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Harold Eugene Reniff
New York Yankees
Pitcher
Born: July 2, 1938, Warren, OH
Signed: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent before 1956 season
Major League Teams: New York Yankees 1961-1967; New York Mets 1967
Died: September 7, 2004, Ontario, CA (age 66)
The first thing I noticed from Hal Reniff's Baseball Reference page was that he apparently had two unflattering nicknames with either Porky or Whale. The second thing I noticed is that he appeared in 276 big league games between 1961 and 1967, pitching only for the Yankees or Mets, and pitching exclusively in relief. Reniff was a member of three pennant-winning Yankees teams in 1961, 1963 and 1964. While his club won the World Series in 1961, he didn't appear in any of those postseason games. The Yankees lost the series in both 1963 and 1964 with Reniff appearing in four games and throwing 3 1/3 scoreless innings. His best season came in 1963 when he appeared in 48 games, pitched 89 1/3 innings, saved 18 games and had an impressive 2.62 ERA. Reniff was sold to the Mets in June 1967, and he'd appear in his final 29 major league games with the club. He had a career record of 21-23 with 45 saves and a 3.27 ERA, with 314 strikeouts over 471 1/3 innings pitched.
Reniff was a mainstay of the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs bullpen, then the Yankees' top farm team, between 1968 and 1972. Despite finding some success each season with the Chiefs, Reniff was never again promoted to the Yankees, and he retired following the 1972 season.
Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #572
The Card / Yankees Team Set
His 18 saves from 1963 are highlighted in cartoon form on the back of the card. Reniff pitched professionally for 17 seasons, with lengthy minor league stints bookending his career, and Topps had to squish the font on the back to fit in all his minor league numbers dating back to 1956. As shown below, there wasn't much variety in terms of Reniff's Topps flagship card offerings.
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #572
This is the 88th 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 Reniff 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 / Yankees Team Set
His 18 saves from 1963 are highlighted in cartoon form on the back of the card. Reniff pitched professionally for 17 seasons, with lengthy minor league stints bookending his career, and Topps had to squish the font on the back to fit in all his minor league numbers dating back to 1956. As shown below, there wasn't much variety in terms of Reniff's Topps flagship card offerings.
I definitely didn't notice it at the time of purchase, but this card suffers from some serious diamond cut issues. It's in the binder for now, but if it bugs me enough it could be subjected to an upgrade.
1965 Season
Along with fellow relievers Pedro Ramos (#13) and Pete Mikkelsen (#177), Reniff saw plenty of action with the Yankees in 1965. He relieved in 51 games, going 3-4 with a 3.80 ERA over 85 1/3 innings. Ramos led the club with 18 saves, with Reniff saving three games.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1962 Topps #139
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (6): 1962-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2003 Upper Deck Yankees Signature Series - Pride of New York Autographs #PN-HR
33 - Reniff non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 9/3/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database
1965 Season
Along with fellow relievers Pedro Ramos (#13) and Pete Mikkelsen (#177), Reniff saw plenty of action with the Yankees in 1965. He relieved in 51 games, going 3-4 with a 3.80 ERA over 85 1/3 innings. Ramos led the club with 18 saves, with Reniff saving three games.
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First Mainstream Card: 1962 Topps #139
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (6): 1962-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2003 Upper Deck Yankees Signature Series - Pride of New York Autographs #PN-HR
33 - Reniff non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 9/3/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia
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