#173 Detroit Tigers 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
May 13, 2021 from Marco Island, FL - Card #264
After adding a number of star cards in April, I decided I should focus on a group of commons for our set in May.  I set out specifically to add reasonably priced cards from the set's second series and I found a few eBay sellers running specials on recent set breaks.  In total, I added 23 cards over three-day period with this Tigers team card coming from Super Bowl Auctions located in Marco Island, Florida for $10.  It was one of the three non-common cards I added in this mini-haul, and the third most expensive.  As of this writing, and after adding a few star cards late in May, I'm one elusive card away from having a complete second series.

The Card / Tigers Team Set

Kudos to Topps for using a recent team photo for this card, and my internet research shows this is a photo actually taken during the 1964 season.  Equally impressive is that Topps only used this team photo once, forsaking their usual practice of using the same photo for multiple years in a  row.  Since only pitchers with decisions in 1964 are listed on the back, Dick Egan, who appeared in 23 games but went 0-0, is omitted.

1964 Topps #67

1966 Topps #583

1967 Topps #378

1968 Topps #528

1965 Season
Manager Chuck Dressen (#538) suffered a heart attack during spring training and coach Bob Swift managed the club through its first 42 games.  Dressen returned at the end of May and guided the Tigers to a fourth place finish, with the club going 65-55 under his watch.  Overall, the team went 89-73 in a fairly forgettable season, although they would find World Series glory three seasons later in 1968.

First baseman Norm Cash (#153) was the team's MVP, batting .266 with a team-leading 30 home runs and 83 RBIs.  Left fielder Willie Horton (#206) led the team with 104 RBIs and center fielder Al Kaline (#130) had another productive season, batting .281 with 18 home runs and 72 RBIs.  The pitching was mediocre, with Denny McClain (#236) leading the staff with 16 wins and Mickey Lolich (#335) right behind him with 15 wins.  Terry Fox (#576) served as the team's closer and he recorded 10 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.  The Tigers are extremely well-represented in the 1965 Topps set, and it was harder to build an update checklist for them than for most other teams.  I'm trying to come up with six potential cards for each team, and for the Tigers I only came up with five:

• Bob Swift CO - The Tigers coach would have to take the helm again in 1966 when Dressen once again fell ill.  He previously received a coach's card in the 1954 Topps set, and he'd appear on a floating heads coach's card with the Senators in the 1960 Topps set.
• Jim Northrup - Right fielder Northrup shared a Rookie Stars card with Ray Oyler (#259), but I'd give him his own solo card in the update set.
• Mickey Stanley - Stanley would play with the Tigers for 15 seasons and his rookie card appears in the 1966 set.  He appeared in 30 games with the club in 1965, and he'd go on to win four Gold Gloves for his solid defense in center field.
• Orlando Pena - Reliever Pena appears with the Athletics in the set (#311), but he'd pitch in 30 games for the Tigers after the club selected him off waivers in June.
• Ron Nischwitz - And finally, it's a stretch, but I've give a card to reliever Nischwitz who appeared in 20 games.  He'd appear on a card with the Tigers in the 1966 Topps set.

Sources
Baseball Reference

Previous Card:  #172 Jim Piersall - Los Angels Angels

Next Card:  #174 Joe Jay - Cincinnati Reds

#168 Dick Green - Kansas City Athletics

Richard Larry Green
Kansas City Athletics
Second Base

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'10"  Weight:  180
Born:  April 21, 1941, Sioux City, IA
Signed:  Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent before 1960 season
Major League Teams:  Kansas City Athletics 1963-1967; Oakland Athletics 1968-1974

Dick Green played in a dozen seasons for the Athletics, following the team in its move to Oakland, and solidifying the second base position during the team's dynasty in the early 1970s.  Green was a light-hitting infielder, relied on for his glove work.  He was Oakland's every day second baseman during the three years the team won the World Series in 1972, 1973 and 1974.  Despite not getting a hit in the 1974 World Series (0 for 13), Green was named the recipient of the Babe Ruth Award that postseason for his excellent defense.  His six double plays against the Dodgers tied a record for most double plays in a five-game series.  He was released before the 1975 season and retired to South Dakota.  Green appeared in 1,288 games and had 960 hits to go along with his .240 average.  His 1,158 career games at second base are currently 95th all-time.  Green was named to the Oakland Athletics' 50th anniversary All-Time Team in 2018.

