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Ramon Alberto Webster
Oakland Athletics
First Base
Born: August 31, 1942, Colon, Panama
Signed: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent before 1963 season
Major League Teams: Kansas City Athletics 1967; Oakland Athletics 1968-69; San Diego Padres 1970-71; Oakland Athletics 1971; Chicago Cubs 1971
Ramon Webster's impressive spring training with the Athletics in 1967 earned him a spot on their opening day roster, and he'd eventually take over the regular first baseman's job from Danny Cater (#44). He'd suffer a leg injury at some point in the season that curtailed his productivity and evidently limited his output over the rest of his playing career. Webster never came close to the career highs he set in 1967 in games played (122), runs (41), hits (92), home runs (11) or RBIs (51). He'd find some success with the Padres in 1970, appearing in 95 games and batting .259. Webster appeared with three different teams in 1971, his last year in the majors, wrapping up his big league career with 16 games for the Cubs. He'd be a mainstay with the Athletics' Triple-A teams in the early to mid 1970s. Webster played in 380 big league games, batting .244 with 31 doubles, 17 home runs and 98 RBIs.
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 27th of 36 total cards bought from America's Pastime, and the 27th of 91 cards for set added overall on the day, and it cost a little over $2 after the dealer discount.
The Card / Athletics Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
This is Webster's third and final appearance in a Topps flagship set, and it's odd he'd not appear as a Padre in the 1970 or 1971 Topps sets. The photo used here is from spring training in 1968 or 1969, displaying the new "A" logo on the team's hat following their move from Kansas City to Oakland. I didn't know anything about Webster before adding this card to our set build, and it's a shame his injury cost him the ability to contribute to the upcoming A's dynasty of the early 1970s.
Accuracy Index: Webster's card earns a solid +5.
1969 Season
Webster was used primarily as a pinch-hitter in 1969, batting .260 overall in 64 games with a home run and 13 RBIs. He pinch hit in 49 of those 64 games, batting .256 in that role.
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First Mainstream Card: 1967 Topps #603
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (3): 1967-69
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1969 Topps #618
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 15 in the Beckett online database as of 10/25/25.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
Like Vic Power's 1966 card, Webster's 1967 card shows his position as "1B-INF". (Wouldn't that just be "INF"?)
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