Friday, July 28, 2017

No Senators Rookie Stars?

 
I just realized today that there are no Senators Rookie Stars cards in the 1969 Topps set.

It took me 42 years of owning the 1968 set to realize there were no Giants rookies cards in that set. I have owned the 1969 set for 48 years, so I am clearly not learning from my mistakes!

Why no Senators Rookie Stars cards? Maybe Topps blew their Senators' allotment on having multiple manager cards and a miscellaneous card:


Or maybe there were no prospects worthy of a card (NOT LIKELY, given some of the schmoes Topps has featured on "Rookie Stars" cards!)  Let's see who they had to work with:

Steve Jones had some good stats in 1968, but he was selected by the Royals in the expansion draft. Surely catcher Dick Billings and pitcher Jan Dukes rated a Rookie Stars card, based on their 1968 stats.  They wouldn't get cards until 1971 and 1970, respectively.

Topps whiffed on this one.
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2 comments:

  1. Eric C. LoyJuly 31, 2017 at 8:04 AM

    Jim Miles does have a 1969 card, he is on a multi-player multi-team one: #658.

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  2. Jim from DowningtownAugust 2, 2017 at 5:52 PM

    Good catch Eric, I overlooked the late-series AL Rookies cards before I posted.

    Still, there is no "Senators Rookie Stars" card.

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