#441 Dennis Higgins - Washington Senators

Dennis Dean Higgins
Washington Senators
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  180
Born:  August 4, 1939, Jefferson City, MO
Signed:  Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before 1958 season
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1966-67; Washington Senators 1968-69; Cleveland Indians 1970; St. Louis Cardinals 1971-72

Died:  November 3, 2023, Jefferson City, MO (age 84)

Dennis Higgins played for eight seasons in the minor leagues, before earning a spot on the White Sox pitching staff at the start of the 1966 season.  He appeared in 42 games his rookie year, pitching to a 2.52 ERA with five saves in 93 innings pitched.  Following a sophomore slump in 1967, Higgins was dealt to the Senators, where he'd have the two best seasons of his big league career.  He pitched to a 3.25 ERA in 59 relief appearances in 1968, and bolstered manager Ted Williams' (#650) bullpen again in 1969.  Higgins was Williams' primary closer in 1969, leading the team in saves (16) and relief appearances (55).  He was on the move again following the season, spending a year in Cleveland, where he led the Indians in both saves (11) and relief appearances (58) for the 1970 season.

Higgins pitched briefly for the Cardinals in 1971 and 1972 before his pitching career came to an end.  In 241 major league games, he was 22-23 with a 3.42 ERA and 46 saves.  All but two of his career appearances came in relief.

Building the Set / Card #389
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 97th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost less than a dollar.

The Card / Senators Team Set / Accuracy Index +5

Collectors were starting to see players in more recent photos in this set's fifth series and this photo of Higgins was likely taken during spring training in 1968.  The back highlights Dennis' success as a high school pitcher, which would have come 10 years prior to the issuance of this card.  Higgins doesn't yet have a biography entry on the SABR website, so I wasn't able to find out anything more on the "eye ailment" mentioned in the write-up.

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 Higgins' last name printed in yellow.

Accuracy Index:  Higgins' card scores a +5, a score we'll likely see a lot more of as we move into the higher series of the set.

1969 Season
This season and Higgins' rookie season of 1966 were his two best seasons in the majors.  He was 10-9 with a 3.48 ERA, recording 71 strikeouts in 85 1/3 innings pitched in 1969.  Higgins was one of four pitchers with at least 10 wins for Williams' surprising fourth place club, joining Dick Bosman (#607), Joe Coleman (#246) and Casey Cox (#383).

1966 Topps #529

1967 Topps #52

1968 Topps #509

1971 Topps #479

1972 Topps #278

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1966 Topps #529
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (7):  1966-72
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1972 Topps #278
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  24 in the Beckett online database as of 10/29/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database

#440 Willie McCovey - San Francisco Giants / #442 Ty Cline - Montreal Expos

#406 Phil Ortega - Washington Senators

Filomeno Coronada Ortega
Washington Senators
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  170
Born:  October 7, 1939, Gilbert, AZ
Signed:  Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent before 1959 season
Major League Teams:  Los Angeles Dodgers 1960-64; Washington Senators 1965-68; California Angels 1969

After a few cups of coffee with the Dodgers in each season between 1960 and 1963, Phil Ortega got a chance to pitch a full season with the club in 1964 and he did not disappoint.  Ortega went 7-9 with a 4.00 ERA, pitching three complete game shutouts along the way.  He was dealt to the Senators following the 1964 season, where he'd spend the next four seasons and the bulk of his 10-year big league career.  His best season statistically came in 1967, when he was 10-10 with a 3.03 RA in 34 starts, reaching career highs in innings pitched (219 2/3) and strikeouts (122).  In 204 games with the Dodgers, Senators and his brief final year stint with the Angels, Ortega was 46-62 with a 4.43 ERA.

Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.

Building the Set / Card #369
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 77th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost me less than a dollar.

The Card / Senators Team Set / Accuracy Index -7

This is Ortega's final appearance in a Topps set, and the photo for this card and the photo used for his 1968 Topps card were taken at the same time during a prior year's spring training.  The cartoon on the back references the big Dodgers-Senators trade that brought Ortega to Washington.  On December 4, 1964, the Senators traded John Kennedy (#631), Claude Osteen (#528) and $100,000 to the Dodgers for Ortega, Frank Howard (#170), Ken McMullen (#319), Pete Richert (#86) and player to be named later Dick Nen.

Accuracy Index:  Ortega's card scores a -7 since he didn't play with the Senators in 1969 (-2), and he's wearing his former team's uniform (-5).

1969 Season
Ortega was sold to the Angels on April 5th, right before the start of the regular season.  He was hit hard in all but one of his five relief appearances, earning a 10.13 ERA in eight innings pitched.  The Angels demoted him to the minors in early May, and he'd spend the rest of the season with the Hawaii Islanders.  Ortega's big league career was finished, but he'd hang on in the minors and in Mexico for three more seasons.

