#435 Willie Davis - Los Angeles Dodgers

William Henry Davis
Los Angeles Dodgers
Outfield

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  180
Born:  April 15, 1940, Mineral Springs, AR
Signed:  Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent, June 20, 1958
Major League Teams:  Los Angeles Dodgers 1960-1973; Montreal Expos 1974; Texas Rangers 1975; St. Louis Cardinals 1975; San Diego Padres 1976; California Angels 1979
Died:  March 9, 2010, Burbank, CA (age 69)

Known originally as the player who replaced Duke Snider in center field for the Dodgers, Willie Davis carved out his own historic Dodgers career, playing in nearly 2,000 games for the club over a 14 year span.  Davis won World Series rings with the Dodgers in 1963 and 1965, using his speed at the top of the line-up, along with Maury Wills, to pace the team's offense.  His career year came in 1964 when he batted .294 with 42 stolen bases.  One of the fastest in the game, Davis led the league in triples twice (1962 and 1970) and stole at least 20 bases in 13 different seasons.  Batting a career-high .311 in 1969, he tallied a 31-game hitting streak that season.  He was an All-Star in 1971 and 1973, and won three consecutive Gold Gloves between 1971 and 1973.  Dealt to the Expos following the 1973 season, Davis would have a final great year in 1974, batting .295 with 12 home runs, 89 RBIs and 25 stolen bases for Montreal.  He'd play a final season in the Mexican League at the age of 40 in 1980.

Davis collected 2,561 hits, 182 home runs, 1,053 RBIs and 398 stolen bases while batting .279 over his lengthy career.  He ranks fourth all-time in games played in the outfield (2,239) and fifth all-time for putouts by a center fielder (5,279).  Davis is among the all-time leaders in Dodgers franchise history, ranking third in hits (2,091), second in triples (171) and third in stolen bases (490).

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #578

This is the 94th 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 Davis 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 / Dodgers Team Set
The back of the card celebrates Davis obtaining the "stardom that had long been predicted of him."  Baseball Reference backs up his .443 (31 for 70) average against the Pirates in 1964.  Given his longevity, his accolades and his two World Series rings with the Dodgers, I'm a little surprised the franchise hasn't considered retiring his #3, shown here on the front of his away jersey.

1965 Season
Davis was the everyday centerfielder for the Dodgers, starting 136 games and most often patrolling the outfield with Lou Johnson in left and Ron Fairly (#196) in right.  He batted .238 overall in 142 games, with 10 home runs 57 RBIs and 25 stolen bases, which was a distant second to the 94 bases stolen by Wills.  In the World Series, Davis played every inning of all seven games, batting .231 with three stolen bases.

1961 Topps #506

1964 Topps #68

1969 Topps #65

1973 Topps #165

1977 Topps #603

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1961 Topps #506
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (17):  1961-1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2001 Topps Archives Autographs #TAA70

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

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #434 Dave Morehead - Boston Red Sox

Next Card:  #436 Don Elston - Chicago Cubs

#432 Jim Grant - Minnesota Twins

James Timothy Grant
Minnesota Twins
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  186
Born:  August 13, 1935, Lacoochee, FL
Signed:  Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before 1954 season
Major League Teams:  Cleveland Indians 1958-1964; Minnesota Twins 1964-1967; Los Angeles Dodgers 1968; Montreal Expos 1969; St. Louis Cardinals 1969; Oakland Athletics 1970; Pittsburgh Pirates 1970-1971; Oakland Athletics 1971
Died:  June 11, 2021, Los Angeles, CA (age 85)

Given the nickname Mudcat during his minor league days with the Indians, Jim Grant would at first shrug off the moniker but then come to embrace it as he put together a solid 14-year major league career.  Grant won at least 10 games in four different seasons with the Indians, earning a spot on the American League All-Star team in 1963.  He got off to a slow start in 1964, and was dealt to the Twins that June where he'd pitch impressively the rest of the season, going 11-9 with a 2.82 ERA.  That success would carry over to 1965, Grant's career year.  Going 21-7 with a 3.30 ERA and a league-leading six shutouts, Grant would help pitch the Twins to their first World Series appearance.  He was a bright spot for the Twins in the World Series (see below) although his team fell to the Dodgers in seven games.

