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Robert Sherwood Bailey
Pittsburgh Pirates
Third Base
Born: October 13, 1942, Long Beach, CA
Signed: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent before 1961 season
Major League Teams: Pittsburgh Pirates 1962-1966; Los Angeles Dodgers 1967-1968; Montreal Expos 1969-1975; Cincinnati Reds 1976-1977; Boston Red Sox 1977-1978
Died: January 9, 2018, Las Vegas, NV (age 75)
Bob Bailey played in parts of 17 seasons in the majors, first as the regular third baseman for the Pirates and Expos and later as an outfielder and pinch-hitter for the Reds and Red Sox. Bailey earned the starting third baseman's job with the Pirates in 1963 and while he struggled that first full season, he came back to bat .281 in 1964. He'd have four consecutive seasons with at least 11 home runs between 1963 and 1966, but he wouldn't put up his biggest power numbers until after being sold to the Expos from the Dodgers in late 1968. Bailey was the first first baseman in Montreal Expos franchise history, and his best seasons came in the early 1970s with the club. He batted a career high .287 in 1970 while hitting 28 home runs (also a career high) and 84 RBIs. He'd lead all National League third baseman in 1971 with a .960 fielding percentage and Bailey would bat .273 with 26 home runs and 86 RBIs in 1973. Later helping the Reds reach the World Series in 1976, Bailey didn't appear in the postseason, but he was the recipient of a ring after the Reds swept the Yankees in four games.
Bailey would play a few more seasons as a back-up outfielder, pinch-hitter and designated hitter before retiring. In 1,931 games, Bailey collected 1,564 hits, batting .257 with 189 home runs and 773 RBIs. He'd briefly manage in the minor leagues following his playing days.
Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #571
The Card / Pirates Team Set
This is already Bailey's third appearance in a Topps flagship set, and those appear to be mountains in the background? There are a few other Pirates cards in the set that use photos from presumably the same spring training location, and looking through some of those now maybe that is a mountain range in the background? Or maybe it's just trees and clouds. See for yourself here with the Pirates team set, and check out the cards for Steve Blass (#232) and Bob Veale (#195).
1965 Season
Bailey played in 159 games for the Pirates, the most of his career. At just 22 years old, and as the team's everyday third baseman, he made 133 starts at third and another 24 starts in left field. On opening day, Bailey hit a walk-off, game-winning home run off Juan Marichal (#50) in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Pirates a 1-0 win over the Giants. For the season, he batted .256 with 11 home runs and 49 RBIs.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1963 Topps #228
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (17): 1963-1979
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1981 TCMA The 1960s II #310
86 - Bailey non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 9/3/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #571
This is the 87th of 102 cards acquired for our set from the Baseball Card Sports Memorabilia Show, affectionately known as The Philly Show, held in the basement of the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia in early March. We went nuts and left the show needing only 12 more cards to complete our 1965 Topps set, and I wrote about the show in detail over at The Phillies Room. After our 51 card haul from Uncle Dick's, and with more card spending budget still in place, I set out to find another dealer with a binder of 1965 Topps cards with reasonable prices. I had purchased cards from Sports Cards Plus before, finding the last few cards needed for our 1971 Topps set from this dealer back in December 2019.
Settling in, we found 37 cards needed for our set with an average price per card working out to around $6. The lot, including this Bailey card, consisted mostly of semi-stars and team cards. After paying for this mini haul, we were officially 13 cards away from a complete set, with one more purchase coming to end the day.
The Card / Pirates Team Set
This is already Bailey's third appearance in a Topps flagship set, and those appear to be mountains in the background? There are a few other Pirates cards in the set that use photos from presumably the same spring training location, and looking through some of those now maybe that is a mountain range in the background? Or maybe it's just trees and clouds. See for yourself here with the Pirates team set, and check out the cards for Steve Blass (#232) and Bob Veale (#195).
1965 Season
Bailey played in 159 games for the Pirates, the most of his career. At just 22 years old, and as the team's everyday third baseman, he made 133 starts at third and another 24 starts in left field. On opening day, Bailey hit a walk-off, game-winning home run off Juan Marichal (#50) in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Pirates a 1-0 win over the Giants. For the season, he batted .256 with 11 home runs and 49 RBIs.
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First Mainstream Card: 1963 Topps #228
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (17): 1963-1979
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1981 TCMA The 1960s II #310
86 - Bailey non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 9/3/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia
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