1962 Topps #69

1964 Topps #291

1966 Topps #416

1967 Topps #493

1968 Topps #595

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1962 Topps #69
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (8):  1962-1969
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1981 TCMA The 1960s II #390
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  32 in the Beckett online database as of 9/9/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
1965 Topps Blog

#405 Lee May - Cincinnati Reds / #407 Tom Egan - California Angels

#383 Casey Cox - Washington Senators

Joseph Casey Cox
Washington Senators
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'5"  Weight:  200
Born:  July 3, 1941, Long Beach, CA
Signed:  Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent before 1962 season
Major League Teams:  Washington Senators 1966-71; Texas Rangers 1972; New York Yankees 1972-73

Died:  October 2, 2023, Clearwater, FL (age 82)

Casey Cox spent all but six games of his eight-year big league career with the Senators/Rangers franchise.  Used in relief early in his career, Cox appeared in a career-high 66 games in 1966, his rookie season, pitching to a 3.50 ERA in 113 innings and earning seven saves.  He'd have his best season in 1969, going 12-7 with a 2.78 ERA for the Senators, helping to lead the pitching staff for the only Senators team to have a winning season during the franchise's 11 years in Washington.  Cox joined the starting rotation in 1970, going 8-12 with a 4.45 ERA in 37 appearances overall and 30 starts.  

He'd move with the club to Arlington in 1972, and as an original Ranger he'd appear in 35 games.  Cox finished his career with six appearances with the Yankees between 1972 and 1973.  He was 39-42 lifetime in 308 games, with a 3.70 ERA, 20 saves and 297 strikeouts in 762 innings pitched.

Building the Set / Card #354
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 62nd of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost me less than $1.

The Card / Senators Team Set / Accuracy Index +5

The pictures used for Cox's 1968 and 1969 Topps cards were likely taken at the same photoshoot at Yankee Stadium.  The back of the card gives Cox's origin story, as he was originally signed by the Reds in 1962.  The Indians drafted him from the Reds in November 1962 in the 1962 first-year draft, and the Senators selected him off waivers from the Indians in May 1963.

Accuracy Index:  Cox's card receives a +5 for accuracy.

1969 Season
As mentioned above, this was Cox's career year.  He reached career highs in Rgames won and ERA but also led all American League pitchers in fielding percentage with perfect 1.000 mark.

1966 Topps #549

1968 Topps #66

1971 Topps #82

1972 Topps #231

1973 Topps #419

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1966 Topps #549
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (8):  1966-73
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1973 Topps #419
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  33 in the Beckett online database as of 8/31/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database

#382 Pat Corrales - Cincinnati Reds / #384 Larry Shepard MG - Pittsburgh Pirates

#361 Gary Holman - Washington Senators

Gary Richard Holman
Washington Senators
First Base

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Left  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  200
Born:  January 25, 1944, Long Beach, CA
Signed:  Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent before 1964 season
Major League Teams:  Washington Senators 1968-69

A college baseball star at the University of Southern California, Gary Holman was signed by the Dodgers and began his professional playing career in 1964.  At season's end, he was drafted by the Senators in the first-year draft, and Holman would climb steadily through Washington's minor league system, driving in 66 runs in both 1966 and 1967.  Promoted to the majors in late June 1968, Holman appeared in 75 games, batting .294 with five doubles and seven RBIs.  Those numbers were good enough for Topps to select Holman as the first baseman on its 1968 All-Star Rookie team.

Holman slumped badly in 1969, which may have been due to a lack of playing time.  With the club since opening day, he made just one start in right field before being sent down to the minors in mid-June.  Manager Ted Williams (#650) used him primarily in a pinch-hitting role, and Holman was batting .161 at the time of his demotion.  He'd play out the remainder of the 1969 season in Buffalo before retiring from baseball.  In 116 major league games, Holman batted .259 with six doubles and nine RBIs.

Building the Set / Card #338
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 46th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost me less than $1.

The Card / Senators Team Set / Accuracy Index +5

If you're going to have one, and only one, baseball card, this is a pretty good one to have.  The back of the card highlights Holman's promotion and success from 1968, but also notes he was used primarily for late inning defense and as a pinch-hitter.  The prediction that "fans should see lots more of Gary in 1969" proved to be incorrect.

Accuracy Index:  Holman's first and last baseball card scores a +5.

1969 Season
Holman played in 41 games, making it onto the field 14 times for defense.  His appearances were mostly for pinch-hitting (29 games) or pinch-running (two games) duties.  He batted .161 (5 for 31) with a pair of RBIs.  With the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, Holman batted .264 in 66 games, with 12 doubles and 26 RBIs.

