#444 Joe Moeller - Los Angeles Dodgers

Joseph Douglas Moeller
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'5"  Weight:  192
Born:  February 15, 1943, Blue Island, IL
Signed:  Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent before 1960 season
Major League Teams:  Los Angeles Dodgers 1962, 1964, 1966-71

World Series Appearances:  Los Angeles Dodgers 1966

Only two months removed from turning 19, Joe Moeller made his first big league start with the Dodgers on April 18, 1962, becoming the youngest starting pitcher in Dodgers history.  He battled injuries throughout his career, missing significant playing time and ultimately settling into a role as an occasional starter and middle reliever.  Moeller pitched two innings for the Dodgers in the 1966 World Series, allowing a run on a hit and a walk.  He was selected by the Astros in the 1967 rule 5 draft, but returned to the Dodgers prior to the start of the 1968 season.  Moeller appeared in a career-high 31 games in 1970, going 7-9 with a 3.92 ERA and four saves.  He last appeared in the majors in 1971, but continued to pitch for two more seasons in the Padres and Phillies minor league systems.

Moeller spent several years coaching and scouting until his retirement in 2015.  He served as a coach for Rod Dedeaux's USC team in 1986 and the Korean National Team in the 1996 Olympics.  Moeller would manage the Samsung Lions in Korea in 1997 before returning home and taking a position with the Dodgers in public relations.  He'd later serve as an advance scout for the Expos and Marlins, serving on the Marlins staff during their 2003 World Championship season.

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

Building the Set / Card #392
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)

Doug and I returned to The Philly Show in early December, once again held inside the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.  eBay has taken over sponsorship of the show, with the quaint, bubble-lettered Philly Show logo that had been in place since the 1980s replaced with a more modern logo, keeping with the times.  I wrote about the show in a post over at The Phillies Room.

Similar to my strategy from March, I wanted to focus on accumulating commons and having found success with Uncle Dick's Cards before, I didn't mess around and headed right for the neon green binders.  I pulled 145 cards from the binder containing cards 301 to the end of the set, stopping when I reached 500.  This card was the milestone 100th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost less than a dollar.

The Card / Dodgers Team Set / Accuracy Index +5

Moeller last wore #38 with the Dodgers in 1967, switching to #27 for the 1968 season.  The back of the card highlights his success in the minors during the 1968 season, and his basketball hobby.

This is one of 23 cards available in the set's fifth series available as either "yellow letter" or "white letter" variations, with the yellow letter variations being more prevalent.  This is the more prevalent yellow letter variation with Moeller's last name printed in yellow.

Accuracy Index:  Moeller's card earns a +5.

1969 Season
Moeller appeared in 23 games for the Dodgers, making four starts.  He was 1-0 with a 3.33 ERA.  He was either the last man out of the bullpen or hurt for stretches of the 1969 season, as he made four appearances or less in each of April, May, June, July and August.  Of the 51 1/3 innings he pitched the entire season, 10 2/3 of those innings came in September over six appearances.

Phillies Connection
Moeller was dealt by the Padres to the Phillies on May 30, 1973, and he reported to the Phillies top farm club in Eugene, Oregon.  His statistics with the Eugene Emeralds are apparently missing as Baseball Reference shows him with 16 appearances for the club, with no other information available.  Per the Phillies 1974 Media Guide, Moeller made 23 appearances with the Emeralds, pitching 63 innings and going 1-7 with a 5.43 ERA.

1963 Topps #53

1965 Topps #238

1966 Topps #449

1970 Topps #97

1971 Topps #288

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1963 Topps #53
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9):  1963-71
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2020 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-JM
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  38 in the Beckett online database as of 10/31/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
1965 Topps Blog

#443 Don Wert - Detroit Tigers / #445 Bobby Knoop - California Angels

#443 Don Wert - Detroit Tigers

Donald Ralph Wert
Detroit Tigers
Third Base

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'10"  Weight:  162
Born:  July 29, 1938, Strasburg, PA
Signed:  Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent before 1958 season
Major League Teams:  Detroit Tigers 1963-70; Washington Senators 1971

World Series Appearances:  Detroit Tigers 1968
Died:  August 25, 2024, Strasburg, PA (age 86)

The light-hitting but solid-fielding Don Wert spent nine years in the majors, with seven of those years as the dependable and everyday third baseman for the Tigers.  Popular during his time with the Tigers, Wert's best season came in 1965 when he appeared in all 162 games and batted .261 with 12 home runs and 53 RBIs.  Wert led all American League third baseman with a .976 fielding percentage, marking the only year during the decade of the 1960s in which someone other than Brooks Robinson (#550) led the league in that category.  The Detroit beat writers named Wert "Tiger of the Year," and he finished tenth in the league in MVP voting.  On June 24, 1968, Wert was beaned in the head by Indians pitcher Hal Kurtz and he spent two nights in the hospital after being carried off the field.  He was never the same hitter again.  Due to his popularity, Wert was selected to the 1968 All-Star Game and he doubled off the Mets' Tom Seaver (#480) in the eighth inning.