May 2, 2021 - Citizens Bank Park

Building the Set
May 13, 2021 from Marco Island, FL - Card #263
After adding a number of star cards in April, I decided I should focus on a group of commons for our set in May.  I set out specifically to add reasonably priced cards from the set's second series and I found a few eBay sellers running specials on recent set breaks.  In total, I added 23 cards over three-day period with this Green card coming from Super Bowl Auctions located in Marco Island, Florida for $4.  As of this writing, and after adding a few star cards late in May, I'm one elusive card away from having a complete second series.

The Card / Athletics Team Set
Green's #1 is visible on his sleeve, and that's the number he wore with the Athletics between 1964 and 1974.  This is his first solo card, as he shared a Rookie Stars card with Aurelio Monteagudo (#286) in the 1964 Topps set.  Having spent his entire career with the Athletics, his Topps baseball cards give a good history of the franchise's colorful uniform evolution.  The back of the card discusses his reputation as a "glove man," but highlights his .264 average in 1964 that was third on the team behind Wayne Causey (#425) who hit .281 and Rocky Colavito (#380) at .274.

1965 Season
The Athletics' opening day second baseman for the second straight season, Green made 122 starts at second and played in 133 games overall.  Causey made the other 40 starts at second for Kansas City when Green needed time off.  Green's average dipped to .232 but he hit a career-high 15 home runs and drove in 55 runs.  He also struck out a career-high 110 times.  He was fifth in the league among all second baseman with 341 assists.

1964 Topps #466

1967 Topps #54

1971 Topps #258

1973 Topps #456

1975 Topps #91

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1964 Topps #466
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (12):  1964-1975
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2004 Upper Deck Legends Timeless Teams #89

47 - Green non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 5/23/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #167 Bill Wakefield - New York Mets

Next Card:  #169 Dave Vineyard - Baltimore Orioles

#156 Bob Sadowski - Milwaukee Braves

Robert Sadowski
Milwaukee Braves
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  195
Born:  February 19, 1938, Pittsburgh, PA
Signed:  Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent before 1958 season
Major League Teams:  Milwaukee Braves 1963-1965; Boston Red Sox 1966
Died:  August 5, 2018, Newnan, GA (age 80)

Right-handed pitcher Bob Sadowski is the brother of catcher Ed Sadowski and pitcher Ted Sadowski, and the uncle of pitcher Jim Sadowski, but he's unrelated to the third baseman of the same name - Robert Frank Sadowski - who played for four seasons with the Cardinals, Phillies, White Sox and Angels.  This Sadowski found some success as a reliever and occasional starter for the Braves in the mid-1960s.  His best season came in 1964 when he set career highs for appearances (51), wins (9), ERA (4.10), saves (4) and strikeouts (96).  In 1965, Sadowski was the starting pitcher in the final home opener for the Milwaukee Braves, as the team moved to Atlanta following the season.  For his career, Sadowski appeared in 115 games and was 20-27 with a 3.87 ERA over 439 2/3 innings pitched.

Building the Set
May 13, 2021 from Marco Island, FL - Card #262
After adding a number of star cards in April, I decided I should focus on a group of commons for our set in May.  I set out specifically to add reasonably priced cards from the set's second series and I found a few eBay sellers running specials on recent set breaks.  In total, I added 23 cards over three-day period with this Sadowski card coming from Super Bowl Auctions located in Marco Island, Florida for $4.  As of this writing, and after adding a few star cards late in May, I'm one elusive card away from having a complete second series.

