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Jose Concepcion Herrera
Montreal Expos
Outfield-Second Base
Born: April 8, 1942, San Lorenzo, Valenzuela
Signed: Signed by the Houston Colt .45s as an amateur free agent before 1964 season
Major League Teams: Houston Astros 1967-68; Montreal Expos 1969-70
Died: October 16, 2009, Lagunillas, Venezuela (age 67)
Utility player Jose Herrera played in parts of four seasons, earning the most playing time with the expansion Expos in 1969 while playing four different positions. Herrera had brief stints with the Astros in 1967 and 1968, playing in 32 games and batting .240 overall. Left unprotected in the expansion draft, the Expos made him the 29th overall pick and recalled him in mid-June of their inaugural season. Herrera would make 31 starts for the club in left and center fields, and in 47 games overall he batted .286 with a pair of home runs and 12 RBIs. He made a pinch-hitting appearance on opening day 1970, his last action in the majors. Herrera continued to play professionally in Mexico through the 1975 season. In 80 big league games, Herrera batted .264 with ten doubles and 20 RBIs.
Utility player Jose Herrera played in parts of four seasons, earning the most playing time with the expansion Expos in 1969 while playing four different positions. Herrera had brief stints with the Astros in 1967 and 1968, playing in 32 games and batting .240 overall. Left unprotected in the expansion draft, the Expos made him the 29th overall pick and recalled him in mid-June of their inaugural season. Herrera would make 31 starts for the club in left and center fields, and in 47 games overall he batted .286 with a pair of home runs and 12 RBIs. He made a pinch-hitting appearance on opening day 1970, his last action in the majors. Herrera continued to play professionally in Mexico through the 1975 season. In 80 big league games, Herrera batted .264 with ten doubles and 20 RBIs.
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 60th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost me less than $1.
The Card / Expos Team Set / Accuracy Index -8
This is Herrera's one and only mainstream baseball card appearance, and I'm assuming he's wearing a road Astros jersey in this photo. This is the only card from the set (so far) with a position designation of OF-2B. The back of the card does a nice job of highlighting the stronger aspects of Herrera's game, including his ability to hit and run and his versatility in the field.
Accuracy Index: We're on a run of four straight -8 scores given the Astros uniform (-5) and lack of a hat (-3).
1969 Season
Herrera began the season in Triple-A with the Vancouver Mounties, where he batted .301 in 64 games, earning his June call-up to the Expos. As mentioned above, he made 31 starts for Gene Mauch's (#606) club - 18 in left field and 13 in center field. He enjoyed a hot month of July, batting .383 (18 for 47) in 17 games, before cooling off in August and September.
First Mainstream Card: 1969 Topps #378
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (1): 1969
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1969 Topps #378
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 8 in the Beckett online database as of 8/31/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
#377 Gary Bell - Seattle Pilots / #379 Ken Boyer - Los Angeles Dodgers
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