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Dagoberto Campaneris
Oakland Athletics
Shortstop
Born: March 9, 1942, Pueblo Nuevo, Cuba
Signed: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent, April 25, 1961
Major League Teams: Kansas City Athletics 1964-67; Oakland Athletics 1968-76; Texas Rangers 1977-79; California Angels 1979-81; New York Yankees 1983
World Series Appearances: Oakland Athletics 1972-74
A speedy and steady fielding shortstop for most of his 19-year major league career, Bert Campaneris was a six-time All-Star and a three-time World Champion as a member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty of the early 1970s. He first came to fame in 1965 when he became the first player to play all nine positions during a game in a publicity stunt staged by A's owner Charlie Finley. Campaneris led the league with 51 steals in 1965, his first of four consecutive years leading the American League in that category. He'd lead in six seasons overall with his 62 steals in 1968 his career best. That 1968 season, the Athletics first in Oakland, was also his finest year in the majors as he batted .276 while leading the league with 177 hits. Campaneris would play in his first of three consecutive postseasons in 1972, but earned a suspension when he threw his bat at Tigers' pitcher Lerrin LaGrow in Game 2 of the ALCS. He batted .263 in his three World Series appearances, as the Athletics won in 1972, 1973 and 1974. Campaneris was the starting shortstop for the American League All-Star teams in 1973, 1974 and 1975.
A speedy and steady fielding shortstop for most of his 19-year major league career, Bert Campaneris was a six-time All-Star and a three-time World Champion as a member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty of the early 1970s. He first came to fame in 1965 when he became the first player to play all nine positions during a game in a publicity stunt staged by A's owner Charlie Finley. Campaneris led the league with 51 steals in 1965, his first of four consecutive years leading the American League in that category. He'd lead in six seasons overall with his 62 steals in 1968 his career best. That 1968 season, the Athletics first in Oakland, was also his finest year in the majors as he batted .276 while leading the league with 177 hits. Campaneris would play in his first of three consecutive postseasons in 1972, but earned a suspension when he threw his bat at Tigers' pitcher Lerrin LaGrow in Game 2 of the ALCS. He batted .263 in his three World Series appearances, as the Athletics won in 1972, 1973 and 1974. Campaneris was the starting shortstop for the American League All-Star teams in 1973, 1974 and 1975.
He signed as a free agent with the Rangers following the 1976 season, and Campaneris spent the final years of his big league career as a back-up infielder and pinch-hitter, leading the league in sacrifice bunts twice. The veteran retired following one last stint in the majors with the Yankees, replacing an injured Willie Randolph in 1983. He batted .259 in 2,328 games, collecting 2,249 hits and 649 stolen bases, currently 14th all-time.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #433
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
The Card / Athletics Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
1969 Season
Campaneris was the everyday shortstop for the Athletics, and he was in the middle on a run of 12 consecutive seasons playing more games at shortstop for the club than any other player. In 135 games, he batted .260 with 142 hits and 62 stolen bases, second in the league behind Tommy Harper (#42), who had 73. But Campaneris was more successful than Harper and led the league with a 88.57% stolen base success rate. Campaneris missed playing time in July after breaking his right index finger on a double play relay throw on July 3rd.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #266
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (20): 1965-84
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2016 Topps Archives Fan Favorite Autographs #FFA-BC
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 232 in the Beckett online database as of 12/1/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
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 141st of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost a little over a dollar.
The Card / Athletics Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
Campaneris appears three times in the set - this base card, an All-Star card (#423) and a A's Stars combo player card (#556) with teammates Sal Bando (#371) and Danny Cater (#44). The back of the card appropriately celebrates Campaneris' stolen base skills. He'd lead the league in stolen bases twice more in his career, in 1970 and 1972.
Accuracy Index: Campaneris is a rare +5 for an Athletics card, given most of his teammates show up earlier in the set with the former "KC" logo on their hat blotched out.
1969 Season
Campaneris was the everyday shortstop for the Athletics, and he was in the middle on a run of 12 consecutive seasons playing more games at shortstop for the club than any other player. In 135 games, he batted .260 with 142 hits and 62 stolen bases, second in the league behind Tommy Harper (#42), who had 73. But Campaneris was more successful than Harper and led the league with a 88.57% stolen base success rate. Campaneris missed playing time in July after breaking his right index finger on a double play relay throw on July 3rd.
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First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #266
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (20): 1965-84
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2016 Topps Archives Fan Favorite Autographs #FFA-BC
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 232 in the Beckett online database as of 12/1/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
1965 Topps Blog
1965 Topps Blog
#494 Ken Berry - Chicago White Sox / #496 Larry Jaster - Montreal Expos
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