The Card / Braves Team Set
Sadowski and his third baseman namesake never crossed paths in any Topps sets.  The third baseman Sadowski appeared in the 1962 and 1963 sets with the pitcher Sadowski appearing in the 1964, 1965 and 1966 sets.  For a non-savvy baseball fan, it must have been confusing to think that Sadowski not only changed positions between 1963 and 1964, but he looked a lot different too.  Sadowski is shown here posing at what's most likely a spring training facility given the tin-looking roof overhang behind him.

The back of the card mentions his two brothers, Ed and Ted.  Catcher Ed appeared in Topps sets between 1959 and 1964 with pitcher Ted only getting one card in the 1961 Topps set.

1965 Season
A knee injury and tonsillitis limited Sadowski to 34 appearances in 1965, with 13 of those appearances coming as a starting pitcher.  He went 5-9 with a 4.32 ERA and two saves.  On July 17th, he was five outs away from a no-hitter against the Pirates when pinch-hitter Ozzie Virgil (#571) singled to center, ending his no-hit bid.  That December, Sadowski was dealt with Dan Osinski (#223) to the Red Sox for Arnold Early, Lee Thomas (#111) and a player to be named later (Jay Ritchie - #494).

1964 Topps #271

1966 Topps #523

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1964 Topps #271
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (3):  1964-1966
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2015 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-BS

12 - Sadowski non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 5/22/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #155 Roger Maris - New York Yankees

Next Card:  #157 Zoilo Versalles - Minnesota Twins

#169 Dave Vineyard - Baltimore Orioles

David Kent Vineyard
Baltimore Orioles
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  195
Born:  February 25, 1941, Clay, WV
Signed:  Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before 1959 season
Major League Teams:  Baltimore Orioles 1964

Originally signed by the Indians, Dave Vineyard spent one season in the Cleveland system before the Orioles drafted him away.  That began a seven-year stint in the Baltimore system, with Vineyard spending most his time pitching for the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings.  He started the 1964 season with an impressive 10-4 record and a 2.65 ERA for the Red Wings over 17 starts, earning his promotion to the Orioles that July.  Inserted into the team's rotation along with Dave McNally (#249), Steve Barber (#113), Robin Roberts (#15) and Milt Pappas (#270), Vineyard made six starts and an occasional relief appearance, ultimately pitching in 19 games.  His best outing came on July 24th against the Senators when he pitched his only complete game in the majors, allowing two hits and striking out seven.  He went 2-5 with a 4.17 ERA over 54 innings pitched with the Orioles, but in 1965 he was limited to only seven games with Rochester.  Vineyard retired as a player after a final season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, then the Red Sox' top farm team, in 1967.

Building the Set
May 13, 2021 from Marco Island, FL - Card #261
After adding a number of star cards in April, I decided I should focus on a group of commons for our set in May.  I set out specifically to add reasonably priced cards from the set's second series and I found a few eBay sellers running specials on recent set breaks.  In total, I added 23 cards over three-day period with this Vineyard card coming from Super Bowl Auctions located in Marco Island, Florida for $2.75.  As of this writing, and after adding a few star cards late in May, I'm one elusive card away from having a complete second series.

The Card / Orioles Team Set
If you're a Dave Vineyard super collector, it won't be difficult to track down every one of his baseball card appearances, starting with this card.  Along with this card (his rookie card), there's his O-Pee-Chee card from 1965, a few oddballs (a few Orioles postcards, 1965 Jay Publishing and 1991 Crown/Coca-Cola Orioles) and a reprint of this card which Vineyard signed as part of the 2014 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs insert set.  The back of the card references his acquisition from he Indians and incorrectly predicts he'd see "lots of duty in '65 with the Orioles."

I spent a little bit of time trying to find more information on the accident Vineyard suffered in the winter of 1962, but didn't come up with anything.

1965 Season
Perhaps an injury shortened Vineyard's season?  He made only seven appearances with the Red Wings, going 0-4 with a 5.40 ERA over 25 innings pitched.

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1965 Topps #169
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (1):  1965
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2014 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-DV

8 - Vineyard non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 5/22/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Trading Card Database

Previous Card:  #168 Dick Green - Kansas City Athletics

Next Card:  #170 Hank Aaron - Milwaukee Braves

#134 World Series Game 3 - Mantle's Clutch HR

The 1964 World Series opened in St. Louis on October 7th and it ended 8 days later back in St. Louis with the Cardinals winning the decisive Game 7.