It was Wert's ninth inning, game-winning hit on September 17th that clinched the American League pennant for the Tigers, sending them to the World Series for the first time since 1945.  Wert struggled in the Series, but the Tigers prevailed over the Cardinals in seven games.  Wert and Denny McLain (#150) were traded to the Senators following the 1970 season, and Wert appeared in 20 games for the Senators in 1971, batting just .050 (2 for 40) before his release on June 24th.  For his career, he batted .242 with 77 home runs and 365 RBIs, and his .968 fielding percentage at third base is currently 21st all-time.

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

Building the Set / Card #391
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)

Doug and I returned to The Philly Show in early December, once again held inside the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.  eBay has taken over sponsorship of the show, with the quaint, bubble-lettered Philly Show logo that had been in place since the 1980s replaced with a more modern logo, keeping with the times.  I wrote about the show in a post over at The Phillies Room.

Similar to my strategy from March, I wanted to focus on accumulating commons and having found success with Uncle Dick's Cards before, I didn't mess around and headed right for the neon green binders.  I pulled 145 cards from the binder containing cards 301 to the end of the set, stopping when I reached 500.  This card was the 99th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost less than a dollar.

The Card / Tigers Team Set / Accuracy Index +5

According to his Baseball Reference page, Wert wore #8 throughout his eight-year career with the Tigers, which is odd given that's clearly a #3 on his back in this photo.  Dick McAuliffe (#305) wore #3 for Detroit between 1960 and 1973, so maybe Wert borrowed his double play partner's jersey for this Topps' photo shoot?  The write-up on the back alludes to his beaning during the 1968 season.  And his lone career grand slam, as depicted in the cartoon, was hit on April 28, 1966, against the Athletics' Jim Dickson.

Accuracy Index:  Wert earns a +5 despite the mystery uniform number.

1969 Season
Still the full-time third baseman for the Tigers, Wert played in 132 games, batting .225 with a career-high 14 home runs and 50 RBIs.  Wert started a triple play against the Senators on July 15, 1969.  With runners on first and second, Ed Brinkman (#153) grounded to Wert at third, with Wert throwing to second baseman Ike Brown, and Brown throwing to first baseman Bill Freehan (#390) to complete the triple play.  The defending World Champions finished in second place in the American League East, a distant 19 games behind the 109-win Orioles.

1962 Topps #299

1966 Topps #253

1968 Topps #178

1970 Topps #33

1971 Topps #307

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1962 Topps #299
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9):  1962, 1964-71
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1978 TCMA The 1960s I #163
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  50 in the Beckett online database as of 10/30/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
1965 Topps Blog

#442 Ty Cline - Montreal Expos / #444 Joe Moeller - Los Angeles Dodgers

#442 Ty Cline - Montreal Expos

Tyrone Alexander Cline
Montreal Expos
Outfield

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  170
Born:  June 15, 1939, Hampton, SC
Signed:  Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent, May 31, 1960
Major League Teams:  Cleveland Indians 1960-62; Milwaukee Braves 1963-65; Chicago Cubs 1966; Atlanta Braves 1966-67; San Francisco Giants 1967-68; Montreal Expos 1969-70; Cincinnati Reds 1970-71

World Series Appearances:  Cincinnati Reds 1970

A backup outfielder during his 12-year big league career, Ty Cline is best remembered for helping the Reds defeat the Pirates in the 1970 NLCS, sending the Reds to the World Series.  Cline's best season came with the Braves in 1964 when he hit .302 over 101 games, serving primarily as a pinch-hitter or late inning defensive replacement.  Of his 101 appearances that season, only 13 were starts.  Before his heroics with the Reds, Cline was an original Montreal Expo, claimed in the expansion draft in 1968 from the Giants.

In Game 1 of the 1970 NLCS, Cline tripled and scored the winning run in the 10th inning on a Pete Rose (#120) single.  In Game 3, he again scored the winning run after he had walked with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, went to second on a Rose single and scored on single to left from Bobby Tolan (#448).  His big games netted him appearances on two of the three NLCS highlight cards found within the 1971 Topps set.  Cline batted .238 for his career over 892 games.