Grant was dealt to the Dodgers following the 1967 season, beginning a four-year odyssey that would see him pitch with five different teams.  Grant was the first starting pitcher in Montreal Expos franchise history on April 8, 1969.  He'd move to the bullpen full time in 1970, and was one of the game's best relievers that season with the Athletics.  In 72 relief appearance for Oakland, Grant had a 1.82 ERA and recorded 24 saves.  In 571 career games, Grant was 145-119 with a 3.63 ERA, 54 saves and 1,267 strikeouts.  Following his playing days, he served as a broadcaster for the Athletics and Indians and in 2007 he published a highly-acclaimed book, The Black Aces, Baseball's Only African-American Twenty-Game Winners.  Grant featured his own successful 1965 campaign in the book, which includes chapters paying tribute to Vida Blue, Bob Gibson (#320), Ferguson Jenkins and Don Newcombe, among many others.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #577

This is the 93rd 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 Grant 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 / Twins Team Set
Acquired from the Indians in the middle of the 1964 season, Topps didn't yet have a photo of Grant wearing a Twins uniform.  And while Topps was able to update Grant's team pennant to reflect he was now a member of the Twins, they didn't update the color of the surrounding border.  Grant's card still has the blue used for Indians cards and not the purple found on Twins cards.  He appeared in 14 Topps flagship sets, with Topps only using his Mudcat nickname on the front of his 1959 card.  With the addition of this card, our Twins team set is complete.

1965 Season
Grant was a member of a solid starting pitching rotation for the Twins that included Jim Kaat (#62) and Jim Perry (#351).  The leader of the staff, Grant led the team in wins, innings pitched (270 1/3) and complete games (14).  He was named to the All-Star team, pitching two innings and allowing two runs while striking out three.  In the World Series, Grant started Games 1, 4 and 6, pitching complete game victories in Games 1 and 6, and going 2-1 overall with a 2.74 ERA over 23 innings.  He hit a three-run home run in Game 6, leading the Twins to a 5-1 victory and forcing a Game 7.  Following the season, Grant finished sixth in the MVP voting and was named The Sporting News American League Pitcher of the Year. 

1958 Topps #394

1959 Topps #186

1966 Topps #40

1971 Topps #509

1972 Topps #111

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1958 Topps #394
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (14):  1958-1969, 1971-1972
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2004 Upper Deck Legends Timeless Teams #8

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

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #431 Cardinals Rookie Stars

Next Card:  #433 John Bateman - Houston Astros

#430 Gary Peters - Chicago White Sox

Gary Charles Peters
Chicago White Sox
Pitcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  200
Born:  April 21, 1937, Grove City, PA
Signed:  Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before 1956 season
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1959-1969; Boston Red Sox 1970-1972

Between 1959 and 1962, lefty Gary Peters saw limited game action with the White Sox, appearing in 12 games and pitching just 21 innings over those four seasons.  He earned a spot on the White Sox pitching staff to begin the 1963 season and was used as a swing man for the club until earning a permanent job in their starting rotation that June.  Peters made the most of the opportunity, finishing the season with a 19-8 record and a league-leading 2.33 ERA.  He bested teammate Pete Ward (#215) for Rookie of the Year honors, receiving ten first place votes to Ward's six.  Peters would make his first of two All-Star teams in 1964 while compiling a 20 win season.  Despite a record of 12-10 in 1966 for the fourth place White Sox, Peters would earn his second ERA title with an impressive 1.98 mark.  He'd win 16 games in 1967 and pitched three scoreless innings in that year's All-Star Game, striking out four batters - Willie Mays (#250), Roberto Clemente (#160), Orlando Cepeda (#360) and Dick Allen (#460).

