Showing posts with label 1986. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1986. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

#321 Rusty Staub - Houston Astros


Daniel Joseph Staub
Houston Astros
Outfield

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  190
Born:  April 1, 1944, New Orleans, LA
Signed:  Signed by the Houston Colt .45s as an amateur free agent, September 11, 1961
Major League Teams:  Houson Colt .45s 1963-1964; Houston Astros 1965-1968; Montreal Expos 1969-1971; New York Mets 1972-1975; Detroit Tigers 1976-1979; Montreal Expos 1979; Texas Rangers 1980; New York Mets 1981-1985
Died:  March 29, 2018, West Palm Beach, FL (age 73)

A professional hitter, Rusty Staub played parts of 23 seasons in the major leagues, making six All-Star teams and collecting 2,716 hits.  Staub holds the distinction of being one of the first stars of two different franchises - the Colt .45s/Astros and Expos.  He made his first two All-Star Games in 1967 and 1968 with the Astros, and led the league in 1967 with 44 doubles.  Dealt to the expansion Expos before their inaugural 1969 season, Staub was about to embark on the best three years of his career.  He belted a career-high 30 home runs in 1970, and he batted .296 in his three-year stint in Montreal, earning the affectionate nickname "Le Grand Orange."  He was the centerpiece of a big trade with the Mets right before the start of the 1972 season, and in total he'd spend nine seasons in New York, in two different stints.

Staub collected over 100 RBIs in three different seasons - 1975 with the Mets, and then 1977 and 1978 with the Tigers - driving home a career-high 121 runs in 1978 as Detroit's full-time designated hitter.  He spent the last several seasons of his career back with the Mets in mainly a pinch-hitting role.  Staub played in 2,951 games, owned a .279 career batting average and his hit tally is currently 65th on the all-time list.  He retired as the only player in major league history to collect at least 500 hits with four different teams. Staub was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1986, and he became the first Expos player to have his number retired (#10) in 1993.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #555
This is the 71st 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.  This lot, including this Staub 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.

This Staub card completes the Astros team set, which can be viewed in all its (mostly) hatless glory here.

The Card / Astros Team Set
The Topps photographer who took this picture must have forgotten to ask Staub to remove his hat for a few photos, and as a result the .45s logo on the hat is simply colored over.  He joins Nellie Fox (#485), Ken Johnson (#359), Larry Yellen (#292) and Larry Dierker (#409) as Astros players sporting all black hats in the set.  The cartoon on the back of the card highlights Staub's high school basketball career in New Orleans.  Staub's first career home run, referenced in the write-up on the back, came on June 3, 1963.  It was a two-run shot off the Dodgers' Don Drysdale (#260) in the fourth inning, and the Colt .45s would go on to win the game, 2-1.

1965 Season
Staub was the most regularly used right fielder for the Astros, making 103 starts at the position and appearing in 131 games overall.  He batted .256 with 20 doubles, 14 home runs and 63 RBIs.

1963 Topps #544
1970 Topps #585
1975 Topps #90
1978 Topps #370
1986 Topps #570

Other Notable Baseball Cards

First Mainstream Card:  1963 Topps #544
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (22):  1963-1971, 1974-1986
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2012 Panini Golden Age #90

276 - Staub non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 8/11/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

#593 Tigers Rookie Stars - Jackie Moore / John Sullivan


Jackie Spencer Moore
Detroit Tigers
Catcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  180
Born:  February 19, 1939, Jay, FL
Signed:  Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent before the 1957 season
Major League Teams:  Detroit Tigers 1965
As a Manager:  Oakland Athletics 1984-1986

John Peter Sullivan
Detroit Tigers
Catcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  195
Born:  January 3, 1941, Somerville, NJ
Signed:  Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent before the 1959 season
Major League Teams:  Detroit Tigers 1963-1965; New York Mets 1967; Philadelphia Phillies 1968

Jackie Moore played professionally for 11 seasons, but only saw big league action in 1965 with the Tigers, appearing in 21 games.  With Bill Freehan (#390) as the regular starting catcher, Moore and fellow back-up John Sullivan didn't see much action.  Moore batted .094 (5 for 53) in his limited stint with the Tigers, making 16 starts behind the plate.  Following his last year as a player in 1967, Moore began a lengthy second career as a minor and major league coach and manager.  His major league coaching tenure spanned 32 seasons with the Brewers (1970-1972), Rangers (1973-1976, 1980, 1993-1994, 2009-2013), Blue Jays (1977-1979), Athletics (1981-1984), Expos (1987-1989), Reds (1990-1992), Rockies (1996-1997) and Astros (2008).  In between all of that, and his four different stints as a Rangers coach, Moore managed the A's for 353 games between 1984 and 1986, compiling a record of 163-190.  As manager of the Double-A Round Rock Express, Moore won league or division titles every season between 2000 and 2004.