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

Building the Set / Card #390
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)

Doug and I returned to The Philly Show in early December, once again held inside the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.  eBay has taken over sponsorship of the show, with the quaint, bubble-lettered Philly Show logo that had been in place since the 1980s replaced with a more modern logo, keeping with the times.  I wrote about the show in a post over at The Phillies Room.

Similar to my strategy from March, I wanted to focus on accumulating commons and having found success with Uncle Dick's Cards before, I didn't mess around and headed right for the neon green binders.  I pulled 145 cards from the binder containing cards 301 to the end of the set, stopping when I reached 500.  This card was the 98th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost less than a dollar.

The Card / Expos Team Set / Accuracy Index +10

Cline has the distinction of being the first player in an Expos uniform to be featured on a Topps baseball card.  Once the player boycott of Topps ended, photographers rushed to spring training in 1969 to get as many players in their new uniforms as possible, with cards such as this showing up in the set's final three series.  On the back, collectors were treated to the fact that Cline's hobby was photography.  The write-up explains how he came to the Expos and highlights his pinch-hitting skills.  Cline batted .230 (61 for 265) over his career as a pinch-hitter.

Accuracy Index:  Cline hits the jackpot with a +10 for the depiction in an accurate expansion uniform.

1969 Season
The Expos drafted Cline from the Giants as the 41st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.  He appeared in 101 games for Gene Mauch's (#606) new team, batting .239 with five doubles and three triples.  Cline spent most of the season in a reserve role, but he did make 30 starts in center field and 10 starts at first base.  Only Adolfo Phillips (#372), with 48 starts, had more starts in center in the Expos' inaugural year.

1961 Topps #421

1964 Topps #171

1968 Topps #469

1971 Topps #199

1969 Topps #319

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1961 Topps #421
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (11):  1961-71
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2020 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-TC
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  53 in the Beckett online database as of 10/29/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
1965 Topps Blog

#441 Dennis Higgins - Washington Senators / #443 Don Wert - Detroit Tigers

#441 Dennis Higgins - Washington Senators

Dennis Dean Higgins
Washington Senators
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  180
Born:  August 4, 1939, Jefferson City, MO
Signed:  Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before 1958 season
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1966-67; Washington Senators 1968-69; Cleveland Indians 1970; St. Louis Cardinals 1971-72

Died:  November 3, 2023, Jefferson City, MO (age 84)

Dennis Higgins played for eight seasons in the minor leagues, before earning a spot on the White Sox pitching staff at the start of the 1966 season.  He appeared in 42 games his rookie year, pitching to a 2.52 ERA with five saves in 93 innings pitched.  Following a sophomore slump in 1967, Higgins was dealt to the Senators, where he'd have the two best seasons of his big league career.  He pitched to a 3.25 ERA in 59 relief appearances in 1968, and bolstered manager Ted Williams' (#650) bullpen again in 1969.  Higgins was Williams' primary closer in 1969, leading the team in saves (16) and relief appearances (55).  He was on the move again following the season, spending a year in Cleveland, where he led the Indians in both saves (11) and relief appearances (58) for the 1970 season.

Higgins pitched briefly for the Cardinals in 1971 and 1972 before his pitching career came to an end.  In 241 major league games, he was 22-23 with a 3.42 ERA and 46 saves.  All but two of his career appearances came in relief.

Building the Set / Card #389
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)

Doug and I returned to The Philly Show in early December, once again held inside the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.  eBay has taken over sponsorship of the show, with the quaint, bubble-lettered Philly Show logo that had been in place since the 1980s replaced with a more modern logo, keeping with the times.  I wrote about the show in a post over at The Phillies Room.

Similar to my strategy from March, I wanted to focus on accumulating commons and having found success with Uncle Dick's Cards before, I didn't mess around and headed right for the neon green binders.  I pulled 145 cards from the binder containing cards 301 to the end of the set, stopping when I reached 500.  This card was the 97th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost less than a dollar.

The Card / Senators Team Set / Accuracy Index +5

Collectors were starting to see players in more recent photos in this set's fifth series and this photo of Higgins was likely taken during spring training in 1968.  The back highlights Dennis' success as a high school pitcher, which would have come 10 years prior to the issuance of this card.  Higgins doesn't yet have a biography entry on the SABR website, so I wasn't able to find out anything more on the "eye ailment" mentioned in the write-up.

