5th/Update Series

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2021 Topps Throwback Thursday #24
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For each of the 16 team card posts on this blog, I put together a list of five to seven subjects that would make logical additions to a fifth series of the set or an imaginary update set.  I had originally intended to parse this list down to 80 to 100 cards, to correspond to the amount of cards in each series of the original set.  But I was unable (and unwilling) to make cuts to the list below, and I landed on a "what-if" set of 120 cards that I'd love to see come to life one day through the creativity of the awesome custom baseball card creators out there.

Some of these cards already exist, as Topps has tried to fill in the gaps of missing cards through the years with various insert sets.  I broke my set down into four sections - 73 subjects completely new to the set, six prospect cards, 22 cards of players in the original set but now shown with the team they had been traded to for the 1956 season, and finally 18 cards of various field staff (mostly managers).  Those 119 cards are capped with a final checklist card.

New to the Set
1 Ed Bailey - Cincinnati Redlegs
2 Marv Blaylock - Philadelphia Phillies
3 Frank Bolling - Detroit Tigers
4 Clete Boyer - Kansas City Athletics
5 Jackie Brandt - New York Giants
6 Don Buddin - Boston Red Sox
7 Jim Bunning - Detroit Tigers
8 Wally Burnette - Kansas City Athletics
9 Wayne Causey - Baltimore Orioles
10 Bob Chakales - Washington Nationals
11 Gino Cimoli - Brooklyn Dodgers
12 "Rocky" Colavito - Cleveland Indians
13 "Rip" Coleman - New York Yankees
14 Jackie Collum - St. Louis Cardinals
15 Wes Covington - Milwaukee Braves
16 Bobby Del Greco - St. Louis Cardinals
17 Charlie DiGiovanna BB - Brooklyn Dodgers
18 Jack Dittmer - Milwaukee Braves
19 Don Drysdale - Brooklyn Dodgers
20 Sammy Esposito - Chicago White Sox
21 "Hoot" Evers - Baltimore Orioles
22 Ben Flowers - Philadelphia Phillies
23 Hank Foiles - Pittsburgh Pirates
24 Paul Foytack - Detroit Tigers
25 Tito Francona - Baltimore Orioles
26 Dick Gernert - Boston Red Sox
27 Hal Griggs - Washington Nationals
28 Solly Hemus - Philadelphia Phillies
29 "Whitey" Herzog - Kansas City Athletics
30 Dave Jolly - Milwuakee Braves
31 Ray Katt - St. Louis Cardinals
32 Ted Kazanski - Philadelphia Phillies
33 Ralph Kiner - Cleveland Indians
34 Nellie King - Pittsburgh Pirates
35 Paul LaPalme - Chicago White Sox
36 Tommy Lasorda - Kansas City Athletics
37 Jim Lemon - Washington Nationals
38 Ted Lepcio - Boston Red Sox
39 "Turk" Lown - Chicago Cubs
40 Sal Maglie - Brooklyn Dodgers
41 Felix Mantilla - Milwaukee Braves
42 Joe Margoneri - New York Giants
43 Charlie Maxwell - Detroit Tigers
44 Lindy McDaniel - St. Louis Cardinals
45 Cal McLish - Cleveland Indians
46 Tom Morgan - New York Yankees
47 Walt Moryn - Chicago Cubs
48 Les Moss - Chicago White Sox
49 Stan Musial - St. Louis Cardinals
50 "Rocky" Nelson - Brooklyn Dodgers
51 Stan Palys - Cincinnati Redlegs
52 Mel Parnell - Boston Red Sox
53 "Bubba" Phillips - Chicago White Sox
54 Al Pilarcik - Kansas City Athletics
55 Herb Plews - Washington Nationals
56 Del Rice - Milwaukee Braves
57 Bobby Richardson - New York Yankees
58 Brooks Robinson - Baltimore Orioles
59 Frank Robinson - Cincinnati Redlegs        
60 Norm Siebern - New York Yankees
61 Dave Sisler - Boston Red Sox
62 Lou Skizas - Kansas City Athletics
63 Roy Smalley - Philadelphia Phillies
64 Gerry Staley - Cincinnati Redlegs
65 George Strickland - Cleveland Indians
66 Tom Sturdivant - New York Yankees
67 Tim Thompson - Kansas City Athletics
68 Bob Thurman - Cincinnati Redlegs
69 Lee Walls - Pittsburgh Pirates
70 Pete Whisenant - Chicago Cubs
71 Bill White - New York Giants
72 Dick Williams - Baltimore Orioles
73 Al Worthington - New York Giants
Prospects
74 Curt Flood - Cincinnati Redlegs
75 Gene Mauch - Boston Red Sox
76 Bill Mazeroski - Pittsburgh Pirates
77 Juan Pizarro - Milwaukee Braves
78 Bob Uecker - Milwaukee Braves
79 Billy Williams - Chicago Cubs
Traded
80 George Crowe - Cincinnati Redlegs
81 Al Dark - St. Louis Cardinals
82 Jim Delsing - Chicago White Sox
83 Alex Grammas - Cincinnati Redlegs
84 Harvey Haddix - Philadelphia Phillies
85 Fred Hatfield - Chicago White Sox
86 Grady Hatton - St. Louis Cardinals
87 George Kell - Baltimore Orioles
88 Bob Kennedy - Detroit Tigers
89 "Whitey" Lockman - St. Louis Cardinals
90 Stu Miller - Philadelphia Phillies
91 Bobby Morgan - St. Louis Cardinals
92 Bob Nieman - Baltimore Orioles
93 Dave Philly - Chicago White Sox
94 Eddie Robinson - Kansas City Athletics
95 Bill Sarni - New York Giants
96 Hank Sauer - St. Louis Cardinals
97 Red Schoendienst - New York Giants
98 Enos Slaughter - New York Yankees
99 Elmer Valo - Philadelphia Phillies
100 Bill Virdon - Pittsburgh Pirates
101 Preston Ward - Cleveland Indians
Field Leaders / Checklist
102 Lou Boudreau MG - Kansas City Athletics
103 Bobby Bragan MG - Pittsburgh Pirates
104 Chuck Dressen MG - Washington Nationals
105 Stan Hack MG - Chicago Cubs
106 Fred Haney MG - Milwaukee Braves
107 "Bucky" Harris MG - Detroit Tigers
108 Billy Herman CO - Brooklyn Dodgers
109 "Pinky" Higgins MG - Boston Red Sox
110 Fred Hutchinson MG - St. Louis Cardinals
111 Yosh Kawano CM - Chicago Cubs
112 Al Lopez MG - Cleveland Indians
113 Marty Marion MG - Chicago White Sox
114 Maje McDonnell CO - Philadelphia Phillies
115 Danny Murtaugh CO - Pittsburgh Pirates
116 Paul Richards MG - Baltimore Orioles
117 Bill Rigney MG - New York Giants
118 Casey Stengel MG - New York Yankees
119 "Birdie" Tebbets MG - Cincinnati Redlegs
120 Update Checklist 1-120

From Bob Lemke's Blog
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Originally published September 24, 2025

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