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Friday, May 9, 2025

#332 Don Larsen - New York Yankees


Don James Larsen
New York Yankees
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'4"  Weight:  215
Born:  August 7, 1929, Michigan City, IN
Signed:  Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent before 1947 season
Major League Teams:  St. Louis Browns 1953; Baltimore Orioles 1954; New York Yankees 1955-59; Kansas City Athletics 1960-61; Chicago White Sox 1961; San Francisco Giants 1962-64; Houston Colt .45s 1964; Houston Astros 1965; Baltimore Orioles 1965; Chicago Cubs 1967
Died:  January 1, 2020, Hayden, ID (age 90)

Regardless of whatever he would do for the rest of his playing career, Don Larsen would forever be linked, and rightfully so, to the perfect game he threw in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.  That performance has earned its place as perhaps the greatest pitching performances in World Series history and it earned him World Series MVP honors.  It's the only perfect game to be thrown in the postseason and one of two solo no-hitters thrown in postseason history with the other coming from the Phillies' Roy Halladay in the 2010 NLDS.

Larsen never won more than 11 games in a season in the major leagues and his best seasons came during his rookie year with the Browns (7-12 with a 4.16 ERA and 7 complete games) his magical 1956 season with the Yankees (11-5, 3.26 ERA, 107 strikeouts) and with the Colt .45s in 1964 as a reliever (4-8 over 30 games with a 2.26 ERA).  It should be noted that at the plate during his rookie season, Larsen batted .284 with three home runs.  He followed that up with a 21-loss season in 1954 for the newly located Baltimore Orioles and he came to the Yankees in a massive 17-player trade in November 1954.

A popular player who enjoyed the New York City nightlife, Larsen spent five years with the Yankees winning World Series rings with the club in 1956 and 1958.  He retired after 14 seasons with a 81-91 record and a 3.78 ERA over 1,548 innings pitched and 412 appearances.

October 7, 2007 - Birthday celebration with family
Building the Set
October 7, 2007 from Dad's eBay purchases - Card #311
This is one of five cards I received from my Dad for my 34th birthday, with each card belonging to a fairly well-known player and being a star or semi-star card needed for our set.  Along with this Larsen card, I received Roger Craig (#63), Bill Bruton (#185), Bob Feller (#200) and Don Newcombe (#235).  My Dad never told me how much he had paid for the cards, where they came from or how long he had stashed them away before my birthday.  

My family celebrated together that year at Blue Eyes in Washington Township, which has since gone on to changes hands (and names) a few time and is now currently The Village Pub.

The Card / Yankees Team Set
This is Larsen's first Topps card, and his previous mainstream baseball card appearances came in the 1954 and 1955 Bowman sets.  Topps wisely decided to include him in this set's last series, given the heroics that were about to transpire in the World Series.  The middle cartoon panel touches on Larsen's 21 losses in 1954 and features one of the creepiest cartoon drawings in the set.

The card was first reprinted in the 2001 Topps Archives set, and it's been reprinted a few more times since then.

 

1956 Season
Larsen was arguably the fourth or fifth best starter in the Yankees' starting pitching rotation, behind Whitey Ford (#240), Johnny Kucks (#88), Tom Sturdivant and possibly Bob Hurley (#40).  He was fourth on the club in wins and he relieved in almost as many games (18) as he started (20).  Larsen threw six complete games and one shutout during the regular season, a four-hitter against the Orioles on September 3rd in which he also walked eight batters.  He started Game 2 of the World Series against the Dodgers, and was chased after just 1 2/3 innings, having allowed four unearned runs on a hit and four walks.

Larsen was the surprising choice to start Game 5 by manager Casey Stengel, given his struggles in Game 2 and with the series knotted at two games a piece.  Larsen mowed the Dodgers' line-up down throughout the game, with the Yankees scoring runs in the fourth and sixth innings.  In the ninth, he retired Carl Furillo (#190) and Roy Campanella (#101) for the first two outs, and pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell (#268) stepped to the plate as the 27th and final out needed.  Larsen struck Mitchell out looking, earning his baseball immortality.