This is one of 23 cards available in the set's fifth series available as either "yellow letter" or "white letter" variations, with the yellow letter variations being more prevalent.  This is the more prevalent yellow letter variation with Higgins' last name printed in yellow.

Accuracy Index:  Higgins' card scores a +5, a score we'll likely see a lot more of as we move into the higher series of the set.

1969 Season
This season and Higgins' rookie season of 1966 were his two best seasons in the majors.  He was 10-9 with a 3.48 ERA, recording 71 strikeouts in 85 1/3 innings pitched in 1969.  Higgins was one of four pitchers with at least 10 wins for Williams' surprising fourth place club, joining Dick Bosman (#607), Joe Coleman (#246) and Casey Cox (#383).

1966 Topps #529

1967 Topps #52

1968 Topps #509

1971 Topps #479

1972 Topps #278

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1966 Topps #529
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (7):  1966-72
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1972 Topps #278
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  24 in the Beckett online database as of 10/29/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database

#440 Willie McCovey - San Francisco Giants / #442 Ty Cline - Montreal Expos

#439 White Sox Rookie Stars - Ed Herrmann / Dan Lazar

Edward Martin Herrmann
Chicago White Sox
Catcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  195
Born:  August 27, 1946, San Diego, CA
Signed:  Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent, June 1964
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1967, 1969-74; New York Yankees 1975; California Angels 1976; Houston Astros 1976-78; Montreal Expos 1978

Died:  December 22, 2013, San Diego, CA (age 67)

John Daniel Lazar
Chicago White Sox
Pitcher

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  190
Born:  November 14, 1943, East Chicago, IN
Drafted:  Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 31st round of the 1965 amateur draft, June 8, 1965
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1968-69

Ed Herrmann spent parts of 11 seasons in the majors, mostly with the White Sox.  He earned the starting catching job with the club in 1969, and would have his top season in 1970, batting .283 with 19 home runs and 52 RBIs.  Skilled at catching knuckle-ballers Hoyt Wilhelm (#565) and Wilbur Wood (#123), Herrmann still led the league in passed balls in four different seasons between 1969 and 1973.  He was an All-Star for the White Sox in 1974, but a contract dispute sent him to the Yankees for the 1975 season where he backed up Thurman Munson.  Herrmann spent time with three different teams between 1976 and 1978, and he was behind the plate for the Astros on July 9, 1976, when Larry Dierker (#411) no-hit the Expos.  His final action in the majors came during the 1978 season, with the Expos, as the back-up to future Hall of Famer Gary Carter.  For his career, Herrmann batted .240 with 654 hits, 80 home runs and 320 RBIs.

A pitching star at Indiana State University, Danny Lazar pitched in 17 games for the White Sox in 1968 and 1969.  Lazar's best year professionally came in 1966 with the Lynchburg White Sox, a year after being drafted.  He was 14-9 with a 2.42 ERA in 27 games that season, throwing a career-high 190 innings.  His big league debut came in Game 1 of a double header against the Red Sox, with Lazar pitching two scoreless innings.  For his major league career, he was 0-1 with a 5.56 ERA in 34 innings pitched, with 20 strikeouts.

1970 Topps #669

Building the Set / Card #388
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)

Doug and I returned to The Philly Show in early December, once again held inside the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.  eBay has taken over sponsorship of the show, with the quaint, bubble-lettered Philly Show logo that had been in place since the 1980s replaced with a more modern logo, keeping with the times.  I wrote about the show in a post over at The Phillies Room.

Similar to my strategy from March, I wanted to focus on accumulating commons and having found success with Uncle Dick's Cards before, I didn't mess around and headed right for the neon green binders.  I pulled 145 cards from the binder containing cards 301 to the end of the set, stopping when I reached 500.  This card was the 96th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost less than a dollar.

The Card / White Sox Team Set / Herrmann Accuracy Index +5 / Lazar Accuracy Index +5
This is the rookie card for both players, and both players are wearing accurate hats, which is somewhat of a rarity for Rookie Stars cards in the 1969 Topps set.  Lazar would appear again in the 1970 Topps set on another Rookie Stars card, this time with Bart Johnson and Mickey Scott.  Topps refers to Herrmann on the back of his card as a switch-hitter, but it looks as if he opted to bat left-handed full-time upon reaching the majors.

Accuracy Index:  Both players score a +5 for the accurate uniform depictions.

