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Howard Dean Reed
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher
Born: December 21, 1936, Dallas, TX
Signed: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent, September 24, 1957
Major League Teams: Kansas City Athletics 1958-1960; Los Angeles Dodgers 1964-1966; California Angels 1966; Houston Astros 1967; Montreal Expos 1969-1971
Died: December 7, 1984, Corpus Christi, TX (age 47)
Originally signed in 1957 by the Athletics, pitcher Howie Reed appeared sparingly with the club over three different seasons and all told spent 6 1/2 seasons toiling in the minor leagues. Dealt to the Dodgers in early 1961, the club wouldn't recall him until mid-way through the 1964 season. He'd appear in 26 games for the Dodgers in 1964, making seven starts, and he'd serve as a key member of the pennant-winning team's pitching staff in 1965. Reed was 7-5 that season with a 3.12 ERA in 38 appearances. He pitched in two World Series games as the Dodgers defeated the Twins in seven games.
Reed would spend the next two seasons bouncing between the majors and minors within the Dodgers, Angels and Astros organizations. After pitching all of 1968 for the Astros' top farm team in Oklahoma City, he was sold to the expansion Expos where he'd see the most big league action of his career over the next three seasons. Reed appeared in 31 games in the Expos' inaugural season, making 15 starts and going 6-7 with a 4.84 ERA. In 1970, he pitched in a career-high 57 games, second only to the 59 appearances made by team closer Claude Raymond (#48). He'd spend all of 1971 back with the Expos, but then his final season in 1972 was with Montreal's Triple-A team in Peninsula. Reed retired with a career record of 26-29 in 229 games pitched, a 3.72 ERA and 268 strikeouts.
Building the Set
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #470
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.
The Card / Dodgers Team Set
This is Reed's first Topps card, and his rookie card appeared way back in the 1960 Leaf set. The back of the card includes statistics from Reed's lengthy minor league career, and highlights his league leading 19 wins in 1963 while pitching with the Spokane Indians. I missed that blotch over the cartoon figure's baseball hat when picking out this card, and if I'd seen it I probably would have passed on this card.
1965 Season
As mentioned above, this was one of Reed's stronger seasons and he'd earn a World Series ring with the Dodgers. Only Ron Perranoski (#484), the team's closer, and Bob Miller (#98) had more appearances out of the bullpen than Reed. In the World Series, he pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in Game 1, but he got knocked around a little in Game 6 in his two innings of work. The big blow was a sixth inning three-run home run surrendered to Twins pitcher Mudcat Grant (#432) that gave the Twins a 5-0 lead and ultimately forced a Game 7.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1960 Leaf #84
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (4): 1965-1966, 1970-1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1971 Topps #398
16 - Reed non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 3/5/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database
December 4, 2021 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards, Babylon, NY) - Card #470
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 Reed card which was less than $4 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 Reed's first Topps card, and his rookie card appeared way back in the 1960 Leaf set. The back of the card includes statistics from Reed's lengthy minor league career, and highlights his league leading 19 wins in 1963 while pitching with the Spokane Indians. I missed that blotch over the cartoon figure's baseball hat when picking out this card, and if I'd seen it I probably would have passed on this card.
1965 Season
As mentioned above, this was one of Reed's stronger seasons and he'd earn a World Series ring with the Dodgers. Only Ron Perranoski (#484), the team's closer, and Bob Miller (#98) had more appearances out of the bullpen than Reed. In the World Series, he pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in Game 1, but he got knocked around a little in Game 6 in his two innings of work. The big blow was a sixth inning three-run home run surrendered to Twins pitcher Mudcat Grant (#432) that gave the Twins a 5-0 lead and ultimately forced a Game 7.
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First Mainstream Card: 1960 Leaf #84
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (4): 1965-1966, 1970-1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1971 Topps #398
16 - Reed non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 3/5/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia
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