#360 Orlando Cepeda - San Francisco Giants

Orlando Manuel Cepeda
San Francisco Giants
First Base

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  210
Born:  September 17, 1937, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Signed:  Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent before 1955 season
Major League Teams:  San Francisco Giants 1958-1966; St. Louis Cardinals 1966-1968; Atlanta Braves 1969-1972; Oakland Athletics 1972; Boston Red Sox 1973; Kansas City Royals 1974
Hall of Fame Induction:  1999

Nicknamed "Cha Cha" and "the Baby Bull," Orlando Cepeda was one of the most feared sluggers of his era, earning a spot on 11 All-Star teams and winning MVP honors in 1967.  At just 20 years old, Cepeda was the opening day first baseman in the Giants' first game in San Francisco in 1958, and his stellar season would lead to unanimous Rookie of the Year honors.  He batted .312 while leading the league with 38 doubles, finishing second on his team behind Willie Mays (#250) with 25 home runs and tying Mays for the team lead with 96 RBIs.  Cepeda would have one of his best seasons in 1961, batting .311 while leading the league with 46 home runs and 142 RBIs - both career bests.  Traded to the Cardinals in May 1966 for pitcher Ray Sadecki (#230), Cepeda proved to be a catalyst for St. Louis, leading them to a World Championship in 1967.  He was the unanimous choice for the league's MVP.

Dealt again, this time to Braves before the start of the 1969 season, Cepeda helped lead Atlanta to the first N.L. West division title.  He moved to the American League for the 1973 season, winning the first Outstanding Designated Hitter Award with the Red Sox.  He retired with 2,351 hits, a lifetime .297 batting average, 379 home runs and 1,365 RBIs.  Personal problems kept him away from the game for a bit, but he'd come back to the Giants as a scout and team ambassador in 1987.  Cepeda was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999 by the Veterans Committee, with the Giants retiring his #30 that same year.

Building the Set
December 3, 2022 from The Philly Show (Oldfootball.com - Mercersburg, PA) - Card #595
This was the first of four final cards acquired for our set at The Philly Show, the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.  We arrived at the show in a steady rain right after doors opened at 9am, secured our autograph tickets and started walking the floor prior to the arrival of most of the crowd.  My goal for the show was simple:  Find the last four cards needed to complete our 1965 Topps set.  I wrote a full summary of the show in this post over at The Phillies Room.

The first two cards needed to complete our set took a while to find, but I eventually added this Cepeda card and the Gordy Coleman (#289) card within the first hour of walking around.  Cepeda was found in box of commons and semi-stars at the table hosted by A.J. Firestone of oldfootball.com, from Mercersburg.  I didn't balk at the $12 price tag, gladly paying the price and getting the Cepeda back from the dealer in a sandwich bag.  One down, three to go.

The Card / Giants Team Set
Cepeda first appeared in the set on the Home Run Leaders card (#4) with teammates Mays and Jim Ray Hart (#395).  The back of the card highlights his Rookie of the Year win in 1958, even though the cartoon shows him receiving an MVP award.  His average of .304 was indeed tops on the Giants in 1964, with Mays behind him at .296.  Mays was second in doubles as well with 21 to Cepeda's 27.  The card is reprinted, albeit in a stylized painted format, in the 2001 Topps Gallery Heritage insert set.

1965 Season
Chronic knee problems plagued Cepeda throughout his career, and in 1965 he was limited to just 33 games throughout the season.  He appeared in seven games through early May, mainly as a pinch-hitter, before landing on the disabled list.  Returning in mid-August, Cepeda was again used almost exclusively as a pinch-hitter, making five starts all season.  He batted .176 with a home run and five RBIs in the worst season of his big league career.  Cepeda had offseason knee surgery, making a successful comeback in 1966.