1954 Bowman #101
1959 Topps #205
1961 Topps #402
1961 Topps #177
1965 Topps #389

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1954 Bowman #101
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (11):  1956-65, 2001
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2024 Topps Update Autumn Tales #AT-16

391 - Larsen non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 5/4/25.

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Friday, April 25, 2025

#330 Jim Busby - Cleveland Indians


James Franklin Busby
Cleveland Indians
Outfield

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  175
Born:  January 8, 1927, Kenedy, TX
Signed:  Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent, June 7, 1948
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1950-52; Washington Nationals 1952-55; Chicago White Sox 1955; Cleveland Indians 1956-57; Baltimore Orioles 1957-58; Boston Red Sox 1959-60; Baltimore Orioles 1960-61; Houston Colt .45s 1962
Died:  July 8, 1996, Augusta, GA (age 69)

Jim Busby spent nearly three full decades in the major leagues as both a smooth-fielding center fielder and as a coach.  He spent 13 seasons as a player, and his earlier seasons were his best.  Busby was an All-Star with the White Sox in his rookie season of 1951, and he'd play a half inning in left field in the All-Star Game, replacing Ted Williams (#5).  Busby swiped a career-high 26 bases in 1951.  He'd have his best seasons as a member of the Nationals, batting .312 with career highs in doubles (28) and RBIs (82) in 1953.  Speed in the outfield helped him finish in the top 10 for putouts, fielding percentage and assists in most of the seasons throughout the 1950s.  Busby's production declined following his departure from Washington, and he spent the final eight seasons of his career playing for six different clubs, including a repeat stint with the White Sox and two different stints with the Orioles.

Busby is one of the more underrated players from the 1950s in my opinion.  In 1,352 games, he collected 1,113 hits, 162 doubles, 35 triples, 48 home runs and had 438 RBIs, while stealing 97 bases.  He was a player-coach with the Orioles in 1961 and with the inaugural Colt .45s team in 1962.  Busby's complete coaching career spanned 18 years with the Orioles (1961), Colt .45s/Astros (1962-67), Braves (1968-75), White Sox (1976) and Mariners (1977-78).


Building the Set
July 20, 1989 in Williamstown, NJ - Card #79
In the summer of 1989, I was between my freshman and sophomore years of high school, and I have nothing but pleasant memories of that time growing up in South Jersey.  There were maybe five or six baseball card stores in our area, although only a few of them were known to carry older baseball cards.  One of those stores was located in Williamstown, New Jersey, which ironically enough is where my wife and I would settle and start to raise our family some 14 years later.  I had to dig into my notes from our other set quests to find the store's name - Collector's Corner.  We had finished off our 1974 Topps set in February 1988 at Collector's Corner.   

1977 Topps #597
July 20th was a Thursday, and I guess my Dad would have been off work with a hankering for a new card for our relatively new 1956 Topps set quest.  We were also collecting the 1973 Topps set, and with our 1956 and 1973 checklists in hand, we made the half hour drive from Millville to Williamstown.  I don't know if we purchased any 1973 Topps cards that day, but we found this Busby card for $5 - not a bad deal.  As a current Williamstown resident, I'm not even sure where this store would have been located back in the day, as a lot of the ubiquitous strip malls all look pretty much the same to me.  But it was in a strip mall, I remember that much.

I'm not exactly sure why Busby was one of my Dad's favorite players, and I wish I had thought to ask him at some point.  I suspect it has something to do with the fact they both shared the same first name, and there weren't a lot of major leaguers with the first name of Jim during my Dad's years as a young baseball fan.  Busby holds a special place for me in my collecting journey, as my Dad brought home a 1959 Topps Busby card one day back in the early 1980s.  It was one of a trio of completely disconnected (and ancient) cards added to my collection after I had first discovered baseball cards, and these were the oldest cards in my collection for a few years until the Magic Shoebox entered my life, jumpstarting the journey of collecting the 1956 Topps set.