Peters spent his final three seasons with the Red Sox, retiring in 1972.  In 359 career games, Peters was 124-103 with a 3.25 ERA and 1,420 strikeouts.  Also a threat at the plate, Peters batted .222 and was often used by the White Sox as a pinch-hitter.  He had 19 career home runs with 102 RBIs.  Peters, along with 26 other players, was named to the Chicago White Sox All-Century Team in 2000.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #576

This is the 92nd 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 Peters 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 / White Sox Team Set
That's the number 43 peaking through on Peters' shoulder as he wore that number with the White Sox between 1963 and 1969.  He first appeared in the set back on card #9, the crowded 1964 A.L. Pitching Leaders card.  Peters shares the top row of that card with Dean Chance (#140), who also won 20 games in 1964.

Peters rookie card from the 1960 Topps set actually features teammate J.C. Martin (#382).  He'd actually appear on his 1961 Topps card before moving to a floating head Rookie Stars card in the 1963 Topps set.  This is the unlikely last card needed for us to complete the White Sox team set.

1965 Season
A groin injury hampered Peters all season, and he'd appear in 33 games, making 30 starts.  He was 10-12 with a 3.62 ERA as the White Sox finished in second place in the American League behind the Twins.

1961 Topps #303

1964 Topps #130

1966 Topps #111

1967 Topps #310

1972 Topps #503

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1960 Topps #407
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (12):  1960-1961, 1963-1972
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1989 Pacific Legends II #159

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

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #429 Don Demeter - Detroit Tigers

Next Card:  #431 Cardinals Rookie Stars

#429 Don Demeter - Detroit Tigers

Donald Lee Demeter
Detroit Tigers
Outfield

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'4"  Weight:  190
Born:  June 25, 1935, Oklahoma City, OK
Signed:  Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent before 1953 season
Major League Teams:  Brooklyn Dodgers 1956; Los Angeles Dodgers 1958-1961; Philadelphia Phillies 1961-1963; Detroit Tigers 1964-1966; Boston Red Sox 1966-1967; Cleveland Indians 1967
Died:  November 29, 2021, Oklahoma City, OK (age 86)

Don Demeter was a slugging outfielder who also played solid defense for parts of 11 big league seasons, primarily with the Dodgers, Phillies and Tigers.  Demeter became the Dodgers' regular center fielder in 1959, seeing his only postseason action when his team defeated the White Sox in six games in the World Series.  He was dealt to the Phillies in May 1961 and he'd enjoy his best seasons while in Philadelphia as the team's regular center fielder or third baseman between 1961 and 1963.  Demeter compiled a career year in 1962, batting .307 with 29 home runs and 107 RBIs while finishing 12th in the league's MVP voting.  Following the 1963 season, Demeter was part of the trade package that brought Jim Bunning (#20) to the Phillies from Detroit.  He put together a few more solid seasons with the Tigers, mainly as a back-up to Mickey Stanley and Jim Northrup (#259).  Demeter would spend the last few seasons of his career as a pinch-hitter, retiring following the 1967 season as a result of a heart condition.

In 1,109 games, Demeter batted .265 with 163 home runs and 563 RBIs.  He'd later serve as the president of the minor league Oklahoma City 89ers and he'd found Grace Community Baptist Church in his home town in 2002 where he served as a pastor for over 16 years.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #575

This is the 91st 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 Demeter 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 / Tigers Team Set
This is Demeter's first Topps flagship set appearance where he's shown in an actual Tigers uniform.  His 1964 Topps card listed him on the Tigers, but he's wearing a full Phillies uniform.  His in-progress errorless streak is highlighted on the back, as his clutch hitting from the 1964 season.

1965 Season
In his second season with the Tigers, Demeter was the club's opening day center fielder, and he'd make 97 starts overall between the outfield and first base.  Demeter batted .278 with 16 home runs and 58 RBIs, with seven of those RBIs coming on August 12th against the Athletics.  He went 3 for 4 that day with a grand slam.