1958 Topps #343

1961 Topps #435

1964 Topps #390

1967 Topps #20

1974 Topps #83

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1958 Topps #343
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (18):  1958-1975
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2022 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-OC

1,075 - Cepeda non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 12/3/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
National Baseball Hall of Fame
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #359 Ken Johnson - Houston Astros

Next Card:  #361 5th Series Checklist 353-429

#465 Tom Haller - San Francisco Giants

Thomas Frank Haller
San Francisco Giants
Catcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'4"  Weight:  195
Born:  June 23, 1937, Lockport, IL
Signed:  Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent before 1958 season
Major League Teams:  San Francisco Giants 1961-1967; Los Angeles Dodgers 1968-1971; Detroit Tigers 1972
Died:  November 26, 2004, Los Angeles, CA (age 67)

Catcher Tom Haller was a three-time All-Star known for his defensive prowess and his handling of All-Star pitchers on both the Giants and Dodgers.  Haller began his career splitting time with Ed Bailey (#559) behind the plate, finally getting the chance to start every day when Bailey was dealt to the Braves following the 1963 season.  He enjoyed his best seasons in the mid-1960s, making three straight All-Star teams between 1966 and 1968.  Haller's power numbers peaked in 1966 when he hit 27 home runs and drove in 67 runs.  With several young catchers coming up through the Giants' system and in need of infielders, the Giants traded Haller to the rival Dodgers in February 1968 for infielders Ron Hunt (#285) and Nate Oliver (#59).  Haller would enjoy his final All-Star season in 1968 with the Dodgers, batting .285 overall and setting career highs with assists (83) and double plays (23).  He spent the final few years of his career as a back-up catcher and pinch-hitter, appearing in his final big league game in 1972 with the Tigers.

Haller had a lifetime .257 average with 134 home runs and 504 RBIs.  His fielding percentage of .992 is currently 79th all-time and his total games behind the plate (1,199) is currently 76th all-time.  Haller joined the Giants' coaching staff in 1977 and he'd move to their front office between 1980 and 1985 as director of farm operations and later vice president of baseball operations.  He briefly served as the general manager of the White Sox in 1986.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #581

This is the 97th 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 Haller 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 / Giants Team Set
I had to head over to the original 1965 Topps blog, found here, to see if anyone ever commented on the ballpark where the photo of Haller was taken.  Based on a  few reliable comments, this seems to be from the Polo Grounds, where the Mets played their home games in 1962 and 1963.  On the back, the cartoon highlights Haller's successful season against the Colt .45s, as he batted .316 against them in 1964.  Also mentioned is that his older brother Bill was an American League umpire.  The two Haller brothers were behind the plate together on July 14, 1972 with Tom catching for the Tigers against the Royals and Bill calling the balls and strikes.  The Royals won the game, 1-0.

1965 Season
Haller appeared in 134 games, then a career high for him.  He was the Giants' opening day catcher, and by season's end he had made 125 starts behind the plate.  Embroiled in a competitive pennant race throughout the season with the Dodgers, Haller batted .251 with 16 home runs and 49 RBIs.  He helped guide Juan Marichal (#50) to a 22-win season, but the Giants would fall short of winning the league title, finishing two games behind Los Angeles.

Phillies Connection
Haller and pitcher Don Leshnock were sold by the Tigers to the Phillies on October 25, 1972, with Haller opting to retire rather to join his new team.  The hope was the veteran Haller would come to Phillies camp and mentor young catcher Bob Boone.  Still under contract with the Phillies for all of the 1973 season, the team finally officially released him on February 14, 1974.  Leshnock appeared in 25 games for the Triple-A Eugene Emeralds in 1973, going 4-7 with a 4.75 ERA for the club managed by Jim Bunning (#20).

