.

After securing Doug's Jim Thome autograph, I returned to Uncle Dick's and their neon green shirts, pulled up a chair, and settled in.  Over the course of 45 minutes or so, I found 79 cards needed for our set, including this Locke card which was a little less than $2 after the dealer discount.  I was surrounded by six or seven other seated collectors, all who looked similar to me, with a touch of gray, focused on their individual quests.  I wiped out Uncle Dick's two 1965 Topps commons binders, paid for my haul and then retreated to a table with Doug to update our checklist.

The Card / Angels Team Set
Locke appeared on five Topps flagship cards between 1960 and 1968, and there's a really good chance the photos used for all five were taken at the same session at some point during Locke's rookie season of 1959.  His 1960, 1961 and 1965 cards all feature the same or a very similar pitching pose, while his 1962 and 1968 cards use the exact same hatless photo.  He wore #29 during his time in Cleveland between 1959 and 1961.  The back of the card mentions his success in the minor leagues and his recent stint with the Phillies.

1965 Season
On October 15, 1964, the Phillies sold Locke to the Angels.  He'd start the season with the Angels' Triple-A team in Seattle, appearing in 27 games and compiling a 12-5 record with a 3.21 ERA in 16 starts and 140 innings pitched.  His success in the minors wasn't rewarded by the Angels, as he never pitched for the club.  However, on June 28th, he was dealt to the Reds for Jim Coates.  Locke made it into 11 games for the Reds, all in relief, and had a 0-1 record with a 5.71 ERA over 17 1/3 innings pitched.

Phillies Career
Locke spent almost all of three seasons in the Phillies' system, pitching mostly for their Triple-A team in Arkansas.  He was dealt by the Cardinals to the Phillies on April 28, 1962 for Don Ferrarese.  Locke missed most of the 1962 season with a leg injury but he did make it into five games for the Phillies.  He recovered in 1963, appearing in 21 games for the Arkansas Travelers and nine games for the Phillies.  In 1964, he made 48 appearances for the Travelers, and was a September call-up.  He arrived just in time to witness the team's historic collapse, pitching in eight games, none of which the Phillies won.  Locke's totals with the club included a record of 1-0, a 4.53 ERA over 22 games pitched and 27 strikeouts in 45 2/3 innings.  Despite pitching in three different years with them, he never appeared on a Phillies baseball card.

1960 Topps #44

1961 Topps #537

1962 Topps #359

1968 Topps #24

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1960 Topps #44
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (5):  1960-1962, 1965, 1968
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2017 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-BLO

19 - Locke non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 1/8/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #323 Hank Bauer MG - Baltimore Orioles

Next Card:  #325 Donn Clendenon - Pittsburgh Pirates

#319 Ken McMullen - Washington Senators

Kenneth Lee McMullen
Washington Senators
Third Base

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  190
Born:  June 1, 1942, Oxnard, CA
Signed:  Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent before 1960 season
Major League Teams:  Los Angeles Dodgers 1962-1964; Washington Senators 1965-1970; California Angels 1970-1972; Los Angeles Dodgers 1973-1975; Oakland Athletics 1976; Milwaukee Brewers 1977

Ken McMullen struggled early in his career at the plate and with the glove, but improved enough in both areas to spend parts of 16 seasons in the majors.  McMullen was the opening day third baseman for the Dodgers in 1963, but a batting (and fielding) slump saw him back in the minors early that season.  Traded to the Senators in a seven-player trade in December 1964, McMullen was again given the chance to start and was the regular third baseman for Gil Hodges' (#99) (and later Ted Williams') team between 1965 and 1969.  The late 1960s were the most productive for him and his career year came in 1969 when he batted .272 with 19 home runs and 87 RBIs.  McMullen had also worked on his fielding and turned himself into one of the better third baseman in the league.

He'd spend three full seasons with the Angels, traded to the club in April 1970.  Following the 1972 season, he was on the move again, this time back to the Dodgers, in the trade that sent Frank Robinson (#120) to the Angels.  McMullen would see his only postseason action with the Dodgers in 1974, appearing as a pinch-hitter in the NLCS against the Pirates.  He'd settle into a pinch-hitter/designated hitter role over the final seasons of his career with the Dodgers, Athletics and Brewers.  In 1,583 career games, McMullen batted .248 with 156 home runs and 606 RBIs.  His .961 fielding percentage at third base is currently 66th all-time.

Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #414
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.

After securing Doug's Jim Thome autograph, I returned to Uncle Dick's and their neon green shirts, pulled up a chair, and settled in.  Over the course of 45 minutes or so, I found 79 cards needed for our set, including this McMullen card which was a little less than $2 after the dealer discount.  I was surrounded by six or seven other seated collectors, all who looked similar to me, with a touch of gray, focused on their individual quests.  I wiped out Uncle Dick's two 1965 Topps commons binders, paid for my haul and then retreated to a table with Doug to update our checklist.

The Card / Senators Team Set
McMullen is shown hatless, wearing a Dodgers jersey.  Interestingly enough, the write-up on the back of the card refers to McMullen as a brilliant fielder.  While he'd improve dramatically defensively as his career progressed, 1965 was going to be one of his toughest in the field (see below).

1965 Season
On December 4, 1964, the Dodgers dealt McMullen, Frank Howard (#40), Phil Ortega (#152) and Pete Richert (#252), along with player to be named later Dick Nen (#466), to the Senators for John Kennedy (#119) and Claude Osteen (#570).  McMullen made 134 starts at third base, appearing in 150 games overall.  He batted .263 with 18 home runs and 54 RBIs, with his home run and RBIs totals second on the team behind Howard who had 21 and 84 respectively.  McMullen struggled mightily defensively, leading the league with 22 errors.

1963 Topps #537

1969 Topps #319

1971 Topps #485

1974 Topps #434

1977 Topps #181

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1963 Topps #537
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (15):  1963-1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1981 TCMA The 1960s II #338

60 - McMullen non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 1/8/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #318 Matty Alou - San Francisco Giants

Next Card:  #320 Bob Gibson - St. Louis Cardinals