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Charles Robert Hendley
New York Mets
Pitcher
Born: April 30, 1939, Macon, GA
Signed: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent, August 17, 1957
Major League Teams: Milwaukee Braves 1961-63; San Francisco Giants 1964-65; Chicago Cubs 1965-67; New York Mets 1967
A lefty swingman throughout his seven years in the majors, Bob Hendley earned a lifetime record of 48-52 with a 3.97 ERA, 25 complete games and 522 strikeouts. His seasons were often abbreviated due to consistent and lingering elbow problems. Hendley was an 11-game winner with the Braves in 1962, pitching in a career-high 200 innings. Dealt to the Giants before the 1964 season, he'd win 10 games in San Francisco and strike out at least 100 batters for the third season in a row. Hendley would spend parts of three seasons with the Cubs, mostly as a reliever, and a half season with the Mets in 1967. He'd pitch two full seasons in the Mets' minor league system in 1968 and 1969, leaving the game following the 1969 season. (He received a Mets card in the 1969 Topps set, but had last pitched for the club in September 1967.)
Following his playing days, Hendley was a long-time youth baseball pitching coach, working with various schools in his home state of Georgia. In 2015, he was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #563
September 21, 2025 from The Philly Show (America's Pastime)
The Card / Mets Team Set / Accuracy Index +3
1969 Season
Hendley pitched in 27 games for the Triple-A Tidewater Tides, making 19 starts and going 6-6 with a 3.52 ERA in 128 innings pitched. It was the first (and last) season he threw over 100 innings professionally, having last exceeded that mark in 1964 with the Giants. Hendley retired following the season.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1961 Topps #372
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9): 1961-69
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1969 Topps #144
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 26 in the Beckett online database as of 9/30/25.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
September 21, 2025 from The Philly Show (America's Pastime)
On Sunday morning, September 21st, I made the hour-long drive to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania for the latest installment of the Philadelphia Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, known to its friends as The Philly Show. The show has a legitimate official sponsor (eBay) and the advertisement for the event notes the show is in its 50th year. I hadn't attended a baseball card show since the last Philly Show in December, and I was flying solo to this one as our oldest son is in his first month of college at Villanova. I posted a full summary of the show over at The Phillies Room.
I made stops at six tables at the show, all yielding needed cards for our 1969 Topps set, and I left the show with just 16 more cards to go for my version of a complete set. The first place I stopped was a table with well-organized and well-marked binders of commons and semi-stars with 20% Off notes across the front of each binder.
I took my time and found 32 commons and semi-stars needed before asking to see the dealer's star cards from the set. It turned out this first purchase was also my biggest, as I spent over half my allotted budget here, America's Pastime from Fair Lawn, New Jersey, before moving on to my second stop. This was the fourth of 36 total cards bought from America's Pastime, and the fourth of 91 cards for set added overall on the day, and it cost a little over $2 after the dealer discount.
The Card / Mets Team Set / Accuracy Index +3
The back of the card sums up Hendley's situation with the Mets: "The veteran southpaw is battling back from arm surgery." This card serves as a career capper for Hendley, as it continues his full minor and major league statistics.
Accuracy Index: Hendley's card earns a +5 for the accurate uniform, but it loses two points since he never suited up with the Mets in 1969.
1969 Season
Hendley pitched in 27 games for the Triple-A Tidewater Tides, making 19 starts and going 6-6 with a 3.52 ERA in 128 innings pitched. It was the first (and last) season he threw over 100 innings professionally, having last exceeded that mark in 1964 with the Giants. Hendley retired following the season.
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First Mainstream Card: 1961 Topps #372
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9): 1961-69
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1969 Topps #144
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 26 in the Beckett online database as of 9/30/25.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
1965 Topps Blog
1965 Topps Blog
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