1962 Topps #356

1966 Topps #308

1970 Topps #685

1972 Topps #176

1973 Topps #454

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1962 Topps #356
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (12):  1962-1973
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1978 TCMA The 1960s I #188

80 - Haller non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 10/3/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database

The Phillies Room
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #464 Ron Piche - Los Angeles Angels

Next Card:  #466 Senators Rookie Stars

#444 Bob Hendley - San Francisco Giants

Charles Robert Hendley
San Francisco Giants
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  190
Born:  April 30, 1939, Macon, GA
Signed:  Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent, August 17, 1957
Major League Teams:  Milwaukee Braves 1961-1963; San Francisco Giants 1964-1965; Chicago Cubs 1965-1967; New York Mets 1967

A lefty swingman throughout his seven years in the majors, Bob Hendley earned a lifetime record of 48-52 with a 3.97 ERA, 25 complete games and 522 strikeouts.  His seasons were often abbreviated due to consistent and lingering elbow problems.  Hendley was an 11-game winner with the Braves in 1962, pitching in a career-high 200 innings.  Dealt to the Giants before the 1964 season, he'd win 10 games in San Francisco and strike out at least 100 batters for the third season in a row.  Hendley would spend parts of three seasons with the Cubs, mostly as a reliever, and a half season with the Mets in 1967.  He'd pitch two full seasons in the Mets' minor league system in 1968 and 1969, leaving the game following the 1969 season.  (He received a Mets card in the 1969 Topps set, but had last pitched for the club in September 1967.)

Following his playing days, Hendley was a long-time youth baseball pitching coach, working with various schools in his home state of Georgia.  In 2015, he was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #579

This is the 95th 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 Hendley 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 / Giants Team Set
Hendley would have already been with the Cubs (see below) by the time this card started appearing in packs.  The back of the card celebrates his 1959 success with the Austin Senators in the Texas League when he had a league-leading 2.95 ERA.

1965 Season
Hendley began the season with the Giants, and was traded to the Cubs on May 29th with Ed Bailey (#559) and Harvey Kuenn (#103) for Dick Bertell (#27) and Len Gabrielson (#14).  With the Cubs, Hendley took part in two memorable pitching duels with the Dodgers' Sandy Koufax (#300).  On September 9th, Hendley and Koufax were both pitching no-hitters when Lou Johnson blooped a double over the head of first baseman Ernie Banks (#510) in the bottom of the seventh.  Koufax would go on to pitch a perfect game, with Hendley the losing pitcher despite allowing one hit and no earned runs.  The two pitchers would meet again on September 14th at Wrigley Field, with Hendley besting Koufax this time as the Cubs won, 2-1.

In total for the season with the Giants and Cubs, Hendley was 4-4 in 26 games with a 5.96 ERA in 77 innings pitched.  He also made seven starts for the Salt Lake City Bees, then the Cubs' top farm team, going 3-4 with a 2.94 ERA.

1961 Topps #372

1962 Topps #361

1966 Topps #82

1967 Topps #256

1969 Topps #144

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1961 Topps #372
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9):  1961-1969
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1969 Topps #144

26 - Hendley non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 10/2/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #443 6th Series Checklist 430-506

Next Card:  #445 Don Lock - Washington Senators

#395 Jim Hart - San Francisco Giants

James Ray Hart
San Francisco Giants
Third Base

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  185
Born:  October 30, 1941, Hookerton, NC
Signed:  Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent before 1960 season
Major League Teams:  San Francisco Giants 1963-1973; New York Yankees 1973-1974
Died:  May 19, 2016, Acampo, CA (age 74)

Slugger Jim Ray Hart spent a decade playing for the Giants, hitting at least 23 home runs five consecutive seasons between 1964 and 1968.  Hart finished as the Rookie of the Year ruuner-up (tied with Rico Carty - #305) behind Dick Allen (#460) in 1964, when as the Giants' everyday third baseman he batted .286 with 31 home runs and 81 RBIs.  His numbers would improve in 1965 and in 1966 Hart was named to his only All-Star team.  That was to be his career year as he batted .285 with a career-high 33 home runs and 93 RBIs.  He'd drive in 99 runs in 1967, splitting time between third base and left field.  Hart struggled defensively and he'd move to a reserve role with the Giants in 1969.  After a few more seasons with the club, which included multiple stints in the minor leagues, Hart was sold to the Yankees before the 1973 season.  He'd DH for the Yankees in his last full season in the majors, batting .254 with 13 home runs and 52 RBIs.