From the 1969 Phillies Yearbook
Sullivan appeared in 39 games for the Tigers between 1963 and 1965, seeing limited playing time as a back-up catcher, similar to Moore, and pinch-hitter.  After spending all of the 1966 season in the minors, he was left unprotected by the Tigers and selected by the Mets in the November 1966 rule 5 draft.  Sullivan appeared in a career-high 65 games with the Mets in 1967, backing up Jerry Grote (#504), and making 29 starts behind the plate.  He'd bat .218 with five doubles.  Dealt to the Phillies before the 1968 season, he'd play his final 12 major league games with Philadelphia.  Sullivan managed in the Royals' system between 1973 and 1978, compiling an impressive 725-434 record over six seasons.  He'd join the big league coaching staff of the Royals in 1979.  Sullivan would also coach with the Braves (1980-1981) and Blue Jays (1982-1993), and he caught Joe Carter's game-winning home run ball in the bullpen during Game 6 of the 1993 World Series.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards - Babylon, NY) - Card #546
This is the 62nd 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.  Having wandered aimlessly among the dealer tables looking for binders with vintage commons, I decided to check to see if Uncle Dick's had refreshed their inventory following the December show, during which I had wiped out both their 1965 Topps binders.  Much to my pleasant surprise, they had.

This Tigers Rookie Stars card was $8 and was the last of 49 commons and semi-stars purchased in my triumphant return to Uncle Dick's and his replenished neon green binders.  Having reached the end of the binders, I asked if there were any star cards from the set available for my perusal, and of course there were.  I'd buy two major cards needed for our set to go along with the 49 commons and semi-stars and those two cards will be featured in the next posts.

Depending on my ability to compose five posts a week on the cards acquired at this show, I should be completely caught up on this blog by mid-October.  It's entirely feasible we complete our 1965 Topps set by the end of 2022, although nine of the remaining 12 cards needed are fairly expensive.

The Card / Tigers Team Set
This is the rookie card for both Moore and Sullivan, and it's unusual to see a multi-player rookie card from the same team with two catchers.  Moore was still with the club when this card was created, but as noted on the back Sullivan had been optioned down on May 11, 1965.

1965 Season - Moore
In his major league debut on April 18th, Moore started and caught 12 innings of a game ultimately won by the Tigers, 4-1, over the Angels in 13 innings.  His single helped spur the rally in the top of the 13th to give the Tigers the win.  He'd appear sparingly throughout the rest of the season, getting the most playing time in June when he appeared in 13 games, but batted just .108 (4 for 37).  Demoted briefly to the Syracuse Chiefs in the International League during the season, he appeared in 17 games and batted .180.
1965 Season - Sullivan
Sullivan was the Tigers' opening day catcher, and he'd make 25 more starts behind the plate as the primary back-up to Freehan following a brief demotion between May and June.  He batted .267 with a pair of home runs and 11 RBIs.  Sullivan played 29 games in Syracuse, batting .169 (13 for 77).

Phillies Career - Sullivan
The Mets sent Sullivan and Johnny Lewis (#277) to the Phillies on February 19, 1968 for a player to be named later, who turned out to be utility player Billy Sorrell.  With the Phillies, Sullivan began the season with their Triple-A team in 
San Diego, and he'd bat .246 overall for the Padres in 83 games.  He was recalled in mid-July for catching depth, playing behind Clay Dalrymple (#372) and Mike Ryan (#573).  Sullivan made it into just 12 games with the Phillies, batting .222 (4 for 18) and making three starts behind the plate.

On April 12, 1969, the Phillies traded him with Anthony Giresi to the Orioles for catcher Vic Roznovsky (#334), ending his short time with the club.  He's not on any Phillies baseball cards, but he received an entire page in the team's 1969 Yearbook.
1973 Topps #549
1974 Topps #379
1977 Topps #113
1985 Topps #38
1986 Topps #591

Other Notable Baseball Cards - Moore

First Mainstream Card:  1965 Topps #593
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (7):  1965, 1973-1974, 1977, 1984-1986
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1986 Topps #591

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

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

Other Notable Baseball Cards - Sullivan

First Mainstream Card:  1965 Topps #593
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (3):  1965-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2016 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-JSU

