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All-Star cards returned to Topps sets in 1968 under The Sporting News banner for a three-year run between 1968 and 1970. Topps included 20 All-Star cards in its 1969 set, featuring 10 All-Stars from each league and one player from each position, including both a right-handed and left-handed pitcher.
Building the Set / Card #385
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
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 93rd of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost a little less than $2.
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| 1970 Topps #469 |
The American League's All-Star pitchers for this subset (and again for the 1970 Topps subset) were Denny McLain (#150) from the right side and Sam McDowell from the left. The veteran McDowell was a six-time All-Star between 1965 and 1971, and he had a 1.13 ERA in eight innings pitched, with 12 strikeouts. McDowell was the losing pitcher in his first All-Star Game in 1965, as he allowed a tie-breaking RBI single to Ron Santo (#570) in the top of the seventh inning, with the National League eventually winning, 6-5.
The black-and-white background shot is a young McDowell in a photo that could date back to 1961. The linked article below from Sports Collectors Daily has a good look at the actual photo used. The backs of these All-Star cards contain a puzzle piece of either Pete Rose (#120) or Carl Yastrzemski (#130). The back of McDowell's card features the bottom half of Rose's jersey, including his iconic #14.
Topps All-Star Card Appearances (2): 1969-70
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Baseball Reference
#434 Jerry Koosman AS - New York Mets / #436 Gene Alley - Pittsburgh Pirates
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