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1969 Topps #361
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (1):  1969
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1969 Topps #361
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  3 in the Beckett online database as of 7/6/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database

#360 Jim Wynn - Houston Astros / #362 Jim Maloney - Cincinnati Reds

#319 Ken McMullen - Washington Senators

Kenneth Lee McMullen
Washington Senators
Third Base

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  190
Born:  June 1, 1942, Oxnard, CA
Signed:  Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent before 1960 season
Major League Teams:  Los Angeles Dodgers 1962-1964; Washington Senators 1965-1970; California Angels 1970-1972; Los Angeles Dodgers 1973-1975; Oakland Athletics 1976; Milwaukee Brewers 1977

Ken McMullen struggled early in his career at the plate and with the glove, but improved enough in both areas to spend parts of 16 seasons in the majors.  McMullen was the opening day third baseman for the Dodgers in 1963, but a batting (and fielding) slump saw him back in the minors early that season.  Traded to the Senators in a seven-player trade in December 1964, McMullen was again given the chance to start and was the regular third baseman for Gil Hodges' (#564) (and later Ted Williams' (#650)) team between 1965 and 1969.  The late 1960s were the most productive for him and his career year came in 1969 when he batted .272 with 19 home runs and 87 RBIs.  McMullen had also worked on his fielding and turned himself into one of the better third baseman in the league.

He'd spend three full seasons with the Angels, traded to the club in April 1970.  Following the 1972 season, he was on the move again, this time back to the Dodgers, in the trade that sent Frank Robinson (#250) to the Angels.  McMullen would see his only postseason action with the Dodgers in 1974, appearing as a pinch-hitter in the NLCS against the Pirates.  He'd settle into a pinch-hitter/designated hitter role over the final seasons of his career with the Dodgers, Athletics and Brewers.  In 1,583 career games, McMullen batted .248 with 156 home runs and 606 RBIs.  His .961 fielding percentage at third base is currently 72nd all-time.

Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.

Building the Set / Card #307
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 15th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost me a little over $1.25.

The Card / Senators Team Set / Accuracy Index +5

The photo for this card and McMullen's 1968 Topps card were likely taken at the same session.  The cartoon on the back highlights his league-leading 38 double plays as a third baseman in 1967.  Frank Howard (#170) more than doubled McMullen's home run total from 1968, 44 to 20.  And Howard led the club with 106 RBIs with McMullen coming in second with 62.

In what is just pure coincidence, McMullen is card #319 in both the 1965 and 1969 Topps sets.

Accuracy Index:  McMullen's card scores a solid +5.

1969 Season
As mentioned above, this was McMullen's career year.  Leading all Senators' players with a 5.9 bWAR, he was the Senators and manager Williams' top player.  McMullen made 151 out of 162 starts at third base, appearing in 158 games overall.  He reached career highs in runs (83), hits (153), doubles (25), RBIs (87), walks (70) and OBP (.349).

1963 Topps #537

1965 Topps #319

1971 Topps #485

1974 Topps #434

1977 Topps #181

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1963 Topps #537
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (15):  1963-1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1981 TCMA The 1960s II #338
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  60 in the Beckett online database as of 5/31/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
1965 Topps Blog

#318 Jack Fisher - Cincinnati Reds / #320 Dal Maxvill - St. Louis Cardinals

#272 Ed Stroud - Washington Senators

Edwin Marvin Stroud
Washington Senators
Outfield

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'11"  Weight:  180
Born:  October 31, 1939, Lapine, AL
Signed:  Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent before 1963 season
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1966-1967; Washington Senators 1967-1970; Chicago White Sox 1971

Died:  July 2, 2012, Cleveland, OH (age 72)

Given the nicknames "Streak" for his speed and "Creeper" for his unusual way of walking, which made it look as if he was sneaking up on you, Ed Stroud played in parts of six seasons with the White Sox and Senators.  His speed was on full display in his first two professional seasons, as he stole 74 and 72 bases respectively in 1963 and 1964.  Stroud made his debut with the White Sox in 1966, and a trade to the Senators in June 1967 gave him the chance for regular playing time.  He appeared tin at least 100 games for the Senators between 1968 and 1970, and was the club's opening day right fielder in 1969.  Stroud's best season came in 1970 when he batted .266 with a career-high 29 stolen bases.

Stroud returned to the White Sox in 1971, his final big league season.  In 529 big league games, Stroud batted .237 with 320 hits and 72 career stolen bases.

Building the Set / Card #253
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)

In mid-March last year, over a year ago at this point, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.  My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set.  That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon.  I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.

This is the 176th of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York.  My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside.  After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far.  With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298.  The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing me $1.25.