Hart would play parts of three seasons in the Mexican League before retiring in 1976.  For his big league career, Hart batted .278 with 1,052 hits, 170 home runs and 578 RBIs.  He was one of several inaugural inductees into the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame in 2008.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #563

This is the 79th 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 Hart 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 / Giants Team Set
Hart's rookie card is found in the 1964 Topps set, on a Rookie Stars card shared with Gil Garrido.  He shows up early in this set on the Home Run Leaders (#4) card.  His Topps flagship set cards don't acknowledge his middle name on the front of his cards until his very last appearance in 1974.  Strangely enough, his 1965 Topps Embossed card lists him as "Jim Ray Hart" on the front.  His Baseball Reference page confirms the .418 average against the Braves in 1964, as Hart went 23 for 55, including two doubles, a triple and five home runs.

1965 Season
The Giants would finish in second place behind the Dodgers, with Hart as the regular third baseman.  He appeared in 160 games, with only Willie McCovey (#176) appearing in that many games with him.  Hart batted .299 with 23 home runs and 96 RBIs, behind Willie Mays (#250) in both categories.  Mays gave Hart $500 out of his own pocket at the end of the season for playing in all but two of the team's games.  While his bat was sound, his glove was not, and Hart led all National League third baseman with 32 errors.

1964 Topps #452

1966 Topps #295

1968 Topps #73

1972 Topps #733

1974 Topps #159

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1964 Topps #452
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (11):  1964-1974
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1978 TCMA The 1960s I #269

44 - Hart non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 8/16/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #394 Jim Hannan - Washington Senators

Next Card:  #396 Frank Bertaina - Baltimore Orioles

#318 Matty Alou - San Francisco Giants

Mateo Rojas Alou
San Francisco Giants
Outfield

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  5'9"  Weight:  160
Born:  December 22, 1938, Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic
Signed:  Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent before 1957 season
Major League Teams:  San Francisco Giants 1960-1965; Pittsburgh Pirates 1966-1970; St. Louis Cardinals 1971-1972; Oakland Athletics 1972; New York Yankees 1973; St. Louis Cardinals 1973; San Diego Padres 1974
Died:  November 3, 2011, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (age 72)

The middle brother among the three Alou brothers, Matty Alou enjoyed a 15-year big league career, playing primarily with the Giants and Pirates.  Alou came up with the Giants in 1960 and on September 15, 1963, the three Alou brothers played in the Giants' outfield for the first time together with Felipe (#383) in center, Jesus (#545) in right and Matty in left.  Matty Alou was traded to the Pirates following the 1965 season, and he'd enjoy his best years in Pittsburgh.  He won the league's batting title in 1966 with a .342 mark, beating out his brother Felipe who batted .327 for the Braves.  As the starting center fielder for the Pirates, Alou batted over .330 in four consecutive seasons between 1966 and 1969, making the National League All-Star team in both 1968 and 1969.  In the latter season, he led the league in hits (231) and doubles (41).

Alou wrapped up his major league career as a reserve and pinch-hitter in the early 1970s, winning a World Series ring with the Athletics in 1972.  After beginning the 1974 season with the Padres, Alou moved to Japan where he'd play two and a half seasons with the Taiheiyo Club Lions.  For his major league career, Alou appeared in 1,667 games, collecting 1,777 hits while batting .307.  He clubbed 236 doubles, 31 home runs and 427 RBIs.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #554

This is the 70th 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 commons, semi-stars and team cards needed for our set, including this Alou card, with the average price per card working out to around $6 a piece.  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 / Giants Team Set
The back of the card makes the obligatory reference to his two baseball playing brothers.  Alou appeared in two World Series during his career, batting .333 (4 for 12) in the 1962 World Series against the Yankees, but his team fell in seven games.  In the 1972 World Series, Alou played every inning of all seven games for the Athletics in right field, struggling mightily at the plate and batting just .042 (1 for 24).