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

Sources - Sullivan:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia
1966 Topps #597
1967 Topps #568

Previous Card:
  #592 Frank Bork - Pittsburgh Pirates

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

#473 Orioles Rookie Stars - Paul Blair / Dave Johnson


Paul L.D. Blair
Baltimore Orioles
Outfield

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  168
Born:  February 1, 1944, Cushing, OK
Signed:  Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent, July 20, 1961
Major League Teams:  Baltimore Orioles 1964-1976; New York Yankees 1977-1979; Cincinnati Reds 1979; New York Yankees 1980
Died:  December 26, 2013, Baltimore, MD (age 69)

David Allen Johnson
Baltimore Orioles
Second Base-Shortstop

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  170
Born:  January 30, 1943, Orlando, FL
Signed:  Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent, June 2, 1962
Major League Teams:  Baltimore Orioles 1965-1972; Atlanta Braves 1973-1975; Philadelphia Phillies 1977-1978; Chicago Cubs 1978
As a Manager:  New York Mets 1984-1990; Cincinnati Reds 1993-1995; Baltimore Orioles 1996-1997; Los Angeles Dodgers 1999-2000; Washington Nationals 2011-2013

2001 Topps Archives #270
Paul Blair was an eight-time Gold Glove winner and was the regular center fielder for the Orioles dynasty that won four American League pennants and two World Series between 1966 and 1971.  Blair played a key role in the Orioles' 1966 World Series victory, hitting the game-winning home run in Game 3 and robbing the Dodgers' Jim Lefebvre (#561) of a home run in Game 4 that would have tied the game.  He led the league in triples with 12 in 1967.  Blair's excellent range in the outfield led to his Gold Glove honors, including seven in a row between 1969 and 1975.  His best season was perhaps 1969 when he made his first All-Star team and batted .285 with 26 home runs and 76 RBIs - both career highs.  After 13 seasons with the Orioles, Blair was dealt to the Yankees before the 1977 season and he'd win two more World Series rings in the Bronx.  Blair collected 1,513 hits over 1,947 games, batting .250, and he was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in 1984.  Blair's 104 assists as a center fielder are currently 40th on the all-time list.  He served as a college and minor league coach from the early 1980s until the early 2000s.

1978 Topps #317
Davey Johnson was the everyday second baseman for the Orioles between 1966 and 1972 and like Blair he won two World Series rings with the club in 1966 and 1970.  He made three All-Stars teams with the Orioles and won three Gold Gloves.  Traded to the Braves following the 1972 season, Johnson's power numbers exploded as he hit a career-high 43 home runs (42 as a second baseman) to go along with 99 RBIs.  His home run tally tied the record for second baseman set by Rogers Hornsby, and the record stood until 2021 when Marcus Semien hit 44 at the position.  Johnson, Darrell Evans and Hank Aaron (#170) all hit at least 40 home runs in 1973, making that Braves team the first with a trio of players to reach the mark.  Johnson spent the 1975 and 1976 seasons playing in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants.  He returned to the majors in 1977 with the Phillies and played two more seasons before retiring and beginning his managerial career.

Following several seasons as a minor league manager, Johnson was named the Mets manager for their 1984 season and he'd lead the club to their second World Series title in 1986.  Johnson would enjoy a lengthy managerial career, winning Manager of the Year honors twice - in 1997 with the Orioles, and in 2012 with the Nationals.  Johnson's career record as a manager was 1,372-1,071, ranking him 10th all time in winning percentage among all managers with at least 1,000 wins.  He was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in 1997 and the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 2010.

Building the Set
September 29, 2021 from Los Angeles, CA - Card #370
With everyone back in school, the Phillies' playoff hopes growing dimmer, my workload picking up at my chosen profession and a dwindling pile of purchased 1965 Topps cards to compose posts for, I decided I was in need of a nice stack of commons (and some semi-stars) for our set.  Over the course of an enjoyable evening, mostly while sitting in my car in a parking lot next to where Doug's baseball team was practicing, I bid on about 45 cards up for auction from Greg Morris Cards, located in Los Angeles.  When the dust settled and I checked my phone the next morning, I had won 19 cards, ranging in price from $1.75 to $11 and averaging around $4 per card.  This Orioles Rookie Stars card was mine with a winning bid of $9.50, and it was the second most expensive card I won, behind the Manny Mota (#463) card.  Doug's free time is spent practicing baseball, Ben has found he thoroughly enjoys his school's cross country team, and I have a stack of 1965 Topps cards to study and write about whenever I need a break from adulting.  All is well.