The Card / Indians Team Set
This is Busby's first Topps card since 1952, as he had been exclusive to Bowman.  It looks as if Busby is wearing a White Sox uniform in the action photo and Topps also decided to remove any infielders in the background who may have been in the vicinity of second base.  He could be wearing a White Sox or Nationals jersey in the head shot, and a Topps artist did a decent job adding the Indians logo to Busby's hat.  The back of the card highlights his speed and "great fielding ability."

On October 25, 1955, Busby was traded by the White Sox with Chico Carresquel (#230) to the Indians for Larry Toby (#250).  Topps updated the cap logos on Busby's and Carresquel's cards, but surprisingly decided to leave Doby's cap logo as is. 

1956 Season
Busby was the opening day center fielder for the Indians, and he'd start 122 games overall at the position.  In 135 total games, he batted .235 with 17 doubles, 12 home runs and 50 RBIs.  He was not able to replace Doby's output for the Indians, as had been hoped, but he did hit grand slams in back-to-back games on July 5th and 6th.

1951 Bowman #302
1952 Topps #309
1953 Bowman Color #15
1957 Topps #309
1974 Topps #634

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1951 Bowman #302
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9):  1952, 1956-60, 1973-74, 1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1983 Topps 1952 Reprint Series #309

55 - Busby non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 4/8/22.

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Sunday, November 17, 2024

#313 Gene Stephens - Boston Red Sox


Glen Eugene Stephens
Boston Red Sox
Outfield

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  175
Born:  January 20, 1933, Gravette, AR
Signed:  Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent before 1951 season
Major League Teams:  Boston Red Sox 1952-53, 1955-60; Baltimore Orioles 1960-61; Kansas City Athletics 1961-62; Chicago White Sox 1963-64
Died:  April 27, 2019, Granbury, TX (age 86)

Gene Stephens enjoyed a 12-year big league career serving mostly as a back-up outfielder for four American League teams.  His only time as a true starter came when he was the regular left fielder for the Red Sox in the late 1950s.  He enjoyed his best seasons in 1955 (career high .293 average) and 1959 (career high 39 RBIs) and led all American League left fielders with assists in both those seasons as well.  He entered the record books on June 18, 1953 when he became the first player in the modern era to collect three hits in one inning.  Stephens, seeing regular playing time while Ted Williams (#5) was serving with the Marines, had a double and two singles off three different Tigers pitchers in a 23-3 Red Sox rout.  His record has since been tied by Johnny Damon, also of the Red Sox, who collected three hits in an inning on June 27, 2003.

For his career, Stephens hit .240 with 37 home runs and 207 RBIs over 964 games.  Although he appeared in his last Major League game in 1964, he continued to play in the minor league systems of the Braves, Yankees, Pirates and Cubs through 1967.  He appeared in 109 games in 1966 for the Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League, batting .224.

Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.

Building the Set
Summer of 1983 or 1984 in Millville, NJ - Card #42
This was one of the Original 44, and I re-told the story of how my Dad and I started collecting this set with the Walker Cooper (#273) post in January.  Seven of the Original 44 came from series one, with 11 coming from series two, and 16 from series three.   This is the eighth of ten cards to come from the final series four.

The Card / Red Sox Team Set
Topps gave Stephens his first card in its 1953 set, passed him over for two years, and added him back into the checklist for its 1956 set.  Stephens had spent all of 1954 in the minor leagues, but appeared in 109 games for the Red Sox in 1955.  He wore #38 during most of his time in Boston, and the "3" is visible on the back of his uniform in the action photo.  The cartoons on the back highlight his three hits in an inning feat, his strong minor league performance in 1954, and his role as a defensive back-up.

1956 Season
With Williams, Jim Piersall (#143) and Jackie Jensen (#115) as the regulars in the outfield, Stephens proved to be a reliable fourth outfielder, ultimately appearing in 104 games.  He made just two starts all season - one in right field in June, and one in left field in September.  Stephens batted .270 (17 for 63) with seven RBIs.  A successful pinch-hitter, he batted .304 (7 for 23) and his lone home run came during a pinch-hitting appearance.  Most of his action came as either a pinch-hitter, pinch-runner, or a late-inning defensive replacement  for Williams in left.