Phillies Career
On May 4, 1961, the Phillies acquired Demeter and Charley Smith (#22) from the Dodgers for Turk Farrell (#80) and Joe Koppe.  Demeter appeared in 106 games for the Phillies, batting .257 with a team-leading 20 home runs.  In 1962, his career year as mentioned above, Demeter moved to the infield, starting 95 games at third base.  He'd make 50 starts overall in the outfield as well, beginning a 266 consecutive game errorless streak that would stand until broken by Darren Lewis in 1994.  Demeter's marks won the team's triple crown in 1962, and he continued to move around the field the next season when he was the Phillies' opening day first baseman.  He'd start 21 games at first base, 36 games at third base and 72 games in the outfield.  Despite all the moving around, he still produced at the plate, batting .258 with 22 home runs (second on the club to Johnny Callison - #310) and 83 RBIs (tops on the club).  

Now a valuable trade chip, Demeter was sent to the Tigers on December 5, 1963 with Jack Hamilton (#288) for Bunning and Gus Triandos (#248).  The Tigers had acquired Demeter to replace slugger Rocky Colavito (#380), who had been dealt to the Athletics the previous month.  In 413 games with the Phillies, Demeter batted .276 overall with 71 home runs and 258 RBIs.

1958 Topps #244

1962 Topps #146

1963 Topps #268

1964 Topps #58

1967 Topps #572

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1956 Topps #63
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (10):  1958-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1979 TCMA 50's #237

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

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

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #428 Bob Shaw - San Francisco Giants

Next Card:  #430 Gary Peters - Chicago White Sox

#426 Milwaukee Braves Team Card

Beginning in 1956 and going all the way through to 1981, with a one year absence in 1969, Topps included team cards in its flagship sets.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #574

This is the 90th 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 Braves team 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 / Braves Team Set

There's a few fairly odd things about this team card.  First, Topps decided to go with a black border for the card, despite all Braves cards in the set having a green border.  Second, the photo used by Topps would have been six years old at the time this card was coming out, and it would mark the sixth time the photo was used on a Braves team card.  That's pretty bad, and I can imagine how annoyed I would have been as a young Braves fan in 1965 finding that Topps had once again recycled an old team photo.  With the team moving to Atlanta in 1966, Topps finally used an updated photo in its 1966 Topps set.

This is the last Braves card needed to complete our Braves team set, and we're down to needing just two more team cards in the set, for the Indians and the Yankees.

1960 Topps #381

1961 Topps #463

1963 Topps #503

1966 Topps #326

1965 Season

This was to be the 13th and final season of the Braves playing in Milwaukee, as they'd relocate to Atlanta Stadium in Georgia for the 1966 season.  Manager Bobby Bragan (#346) guided the club to an 86-76 record as they finished in fifth place, 11 games behind the Dodgers.  Right fielder Henry Aaron (#170) continued to star for the team, batting .318 with 32 home runs and 89 RBIs, along with a league leading 40 doubles.  Third baseman Eddie Matthews (#500) led the team with 95 RBIs.  Six Braves players hit at least 20 home runs, led by Matthews, then Aaron and followed by Mack Jones (#241), Joe Torre (#200), Felipe Alou (#383) and Gene Oliver (#106).  Aaron and Torre both started for the National League in the All-Star Game.

Tony Cloninger (#520) was the staff ace, going 24-11 with a 3.29 ERA and 16 complete games in 38 starts.  Billy O'Dell (#476) was the Braves' top fireman, pitching to a 2.18 ERA in 62 appearances with 19 saves.

Update Cards

For each team card featured, I'll be building a checklist of cards that could have been included in a 1965 Topps update set.  I'm trying to come up with six potential cards for each team, and I couldn't quite get there with the Braves given how well-represented they are in the set.  They picked up a bunch of players throughout the season who appear in the set on other teams, but most of those players appeared in just a handful of games with Milwaukee.  I came up with five possibilities below.

• Sandy Alomar (ss) - Sandy Alomar shares a Rookie Stars card in the set (#82) with pitching prospect John Braun, and I'd give the young infielder his own dedicated card.
• Ken Johnson (rhp) - Ken Johnson (#359) has a card in the set with the Astros, and he'd appear in 29 games for the Braves, making 26 starts, following a trade in late May.
• Phil Niekro (rhp) - Future Hall of Famer Phil Niekro shares a Rookie Stars card (#461) with Clay Carroll in the set.
• Ron Reed (rhp) - The Braves signed Reed, then playing in the NBA with the Detroit Pistons, to a contract on June 17th.  He'd not appear with the team until 1966, but a 1965 Topps card would have been cool.
• Team Card - Why not update the team card while we're at it?  Topps could use a photo from earlier in the 1965 season or from 1964.