The Card / 
Orioles Team Set
This is the rookie card for both Blair and Johnson, and there's an awesome retro logo for Pan Am right behind Blair on the outfield wall.  The back of the card references Blair's acquisition from the Mets on November 26, 1962 as part of the first-year draft.  With the lack of talent the Mets had in their early years, they definitely could have used Blair's skills.  Johnson appeared on another Rookie Stars card in the 1966 Topps set before making his solo debut in 1967.

This card, or at least the half of the card featuring Blair, has been reprinted a number of times.  Blair's half is reprinted in the following sets:  2001 Topps Team Topps Legends Autographs, 2001 Topps Archives and Topps Archives Reserve, 2003 Topps Team Topps Legends Autographs and 2003 Topps Shoebox Collection.

1965 Season - Blair
Blair was the opening day center fielder for the young Orioles club, and he made 97 starts at the position throughout the season with Russ Snyder (#204) and Jackie Brandt (#33) getting 33 and 32 starts respectively.  He appeared in 119 games overall, batting .234 with five home runs and 25 RBIs.  But whatever production was lost with his bat was more than made up with by his glove, as Blair led all American League center fielders with a .992 fielding percentage.
1965 Season - Johnson
Johnson appeared in 19 games for the Orioles, playing both third and second base before being demoted to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings in mid-June.  He'd return as a September call-up and appear in one more game big league game.  He batted .170 (8 for 47) for the Orioles.

Phillies Career - Johnson
Johnson joined the Phillies as a free agent in February 1977 after spending two seasons playing in Japan.  With Ted Sizemore and Larry Bowa as the regulars at second base and shortstop, Johnson was used in a utility role, appearing in 78 games overall with most of his time spent at first base.  Wearing uniform #15, he had a solid first year with the Phillies, batting .321 with eight home runs in his limited role.  He appeared in his final postseason game in 1977, starting at first base in Game 1 of the NLCS against the Dodgers and going 1 for 4 at the plate.  Johnson began the 1978 season on the bench again and slumped to a .191 average.  On August 6, 1978, the Phillies dealt him to the Cubs for pitcher Larry Anderson.  Overall, Johnson appeared in 122 games for the Phillies, batting .273 with 10 home runs and 50 RBIs.
1967 Topps #319
1970 Topps #285
1976 Topps #473
1978 Topps #114
1980 Topps #281

Other Notable Baseball Cards - Blair

First Mainstream Card:  1965 Topps #473
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (17):  1965-1980
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2013 Topps Archives #224

163 - Blair non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 11/2/21.

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

Other Notable Baseball Cards - Johnson

First Mainstream Card:  1965 Topps #473
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (22):  1965-1975, 1978-1979, 1984-1990, 1993, 2001
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2021 Topps x ESPN 30-for-30 "Once Upon a Time in Queens" #3

186 - Johnson non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 11/2/21.

Sources - Johnson:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Phillies Room
SABR
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia
1967 Topps #363
1971 Topps #595
1974 Topps #45
1986 Topps #501
2001 Topps #340

Previous Card:
  #472 Don Pavletich - Cincinnati Reds

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

#207 Pete Rose - Cincinnati Reds


Peter Edward Rose
Cincinnati Reds
Second Base

Bats:  Both  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  192
Born:  April 14, 1941, Cincinnati, OH
Signed:  Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent, July 8, 1960
Major League Teams:  Cincinnati Reds 1963-1978; Philadelphia Phillies 1979-1983; Montreal Expos 1984; Cincinnati Reds 1984-1986
As a Manager:  Cincinnati Reds 1984-1989

Major League Baseball's all-time leader in games played (3,562), plate appearances (15,890), at-bats (14,053) and hits (4,256), Pete Rose was permanently banned from the game he loves in 1989 for his gambling activities.  Rose was a spark plug player from the start, winning the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1963.  He was a 17-time All-Star, the league's MVP in 1973 and a two-time Gold Glove winner.  Rose won the league's batting title three times (1968, 1969, 1973) and led the league in hits a staggering seven times.  A versatile player on defense, he helped lead the Reds to the World Series four times as his club won it all in back-to-back years in 1975 and 1976.  Rose spent stints as the team's regular second baseman, left fielder, right fielder and third baseman.  He was the World Series MVP in 1975, after hitting .370 in the seven game victory over the Red Sox.  Rose left the Reds via free agency following the 1978 season, signing with the Phillies and guiding that club to its first World Championship title in 1980.  He returned to the Reds in 1984 as their player-manager, and surpassed Ty Cobb as the game's all-time hits leader on September 11, 1985, with a single to left off the Padres' Eric Show.