It was the fifth time these two teams had faced each other in the World Series, with the Yankees winning in 1928 and 1943 and the Cardinals prevailing in 1926 and 1942.  This also marked the end of an era for the Yankees, as the club had appeared in 14 of 16 fall classics since 1949 and they wouldn't appear again until 1976.  Former Yankee catcher Yogi Berra (#470) was in his first year as the team's manager, and he'd be unceremoniously fired following the series loss and replaced with (ironically enough) the Cardinals' manager, Johnny Keane (#131).  Keane would only last with the Yankees until 20 games into the 1966 season.

World Series cards were a key subset in Topps offerings throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with a card highlighting each game along with a series capping "Celebration" card.

Building the Set
May 6, 2021 from Port Washington, NY - Card #260
This was an unexpected buy consummated while watching the Phillies blow a game against the Mets on Saturday night, May 1st.  Specifically browsing for one of the last three "big" cards* needed from the 1965 Topps set's second series, I found this World Series card reasonably priced from seller Clean Sweep Auctions and impulsively clicked Buy It Now.  The card arrived a few days later.  Apparently the card I had purchased was already gone, so Clean Sweep upgraded me to a NM version of the card, which had a price tag almost three times higher than what I had actually paid.  Having now purchased a string of star cards for our set, I'd like to turn my attention back to the remaining commons needed to complete the second series.  

*The other two "big" second series cards remaining from our checklist are Frank Robinson (#120) and Roberto Clemente (#160).

The Card / Cardinals Team Set / Yankees Team Set

The Cardinals and Yankees split the first two series games in St. Louis, and Game 3 was played in the Bronx at Yankee Stadium.  Former Phillie Curt Simmons (#373), 18-9 during the regular season was starting for the Cardinals with Jim Bouton (#30), 18-13, on the mound for the Yankees.  A pitcher's duel resulted with the Yankees touching Simmons first when Clete Boyer (#475) doubled home Elston Howard (#450) in the second inning for the game's first run.  Simmons helped his own cause in the fifth, singling home Tim McCarver (#294) to tie the score.  McCarver's run was unearned as he had singled to start the inning, but moved to second base on a fielding error by Mickey Mantle (#350) in right field.

In the top of the ninth, the Cardinals stranded the potential go-ahead run at third when Curt Flood (#415) lined out to Mantle to end the inning.  In the bottom of the ninth, Simmons yielded to the Cardinals' closer, veteran Barney Schultz (#28).  Mantle didn't waste any time, connecting for a game-winning, walk-off home run that sailed over right fielder Mike Shannon's (#43) head to give the Yankees a 2-1 victory and a 2-1 series lead.

The interesting thing about this card is the photo used is clearly not from Mantle's game-winning at-bat, and it's not even from Yankee Stadium.  Mantle is wearing the Yankees' away jersey here, with "New York" shown across the jersey's front.  And that sure looks like Bob Gibson's (#320) follow-through as it's clearly not Schultz shown on the mound.  Gibson started Game 2 and Game 7 of the 1964 World Series in St. Louis, facing off against Mantle eight times as follows:

Game 2, first inning - strike out swinging

Game 2, fourth inning - strike out looking

Game 2, sixth inning - walk

Game 2, seventh inning - RBI groundout to second

Game 7, second inning - strike out swinging

Game 7, fourth inning - groundout back to Gibson

Game 7, sixth inning - three-run home run

Game 7, eight inning - flied out to center

In the photo used for this Topps cards, the catcher, McCarver for all those Mantle plate appearances, has just caught the ball here so this could simply be a swing and a miss by Mantle or one of the two times above he struck out swinging.  Shown above are two photos from those Gibson/Mantle match-ups, and shown below is the actual video of Mantle's Game 3 home run.  The black and white photo above is from Game 2 with a different umpire and different spectators in the stands behind home plate when compared to this Topps card.  That leads me to believe the photo shown on 1965 Topps card #134, celebrating Mantle's Game 3 walk-off home run, is actually him striking out swinging against Gibson in Game 7.  (Given the multitude of baseball card bloggers out there I have to imagine someone has discovered and written about this before.)