1953 Topps #248
1959 Topps #261
1961 Topps #102
1962 Topps #38
1965 Topps #498

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1953 Topps #248
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (10):  1953, 1956-62, 1964-65
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1991 Topps Archives 1953 #248

43 - Stephens non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 11/17/24.

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Monday, September 30, 2024

#309 Don Blasingame - St. Louis Cardinals


Don Lee Blasingame
St. Louis Cardinals
Shortstop

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'10"  Weight:  160
Born:  March 16, 1932, Corinth, MS
Signed:  Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent before 1953 season
Major League Teams:  St. Louis Cardinals 1955-59; San Francisco Giants 1960-61; Cincinnati Reds 1961-63; Washington Senators 1963-66; Kansas City Athletics 1966
Died:  April 13, 2005, Fountain Hills, AZ (age 73)

Don Blasingame played 17 years of professional baseball, with 12 seasons in the major leagues and 3 more seasons in Japan in the late 1960s.  He found the most success early in his career as the every day second baseman for the Cardinals between 1956 and 1959, taking that position over from future Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst (#165).  He earned MVP votes in 1957 when he hit .271 with career highs in home runs (8), RBIs (58), runs scored (108) and stolen bases (21).  Blasingame was an All-Star in 1958.  In 1960, Blasingame married Sara Cooper, the daughter of Walker Cooper (#273), a teammate of Blasingame's with the Cardinals in 1956 and 1957.  

After a brief stint with the Giants, Blasingame became the regular second baseman for the Reds, playing in the 1961 World Series against the Yankees, before Pete Rose took his starting job in 1963.  He played two and a half seasons with the Senators and 12 games with the Athletics before heading to Japan.  Blasingame played for the Nankai Hawks between 1967 and 1969, and later served as a coach in Japan between 1970 and 1978.  He'd go on to manage the Hanshin Tigers (1979-80) and the Hawks (1981-82) before returning to the U.S.

January 28, 2006 - Celebrating Dad's 62nd birthday
Building the Set
December 3, 2005 in Ft. Washington, PA - Card #277
This was a relatively late edition to our set and one of eight cards we purchased at the 93rd Philadelphia Sports Card Show held at the convention center in Ft. Washington.  My notes say we purchased this Blasingame card for a little less than $6.  With the Ocean City baseball card shows long gone by now, our only options for local baseball card shows were the "Philly Shows" held in Ft. Washington or the occasional mall baseball card show. 

My Dad didn't like the drive to Ft. Washington, and this would have been one of only a few shows we attended together in this location.  Looking at my records of when and where we purchased our cards, a full year would go by before we'd add any more cards to the set.

The year-long hiatus in collecting the set came at a time my wife and I were expecting our first son and as we moved into our first real house.

The Card / Cardinals Team Set
This is Blasingame's rookie card, and he'd go on to appear in nine more Topps flagship sets.  Looking at the card more closely, I wonder if a Topps artist artificially extended the green background behind the action shot of Blasingame, covering over additional fans or whatever else was next to or behind Blasingame in the original photo.  The cartoons on the back of the card highlight his speed on the base paths, his success in the minors in 1955, and he strong defensive skills.

1956 Season
Blasingame appeared in five games with the Cardinals in 1955 as a September call-up, and he officially replaced Schoendienst as the club's regular second baseman in 1956.  Blasingame started the season at shortstop, making 49 starts at the position, before sliding over to second base in mid-June and making 96 starts there.  In 150 games, he batted .261 with 22 doubles and 27 RBIs.

1957 Topps #47
1958 Topps #199
1961 Topps #294
1962 Topps #103
1965 Topps #21

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1956 Topps #309
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (10):  1956-65
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1978 TCMA The 1960s I #84

58 - Blasingame non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 9/30/24.