Rose retired as a player following the 1986 season, and would continue to manage the Reds until his ban from baseball on August 24, 1989.  Despite numerous reinstatement efforts, his ban has not been lifted as of yet, resulting in his exile from baseball's Hall of Fame.  In the years that followed the ban, Rose's troubles mounted and he served five months in prison in 1990 for tax evasion charges.  He was selected as an outfielder on the MLB All-Century Team in 1999 and the Reds retired his #14 in 2016, after receiving permission to do so from the commissioner's office.  Rose owns a .303 lifetime average and he's ranked 6th on the all-time runs scored list with 2,165, and 2nd on the all-time doubles list with 746.  In recent years, he's been ubiquitous at baseball card shows across the country and my son Doug and I briefly met Charlie Hustle, The Hit King in 2015.

1979 Burger King Phillies #13
1982 Donruss #1
1986 Topps #2
October 31, 2015
October 3, 2021

Building the Set

October 3, 2021 from San Diego, CA (Kit Young Cards) - Card #354
I wasn't exactly surprised by what my family gave me for my birthday as I purchased the gift myself from Kit Young Cards in mid-September.  Still, it was fun to open the bubble mailer on the morning of my actual birthday as my wife and two sons feigned knowledge of knowing exactly what they had gifted me.  Adding this card let me check off one of the bigger cards from the set's third series and the set overall.  In terms of Big cards remaining to be added, I'm down to a Big Five - Mickey Mantle (#350), which I've already decided will be the last card I add to our set, Willie Mays (#250), Sandy Koufax (#300), the Catfish Hunter rookie card (#526) and the Tony Perez rookie card (#581).  As I write this, we're at 62% completion for the set and I'm starting to think it may be possible to complete the set or come close to completing the set in 2022.

The Card / Reds Team Set
As a Phillies fan who grew up watching Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton (#477) and Rose in the early 1980s, it feels great to add this card to our collection.  The 12-year-old me would be amazed this is now in our possession given I first viewed the card in miniature form way back in 1986 when Topps featured a complete run of Rose's flagship cards to kick off its 1986 set.  Pretty cool indeed.  Rose is wearing a Reds away uniform here, with Cincinnati spelled out across the jersey's front.  The cartoon on the back highlights his Rookie of the Year win.

As far as I can tell, the card has only been reprinted once as it was included within Baseball Cards Magazine as a "Repli-Card" in 1985.

1965 Season
This was Rose's first superstar year, as he made his first All-Star team and led the league in hits with 209.  He finished sixth in the league's MVP voting.  Rose started all 162 games for the Reds at second base and either was the team's lead-off hitter or batted second in the line-up.  He batted .312 for the year, the first of his 15 seasons of hitting .300 or better.  The Reds finished in fourth place in the National League, costing manager Dick Sisler (#158) his job at the end of the season.

Phillies Career
Rose was my first favorite Phillies player, and his 1979 Burger King Phillies card was the first baseball card I ever clearly remember seeing.  The Phillies won the Rose free agency lottery on December 5, 1978, signing him to a then-record four-year, $3.2 million contract.  With Schmidt at third, Rose moved to first base and he'd prove to be the final piece to the puzzle for the Phillies as the club advanced to and won the World Series in 1980.  He was an All-Star while in Philadelphia four times between 1979 and 1982, leading the league in doubles in 1980 with 42 and in hits in 1981 with 140.  Rose, now 42, helped the Phillies reach the World Series again in 1983, although he suffered through one of the worst seasons of his career.  Towards the end of the 1983 season, Rose was benched by manager Paul Owens in favor of giving Len Matuszek more playing time at first.  His last at-bat with the team came during Game 5 of the 1983 World Series.  Rose went 2 for 4 in that game, as the Orioles prevailed, 5-0, to give them the World Series title.  

Rose was released by the Phillies on October 19, 1983, and he'd somewhat surprisingly sign with the Expos.  In 745 games with the Phillies, Rose batted .291 with 826 hits.  He was set to be inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame in 2017, but the club cancelled the induction a week before the ceremony when news came to light of Rose's sexual relationship with a minor during the 1970s.

1963 Topps #537
1970 Topps #580
1975 Topps #320
1980 Topps #540
1988 Topps #475

Other Notable Baseball Cards

First Mainstream Card:  1963 Topps #537
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (27):  1963-1989
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2021 Panini Diamond Kings #7

1,814 - Rose non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 10/8/21.

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