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Jose Raimundo Arcia
San Diego Padres
Second Base
Born: August 22, 1943, La Habana, Cuba
Signed: Signed by the Houston Colt .45s as an amateur free agent before 1962 season
Major League Teams: Chicago Cubs 1968; San Diego Padres 1969-70
Died: July 30, 2016, Miami, FL (age 72)
Jose Arcia played six seasons in the minor league systems of the Colt .45s, Indians and Cardinals before getting selected by the Cubs prior to the 1968 season in the annual rule 5 draft. Required to keep him on their roster all year, the Cubs used Arcia as a super utility player. In 59 games, he saw time at five different positions and was a frequent pinch-runner. Selected in the expansion draft, the Padres gave Arcia a home for two seasons, where his versatility was again his top asset. He played in a career-high 120 games in 1969 for the new club, finishing the season with 60 starts at second base - more than any other Padre. He also led the team in both stolen bases (14) and times caught stealing (seven).
Jose Arcia played six seasons in the minor league systems of the Colt .45s, Indians and Cardinals before getting selected by the Cubs prior to the 1968 season in the annual rule 5 draft. Required to keep him on their roster all year, the Cubs used Arcia as a super utility player. In 59 games, he saw time at five different positions and was a frequent pinch-runner. Selected in the expansion draft, the Padres gave Arcia a home for two seasons, where his versatility was again his top asset. He played in a career-high 120 games in 1969 for the new club, finishing the season with 60 starts at second base - more than any other Padre. He also led the team in both stolen bases (14) and times caught stealing (seven).
His last season in the majors was 1970, but Arcia played six more seasons in the minors in the Angels, Twins, Royals and Astros organizations. In 293 games, Arcia batted .215 with 24 doubles, a single home run and 35 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 125th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost a little less than a dollar.
The Card / Padres Team Set / Accuracy Index +10
Arcia's rookie card appears in the 1968 Topps set, and this is his first solo appearance. He's one of three non-Rookie Stars cards in the set to feature the new Padres uniform, along with Al Ferrara (#452) and Johnny Podres (#659). The cartoon on the back refers back to Arcia's stint as a pitcher in the minor leagues. Between 1962 and 1966, and the Baseball Reference statistics are incomplete, Arcia was 17-14 with at least 108 earned runs allowed in 237 known innings. He struck out at least 204 and walked 134 batters.
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 Arcia's first name printed in yellow.
Accuracy Index: Arcia gets the bonus +10 for the expansion uniform.
1969 Season
Arcia batted .215 in 120 games for the last place Padres. Playing the bulk of his time at second base, he also played first base, third base, shortstop and left field, and had 29 pinch-running appearances.
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First Mainstream Card: 1968 Topps #258
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (5): 1968-71, 1973
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1973 Topps #466
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 21 in the Beckett online database as of 11/27/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
#472 Jim Price - Detroit Tigers / #474 Tom Murphy - California Angels
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