Sources:
Baseball Reference

Prior Card:  #133 World Series Game 2

Next Card:  #135 World Series Game 4

#155 Roger Maris - New York Yankees

Roger Eugene Maris
New York Yankees
Outfield

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  197
Born:  September 10, 1934, Hibbing, MN
Signed:  Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before 1953 season
Major League Teams:  Cleveland Indians 1957-1958; Kansas City Athletics 1958-1959; New York Yankees 1960-1966; St. Louis Cardinals 1967-1968
Died:  December 14, 1985, Houston, TX (age 51)

Roger Maris is best remembered for his pursuit in 1961 of the single-season home run record of 60 set by Babe Ruth in 1927.  His 61st home run on the final day of the season (and in the 162nd game) broke Ruth's record and ended an incredibly stressful regular season for the slugger.  Maris spent the summer and early fall hounded by the New York media and derided by fans who didn't want to see Ruth's record fall.  The record would stand until 1998 when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both pursued and ultimately surpassed Maris' mark.  Maris hadn't started his career under the microscope, playing for three seasons with the Indians and Athletics before a blockbuster trade in December 1959 sent him to the Bronx.  With the Yankees, Maris paired with Mickey Mantle (#350) to lead the team to two World Series titles in 1961 and 1962.  Maris was a seven-time All-Star, and a two-time American League MVP in 1960 and 1961.  He also won a Gold Glove in 1960.  During his historic 1961 season, Maris set career highs with 141 RBIs and 132 runs scored, leading the league in both categories.  In his seven seasons in New York, Maris hit .265 with 203 home runs.

Struggling with a hand injury, Maris was dealt to the Cardinals before the 1967 season and he'd help St. Louis reach and win the World Series in 1967.  He retired following the 1968 season after 1,463 career games in the majors.  For his career, he batted .260 with 275 home runs and 850 RBIs.  The Yankees retired his #9 in 1984, and Maris passed away from lymphoma in 1985.  He's on the new Golden Day Committee Ballot for potential Hall of Fame induction, with the committee set to vote at some point in 2021.

April 20, 2021 - Citizens Bank Park

Building the Set
April 19, 2021 from Los Angeles, CA - Card #259
I had no intention of actually winning this card from a recent Greg Morris Cards eBay auction.  Stuck in a grueling virtual work meeting one afternoon, I ventured over to eBay to browse the listings for a few of the bigger cards still needed for the second series of our set.  With my recent bad luck at winning auctions hosted by Greg Morris Cards, I was less than optimistic the amount I entered as my highest bid would end up winning this card.  But to my surprise it did, and the card arrived a few days later.

Checking in at this point on our set's progress, we're 43% of the way there with quite a few big star cards yet to go.  I'm going to keep chipping away at the second and third series cards with the hope to hit the half-way mark with the set by the end of June.  With a live baseball card to look forward to in Valley Forge in mid-June this seems like an attainable goal.

The Card / Yankees Team Set
Two things struck me upon first examining this card.  First, it clearly shows the prematurely grey hair I had read somewhere was caused by the stress of Maris' 1961 season and second, the only thing Topps needed to mention on the back of the card was his 61 home runs hit that season.

1965 Season
This was the season in which both Maris and the Yankees began a steady decline.  Maris had broken his hand but attempted to play through the injury, appearing in a career-low 46 games.  He batted .239 with eight home runs and 27 RBIs while missing all of July and appearing in only four games as a pinch-hitter between August 18th and the end of the season.