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Friday, May 24, 2024

#292 Luis Aparicio - Chicago White Sox


Luis Ernesto Aparicio
Chicago White Sox
Shortstop


Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'9"  Weight:  160
Born:  April 29, 1934, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Signed:  Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before 1954 season
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1956-1962; Baltimore Orioles 1963-1967; Chicago White Sox 1968-1970; Boston Red Sox 1971-1973
Hall of Fame Induction:  1984

Known for his exceptional defense and base running skills, Luis Aparicio played for 18 seasons in the majors, primarily for the White Sox.  Ted Williams (#5) called him "the best shortstop he had ever seen."  Aparicio made his debut in 1956, winning the American League Rookie of the Year honors after batting .266 and leading the league with 21 stolen bases.  It was to be the first of nine straight years in which Aparicio led the league or tied for the league lead in stolen bases, and he eclipsed the 50 stolen base mark in four of those seasons.  Aparicio helped lead his "Go-Go" White Sox to the World Series in 1959, and he was American League MVP runner-up.  Dealt to the Orioles before the 1963 season, Aparicio's production declined slightly but his defensive skills didn't.  He reunited with the White Sox in 1968 and enjoyed a late career resurgence making three more All-Star teams in his late 30s with the White Sox and Red Sox.

Aparicio retired with 2,677 career hits, 506 stolen bases (currently 38th all-time) and a .262 lifetime average.  Upon his retirement, he was the all-time leader for hits, games played, assists and double plays by a shortstop, and his record nine Gold Gloves was matched by Omar Vizquel in 2001.  Derek Jeter broke his all-time hits record by a shortstop in 2009.  Aparicio was the first native Venezuelan inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984, and his #11 was retired by the White Sox that same year.

Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.

Building the Set
December 25, 2000 from San Diego, CA (Kit Young Cards) - Card #292
Continuing a decade-long tradition, this was the "big" card under the tree on Christmas morning from Santa Claus, via my Dad by way of Kit Young Cards.  The early 2000s were a strange time for me, and looking back on pictures from this era I don't really recognize myself.  It's as if a majority of what happened from the late 1990s to the early 2000s is something I vaguely remember from a story I had read, and not something I actually lived through.  I have a few blurry and rushed photos from Christmas morning 2000, but nothing worth sharing and nothing that jogged my memory of having opened a present from my parents to find this Aparicio card.

The Card / White Sox Team Set
Kudos to Topps for rushing a card for Aparicio into the set's fourth and final series.  He had made his major league debut on April 17, 1956 and Topps must have been determined to get a card of the American League's best new rookie in its set.  The jumping action photo was seemingly a favorite pose for Topps photographers back in the day, especially for infielders.  The cartoons on the back of the card highlight Aparaicio's quick ascent to the White Sox starting line-up due mainly to his stellar defense and his speed.

Given this is a rookie card for a Hall of Famer, it's no surprise Topps has reprinted the card numerous times.  By my unofficial tally, there are eight different reprints available, including three with on-card autographs.

1956 Season
On October 25, 1955, the White Sox traded Chico Carrasquel (#230), a four-time American League All-Star shortstop, with Jim Busby (#330) to the Indians for outfielder Larry Toby (#250).  The White Sox knew Aparicio was ready for the majors, and their confidence in him was so high they made the shocking move of dealing away Carrasquel.  Aparicio did not disappoint.  He started 151 of the White Sox 154 games at shortstop, leading the league in assists, putouts, double plays, but also errors.  Aparicio received 22 of 24 first place votes in the postseason Rookie of the Year voting, with Rocky Colavito and Tito Francona receiving the remaining two votes.

1959 Topps #310
1962 Topps #325
1965 Topps #410
1970 Topps #315
1974 Topps #61

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1956 Topps #292
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (19):  1956-1974
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2023 Topps Allen & Ginter #345

1,036 - Aparicio non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 5/20/24.