1969 Season - Herrmann
As the season progressed, Herrmann eventually replaced Duane Josephson (#222) as the starting catcher for the White Sox.  Herrmann would make 79 starts behind the plate to Josephson's 41, with three other catchers getting starts as well.  Herrmann batted .231 with eight home runs and 31 RBIs.  He led the league with 19 passed balls, the first of four seasons in which he'd top the league in that category.

1969 Season - Lazar
Lazar was with the White Sox in August through the end of the season.  He made nine appearances, including three starts and had no record with a 6.53 ERA in 20 2/3 innings pitched.  With the Tucson Toros in the Pacific Coast League, Lazar was 4-4 with a 3.95 ERA in 20 games, including 19 starts.  He'd pitch in six games for the Toros in 1970 before retiring from baseball.

1970 Topps #368

1972 Topps #452

1975 Topps #219

1977 Topps #143

1979 Topps #374

Other Notable Baseball Cards - Herrmann
First Mainstream Card:  1969 Topps #439
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (11):  1969-79
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1979 Topps #374
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  43 in the Beckett online database as of 10/28/24.

Sources - Herrmann:  

Baseball Reference / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database

Other Notable Baseball Cards - Lazar
First Mainstream Card:  1969 Topps #439
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (2):  1969-70
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1970 Topps #669
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  5 in the Beckett online database as of 10/28/24.

Sources - Lazar:  

Baseball Reference / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database

#438 Gary Walewski - St. Louis Cardinals / #440 Willie McCovey - San Francisco Giants

#437 Luis Alcaraz - Kansas City Royals

Angel Luis Alcaraz
Kansas City Royals
Second Base

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'9"  Weight:  165
Born:  June 20, 1941, Humacao, Puerto Rico

Signed:  Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent before 1959 season
Major League Teams:  Los Angeles Dodgers 1967-68; Kansas City Royals 1969-70

Originally signed by the Braves in 1959, Luis Alcaraz would find himself in the Dodgers organization in 1960, via what Baseball Reference describes as an "unknown transaction."  He worked his way up through the Dodgers' system, playing eight minor league seasons before earning a September call-up in 1967.  Alcaraz struggled at the plate with the Dodgers, batting .181 in a back-up infielder role with the club over the last month of the 1967 season and throughout the early part of the 1968 season.  He was sold to the expansion Royals in October 1968, spending almost the entire 1969 season with Triple-A Omaha before a September try-out.  In 57 games with the Royals in 1969 and 1970, he batted .201 and was the player to be named later in a trade with the White Sox in early 1971.

Alcaraz played two more seasons in the minor league systems of the White Sox, Braves and Pirates before moving on to the Mexican League for parts of 10 more seasons.  He last played professionally in 1981 with the Petroleros de Poza Rica, a team he also managed.  Alcaraz batted .192 in his 115 big league games, with 70 hits, four home runs and 29 RBIs.

Building the Set / Card #387
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)

Doug and I returned to The Philly Show in early December, once again held inside the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.  eBay has taken over sponsorship of the show, with the quaint, bubble-lettered Philly Show logo that had been in place since the 1980s replaced with a more modern logo, keeping with the times.  I wrote about the show in a post over at The Phillies Room.

Similar to my strategy from March, I wanted to focus on accumulating commons and having found success with Uncle Dick's Cards before, I didn't mess around and headed right for the neon green binders.  I pulled 145 cards from the binder containing cards 301 to the end of the set, stopping when I reached 500.  This card was the 95th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost less than a dollar.

The Card / Royals Team Set / Accuracy Index -8

Alcaraz is wearing a Dodgers' road uniform here, and had Topps cropped the photo a little tighter, the top of the Los Angeles word mark on his jersey would have disappeared.  This is the first and last mainstream baseball card for the infielder.  The back of the card displays his long list of minor league statistics, highlights his 1967 batting title and his fielding skills, and mentions the Royals had already shipped him to Omaha on March 24th.

Accuracy Index:  Alcaraz receives the fairly standard -8 for the Dodgers' uniform (-5) and logo-less hat (-3).

1969 Season
With the Omaha Royals, Alcaraz batted .301 in 131 games with 13 home runs and 79 RBIs.  He was a September call-up by Kansas City, appearing in 22 games over the final month of the season, and batting .253 with a home run and seven RBIs.  He was the club's most used second baseman at the end of the season, taking over for regular Jerry Adair (#159).

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1969 Topps #437
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (1):  1969
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1969 Topps #437
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  4 in the Beckett online database as of 10/28/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database

#436 Gene Alley - Pittsburgh Pirates / #438 Gary Waslewski - St. Louis Cardinals