Sources
Baseball Reference

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #425 Wayne Causey - Kansas City Athletics

Next Card:  #427 Bob Saverine - Baltimore Orioles

#420 Larry Jackson - Chicago Cubs

Lawrence Curtis Jackson
Chicago Cubs
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  175
Born:  June 2, 1931, Nampa, ID
Signed:  Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent before 1951 season
Major League Teams:  St. Louis Cardinals 1955-1962; Chicago Cubs 1963-1966; Philadelphia Phillies 1966-1968
Died:  August 28, 1990, Boise, ID (age 59)

One of the most underrated National League starting pitchers for 14 seasons, Larry Jackson won 14 or more games 10 times, leading the league in wins with 24 in 1964.  His 194 career wins are the most for any right-handed pitcher since 1900 who never played for a first place team and therefore never reached the postseason.  A reliable workhorse, Jackson made the All-Star team in 1957, 1958, 1960 and 1963.

He led the league in games started (38) and innings pitched (282) in 1960 and topped the league in 1966 with five shutouts.  He was also an outstanding fielder, as demonstrated by his perfect fielding percentages in 1957, 1964, 1965 and 1968.  Pitching for mostly bad teams, Jackson nevertheless compiled a lifetime record of 194-183 with a 3.40 ERA.  Drafted by the Expos in the 1968 expansion draft, Jackson chose to retire rather than report to Montreal.  He'd later serve four terms in the Idaho House of Representatives and ran for governor of the state in 1978.

Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1956 Topps blog.

Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #573

This is the 89th 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 Jackson 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 / Cubs Team Set
This is Jackson's second appearance in the set, as he's front and center on the 1964 Pitching Leaders card (#10) with Juan Marichal (#50) and Ray Sadecki (#230).  The back of the card highlights his 28 wins while pitching for  the Class C Fresno Cardinals in 1952.  As mentioned above, and on the back of this card by Topps, Jackson was also one of the best fielding pitchers of his era.

1965 Season
Coming off his career-year and 24-win season, Jackson was again a workhorse in the Cubs' starting pitching rotation, making 39 starts and pitching at least 250 innings for the fourth season in a row.  The Cubs were not a good team though, and his record of 14-21 reflected that.  Jackson had a 3.85 ERA, pitching 12 complete games and throwing four shutouts.

Phillies Career

The Phillies acquired Jackson and Bob Buhl (#264) from the Chicago Cubs on April 21, 1966 for three questionable prospects - John Herrnstein (#534), Adolfo Phillips and Fergie Jenkins, who would go on to enjoy a Hall of Fame career.  Jackson slid into the Phillies pitching rotation behind Jim Bunning (#20) and Chris Short, recording a 41-45 record over three seasons with a respectable 2.95 ERA.  He led the Phillies staff with a 2.77 ERA in 1968, but the team decided to leave the 37-year-old veteran unprotected in that offseason's expansion draft.  Selected by the Expos, Jackson held true to a promise he had made to retire unless he was playing for a west coast team.  As compensation for losing Jackson, the Phillies sent infielder Bobby Wine (#36) to the Expos, who became the team's first regular shortstop.

Jackson appears with the Phillies in the 1966, 1967 and 1968 Topps sets and he also received a few Phillies photo cards and oddball cards from that era.

1956 Topps #119

1959 Topps #399

1962 Topps #83

1964 Topps #444

1968 Topps #81

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1956 Topps #119
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (13):  1956-1968
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1978 TCMA The 1960s I #286

73 - Jackson non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 9/3/22.

Sources:  
1956 Topps Blog

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

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #419 Ruben Amaro - Philadelphia Phillies

Next Card:  #421 Twins Rookie Stars