1965 Season
Given more playing time and a semi-regular job in left field, Alou called this season his worst in baseball as he didn't produce.  He appeared in 117 games for the Giants, batting just .231 with a pair of home runs and 18 RBIs.  Often in the same line-up with his brother Jesus in right and Willie Mays (#250) in center, Matty Alou stared 42 games in left, gradually losing playing time to Len Gabrielson (#14) as the season progressed.  Alou was dealt to the Pirates on December 1st for Joe Gibbon (#54) and Ozzie Virgil (#571), and he was about to embark on the best years of his career.

1961 Topps #327

1967 Topps #10

1969 Topps #490

1972 Topps #395

1974 Topps #430

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1961 Topps #327
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (14):  1961-1974
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites #41

118 - Alou non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 8/9/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #317 Don McMahon - Cleveland Indians

Next Card:  #319 Ken McMullen - Washington Senators

#559 Ed Bailey - San Francisco Giants

Lonas Edgar Bailey
San Francisco Giants
Catcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  205
Born:  April 15, 1931, Strawberry Plains, TN
Signed:  Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent before 1950 season
Major League Teams:  Cincinnati Reds 1953-1961; San Francisco Giants 1961-1963; Milwaukee Braves 1964; San Francisco Giants 1965; Chicago Cubs 1965; California Angels 1966
Died:  March 23, 2007, Knoxville, TN (age 75)

Catcher Ed Bailey was named to six All-Star teams throughout his 14-year big league career.  After a few years in the early 1950s bouncing between the minors and majors, Bailey came up for good in 1956 and produced a career year.  In 118 games with the Reds, he batted .300 with 28 home runs and 75 RBIs - all career highs.  He was also the National League's starting catcher in that year's All-Star Game.  Bailey established himself as one of the top catchers in the league in the late 1950s and early 1960s, hitting at least 11 home runs in eight straight seasons between 1956 and 1963, while also hitting for average and fielding his position well.  Bailey led all catchers in caught stealing percentage in 1957, and he'd finish in the top five in that category in five different seasons.  Bailey was behind the plate for Juan Marichal's no-hitter on June 15, 1963.

He settled into a back-up role towards the end of his career, playing a few games into the 1966 season with the Angels before retiring.  Bailey appeared in 1,212 big league games, batting .256 with 915 hits, 155 home runs and 540 RBIs.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards - Babylon, NY) - Card #535

This is the 51st 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 Bailey card was $6 and was one of 49 commons and semi-stars purchased in my triumphant return to Uncle Dick's and his replenished neon green binders.

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 / Giants Team Set
Bailey is shown in a Braves jersey here, as Topps used a photo from the same spring training session that yielded the photo used for his 1964 Topps card.  On the back, there's no room to mention his trade from the Braves to the Giants.  The cartoon highlights his three home runs hit on June 24, 1956 against the Dodgers.  His victims were Dodgers' pitchers Don Bessent, Ed Roebuck (#52) and Roger Craig (#411).

1965 Season
On February 1st, the Giants re-acquired Bailey from the Braves in exchange for pitcher Billy O'Dell (#476).  He began the season as the back-up to Tom Haller (#465), appearing in 24 games and making five starts behind the plate and one start at first base.  On May 29th he was dealt to the Cubs with Bob Hendley (#444) and Harvey Kuenn (#103) for Dick Bertell (#27) and Len Gabrielson (#14).  Bailey entered a three-way platoon at catcher with Chris Krug and Vic Roznovsky (#334), making 45 starts.  In 66 total games with the Cubs, Bailey batted .253 with five home runs and 23 RBIs.  Eight of those RBIs came on July 22nd when he went 4 for 4 with two home runs, including a grand slam.

1953 Topps #206

1957 Topps #128

1962 Topps #459

1964 Topps #437

1966 Topps #246

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1953 Topps #206
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (13):  1953-1955, 1957-1966
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1994 Topps Archives 1954 #184

76 - Bailey non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 7/28/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #558 Tommie Sisk - Pittsburgh Pirates

Next Card:  #560 Boog Powell - Baltimore Orioles