The Card / Senators Team Set / Accuracy Index -8

Stroud is clearly wearing a White Sox uniform here, and it's odd Topps would go with this photo in lieu of simply re-using the photo from his 1968 Topps card.  Stroud wore #40 in his first season and a half in Chicago, and the photo was likely taken in 1966 at the same time as the photo used for his 1967 Topps rookie card.  The back of card appropriately highlights his minor league success, including his high base stealing totals in 1963 and 1964.

Accuracy Index:  Stroud's card gets another fairly standard -8.

1969 Season
Manager Ted Williams' (#650) opening day line-up for the Senators in 1969 included Frank Howard (#170) in left field, Del Unser (#338) in center field and Stroud in right field.  Stroud would start 42 games overall between the corner outfield spots, and while he got off to a hot start, his average slipped below .200 by mid-April.  He'd show steady progress throughout the season, getting up to a season high .263 on August 26th.  Overall, Stroud batted .252 in 123 games with 29 RBIs and 12 stolen bases.  His stolen base total tied him for the team lead with Hank Allen (#623), and his six triples were two behind Unser for the team lead.

1967 Topps #598

1968 Topps #31

1970 Topps #506

1971 Topps #217

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1967 Topps #598
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (5):  1967-1971
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1971 Topps #217
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  23 in the Beckett online database as of 3/3/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database

#271 Larry Stahl - San Diego Padres / #273 Ron Willis - St. Louis Cardinals

#246 Joe Coleman - Washington Senators

Joseph Howard Coleman
Washington Senators
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  175
Born:  February 3, 1947, Boston, MA
Drafted:  Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1965 amateur draft
Major League Teams:  Washington Senators 1965-1970; Detroit Tigers 1971-1976; Chicago Cubs 1976; Oakland Athletics 1976-1978; Toronto Blue Jays 1978; San Francisco Giants 1979; Pittsburgh Pirates 1979

Joe Coleman is the middle link of three generations who spent time playing in the major leagues.  Coleman was drafted by the Senators, making his big league debut four months following his high school graduation at the age of 18.  He'd come to the majors for good in 1967, winning 12 games in each of the 1968 and 1969 seasons.  Dealt to the Tigers in October 1970 as part of an eight-player deal, Coleman had the best seasons of his career while in Detroit.  He pitched in at least 280 innings four seasons in a row between 1971 and 1974, winning 20 games in 1971 and 23 games in 1973.  He was named an American League All-Star in 1972.  Coleman struggled with his control throughout his career, and his 158 walks in 1974 set a Tigers single-season record.  He led the league in wild pitches once, and batters hit by pitch twice.

Coleman left Detroit in June 1976, and he'd bounce around a bit for the next three and half seasons, last appearing in the majors in 1979.  He'd continue to pitch in the minor league systems of the Mariners and Angels through 1982.  Coleman served as the bullpen coach for the Angels between 1987 and 1990, and the pitching coach for the Cardinals between 1991 and 1994.  He'd rejoin the Angels coaching staff between 1996 and 1999, then coach in the minor leagues up until the mid-2010s.  Coleman had a lifetime record of 142-135 with a 3.70 ERA and 1,728 strikeouts.  His father, also Joe Coleman, pitched for the Athletics (1942, 1946-1951, 1953), Orioles (1954-1955) and Tigers (1955).  His son, Casey Coleman, pitched for the Cubs (2010-2012) and Royals (2014).

Building the Set / Card #239
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)

In mid-March last year, over a year ago at this point, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania.  My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set.  That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon.  I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.

This is the 162nd of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York.  My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside.  After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far.  With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298.  The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing me $1.25.

The Card / Senators Team Set / Accuracy Index +5

Photos for Coleman's 1967, 1968 and 1969 Topps cards were likely taken at the same time.  The elder Coleman makes a cameo on the back of the card in the cartoon, and Coleman's success as a Senators pitcher in 1968 is highlighted in the write-up.

Accuracy Index:  Coleman's card scores a +5 for the accurate depiction in a Senators uniform.

1969 Season
Only 22 years old and pitching in his third full major league season, Coleman was 12-13 with a 3.27 ERA for the Senators.  He was the most frequently used tarting pitcher by Senators' manager Ted Williams (#650), making 36 starts.  Mired in a slump, Coleman turned his season around in July with five consecutive complete games, which included three consecutive shutouts.  At one point he owned a career-best 32 1/3 consecutive inning scoreless streak.

1966 Topps #333

1970 Topps #127

1975 Topps #42

1978 Topps #554

1980 Topps #542

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1966 Topps #333
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (15):  1966-1980
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1980 Topps #542
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards:  80 in the Beckett online database as of 2/14/24.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia

Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database

#245 Ed Charles - New York Mets / #247 Gene Oliver - Chicago Cubs