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Saturday, March 25, 2023

#244 Bob Buhl - Milwaukee Braves


Robert Ray Buhl
Milwaukee Braves
Pitcher


Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  180
Born:  August 12, 1928, Saginaw, MI
Signed:  Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent, August 30, 1946
Major League Teams:  Milwaukee Braves 1953-1962; Chicago Cubs 1962-1966; Philadelphia Phillies 1966-1967
Died:  February 16, 2001, Titusville, FL (age 72)

In parts of 15 seasons in the National League, Bob Buhl was an 18-game winner twice (1956 and 1957) and won a World Series ring with the Braves in 1957.  His best seasons came with the Braves, as part of a strong pitching rotation that also included Warren Spahn (#10) and Lew Burdette (#219) and he was an All-Star in 1960.  Between 1953 and 1960, Buhl finished in the top ten in the league for ERA six times, and he finished within the top ten for complete games four times.

Following his successful 10-year run with the Braves, Buhl spent five seasons with the Cubs and then was traded to the Phillies in one of the most lopsided trades in baseball history.  He retired part-way through the 1967 season, having compiled a career record of 166-132 with 111 complete games and 1,268 strikeouts.

Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.

Building the Set
May 1997 - College graduation

July 19, 1997 in Ocean City, NJ - Card #156
My Dad and I added this card to our set at the Ocean City baseball card show held inside the Music Pier.  We purchased 11 cards that July day - Buhl and eight other commons, along with the Warren Giles (#2) card for $10 and the Ray Boone (#6) card for $5.

I graduated college in the spring of 1997, and that summer was a good one as I worked on the Sea Isle Promenade at a few t-shirt stores.  My days were spent jogging, barely working, reading and sitting on the beach.  Dinner would usually come from Phil's on 37th and Landis Avenue, and ice cream was consumed nightly.

Dad was still working in Millville at the time, and we probably met up in front of the Music Pier prior to his show.  The baseball card collecting landscape changed drastically in the ten year period between 1987 and 1997, with autographed cards making their way into packs and multiple parallel versions of the same card confusing us as "old school" collectors.  Still, I'd give anything to be back inside the Music Pier with my Dad searching for the next 1956 Topps card to add to our set.  I'm sure he was thrilled to find a dealer selling a bunch of '56s in good shape and at around $2 a card.  

The Card / Braves Team Set
My lack of knowledge when it comes to historic ballparks hurts me again here, as I don't know where Buhl is posing for his action photo.  Looks as if it's a spring training complex?  Buhl was only in the Bowman set in 1955, and this marks his return to Topps after a one year absence.  His strong 1955 season is highlighted with the first two cartoon panels on the back of the card.  Buhl led the league with a low 0.580 home runs per nine innings, and the Cubs' Bob Rush (#214) finished second in that category with a 0.731 mark.

1956 Season
The Braves were in first place for most of the summer before being overcome by the Dodgers over the final weekend of the season.  Buhl, Burdette and Spahn sat atop the Braves' starting pitching rotation, with Buhl going 18-8 with a 3.32 ERA in 38 games overall and 33 starts.  He threw 13 complete games, including two shutouts.  He had a rough September, going 2-3 with a 6.39 ERA in eight games as his heavy season-long workload finally caught up to him.

Phillies Career
The Phillies acquired Buhl and Larry Jackson (#119) from the Cubs on April 21, 1966 for prospects John Herrnstein, Fergie Jenkins and Adolfo Phillips.  Jenkins of course would go on to enjoy a Hall of Fame career.  Buhl was used as a spot starter and long reliever all season, appearing in 32 games and making 18 starts.  He finished the year with a 6-8 record and a 4.77 ERA.  His best performance came on June 22nd when he pitched a complete game victory against his former team, the Braves.

Buhl appeared in only three games for the Phillies in 1967, pitching 2 2/3 innings with an ERA of 13.50.  The club released him on May 16, 1967, most likely the same time collectors were adding Buhl's only Phillies baseball card to their collections from packs of 1967 Topps.

1954 Topps #210
1959 Topps #347
1961 Topps #145
1965 Topps #264
1967 Topps #68

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1954 Topps #210
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (13):  1954, 1956-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1994 Topps Archives 1954 #210

71 - Buhl non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 3/25/23.

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