1958 Topps #47

1961 Topps #2

1962 Topps #313

1968 Topps #330

1979 Topps #413

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1958 Topps #47
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (15):  1958-1968, 1975, 1979, 1986, 2001
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2021 Topps Tribute #83

1,524 - Maris non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 5/1/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #154 Bob Humphreys - St. Louis Cardinals

Next Card:  #156 Bob Sadowski - Milwaukee Braves

#110 Ron Santo - Chicago Cubs

Ronald Edward Santo
Chicago Cubs
Third Base

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  190
Born:  February 25, 1940, Seattle, WA
Signed:  Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent before 1959 season
Major League Teams:  Chicago Cubs 1960-1973; Chicago White Sox 1974
Died:  December 2, 2010, Scottsdale, AZ (age 70)
Hall of Fame Induction:  2012

Ron Santo was a nine-time All-Star and a five-time Gold Glove winner, playing for 14 seasons with his beloved Cubs before going on to serve as long-time color commentator for the team.  Secretly battling diabetes throughout his career, Santo led the league in triples in 1964 with 13, led the league in walks four times and in on-base percentage twice.  He drove in at least 100 runs in four different seasons, attaining a career high with 123 RBIs in 1969.  A consistent power hitter, Santo finished in the top ten in the National League for home runs in seven different seasons, hitting a career high 33 in 1965.  One of the finest defenders at third base during his era, he led the league in assists from third base for seven consecutive years between 1962 and 1968.

Santo retired after the 1974 season after his only season playing for the cross-town White Sox.  He appeared in 2,243 games, batting .277 with 342 home runs and 1,331 RBIs.  To date, he's the only third baseman in Major League Baseball history to reach the 90-RBI plateau in eight straight seasons (1963-1970).  Santo began a 20-year tenure on the Cubs broadcasting team in 1990.  He was selected to the Cubs All-Century Team in 1999 and the club retired his #10 in 2003.  In 2012, the Veteran's Committee posthumously inducted Santo into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Building the Set
April 17, 2021 from San Diego, CA - Card #258
With no in-person baseball card shows scheduled until at least June in my area, I've fallen into a pattern with my 1965 Topps set building.  After adding a group of commons (say 10 to 20 cards) I then feel the need to add a few star cards as well.  Back in the 1980s and 1990s when my Dad and I were actively building Topps sets, we'd follow a similar pattern when attending baseball card shows.  I'd spend time hunched over a common box, picking out a stack of 1974 or 1976 or 1973 commons while my Dad would scour the showroom floor for deals on a few star cards.  After adding 18 common and semi-star cards through eBay auctions in late March, I went directly to Kit Young Cards to offset those purchases with a few minor star card additions.  This Santo card was one of four 1965 Topps cards that arrived from San Diego in mid-April, and the card cost $9.

The Card / Cubs Team Set
This is Santo's second appearance in the set, as he previously appeared on the N.L. RBI Leaders card (#6).  The back of the card highlights his durability and team-leading statistics from 1964.  Santo led the Cubs in batting average, triples and RBIs.  The only game in which Santo didn't appear between 1962 and 1964 came on April 18, 1964 against the Phillies.  Leo Burke (#202) started at third base, going 0 for 1 with three walks.

It's not a reprint, but a 1965 Topps-style card for Santo appears in the 2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites set.  Santo, at card #28, is one of 72 players featured within the 1965 Topps Embossed insert set and one of four Cubs in the set.  He's also in the harder to find 1965 Topps Transfers insert set.

1965 Season
Santo appeared in a record 164 games in 1965, starting every single game at third base for the Cubs and automatically written into every line-up in the clean-up spot.  He was second on the team in batting average and home runs (.285 and 33) to Billy Williams (#220) who batted .315 with 34 home runs.  Santo was third on the team in RBIs with 101, behind Williams with 108 and Ernie Banks (#510) with 106.

1961 Topps #35

1964 Topps #375

1969 Topps #570

1972 Topps #555

1975 Topps #35

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1961 Topps #35
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (15):  1961-1975
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2021 Topps Heritage 1972 Topps Candy Lids #18

615 - Santo non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 5/1/21.

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

Wikipedia

Previous Card:  #109 Walt Bond - Houston Astros

Next Card:  #111 Lee Thomas - Boston Red Sox