#330 Jim Busby - Cleveland Indians

James Franklin Busby
Cleveland Indians
Outfield

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'1"  Weight:  175
Born:  January 8, 1927, Kenedy, TX
Signed:  Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent, June 7, 1948
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1950-52; Washington Nationals 1952-55; Chicago White Sox 1955; Cleveland Indians 1956-57; Baltimore Orioles 1957-58; Boston Red Sox 1959-60; Baltimore Orioles 1960-61; Houston Colt .45s 1962

Died:  July 8, 1996, Augusta, GA (age 69)

Jim Busby spent nearly three full decades in the major leagues as both a smooth-fielding center fielder and as a coach.  He spent 13 seasons as a player, and his earlier seasons were his best.  Busby was an All-Star with the White Sox in his rookie season of 1951, and he'd play a half inning in left field in the All-Star Game, replacing Ted Williams (#5).  Busby swiped a career-high 26 bases in 1951.  He'd have his best seasons as a member of the Nationals, batting .312 with career highs in doubles (28) and RBIs (82) in 1953.  Speed in the outfield helped him finish in the top 10 for putouts, fielding percentage and assists in most of the seasons throughout the 1950s.  Busby's production declined following his departure from Washington, and he spent the final eight seasons of his career playing for six different clubs, including a repeat stint with the White Sox and two different stints with the Orioles.

Busby is one of the more underrated players from the 1950s in my opinion.  In 1,352 games, he collected 1,113 hits, 162 doubles, 35 triples, 48 home runs and had 438 RBIs, while stealing 97 bases.  He was a player-coach with the Orioles in 1961 and with the inaugural Colt .45s team in 1962.  Busby's complete coaching career spanned 18 years with the Orioles (1961), Colt .45s/Astros (1962-67), Braves (1968-75), White Sox (1976) and Mariners (1977-78).

Building the Set
July 20, 1989 in Williamstown, NJ - Card #79
In the summer of 1989, I was between my freshman and sophomore years of high school, and I have nothing but pleasant memories of that time growing up in South Jersey.  There were maybe five or six baseball card stores in our area, although only a few of them were known to carry older baseball cards.  One of those stores was located in Williamstown, New Jersey, which ironically enough is where my wife and I would settle and start to raise our family some 14 years later.  I had to dig into my notes from our other set quests to find the store's name - Collector's Corner.  We had finished off our 1974 Topps set in February 1988 at Collector's Corner.   

1977 Topps #597

July 20th was a Thursday, and I guess my Dad would have been off work with a hankering for a new card for our relatively new 1956 Topps set quest.  We were also collecting the 1973 Topps set, and with our 1956 and 1973 checklists in hand, we made the half hour drive from Millville to Williamstown.  I don't know if we purchased any 1973 Topps cards that day, but we found this Busby card for $5 - not a bad deal.  As a current Williamstown resident, I'm not even sure where this store would have been located back in the day, as a lot of the ubiquitous strip malls all look pretty much the same to me.  But it was in a strip mall, I remember that much.

I'm not exactly sure why Busby was one of my Dad's favorite players, and I wish I had thought to ask him at some point.  I suspect it has something to do with the fact they both shared the same first name, and there weren't a lot of major leaguers with the first name of Jim during my Dad's years as a young baseball fan.  Busby holds a special place for me in my collecting journey, as my Dad brought home a 1959 Topps Busby card one day back in the early 1980s.  It was one of a trio of completely disconnected (and ancient) cards added to my collection after I had first discovered baseball cards, and these were the oldest cards in my collection for a few years until the Magic Shoebox entered my life, jumpstarting the journey of collecting the 1956 Topps set.

The Card / Indians Team Set
This is Busby's first Topps card since 1952, as he had been exclusive to Bowman.  It looks as if Busby is wearing a White Sox uniform in the action photo and Topps also decided to remove any infielders in the background who may have been in the vicinity of second base.  He could be wearing a White Sox or Nationals jersey in the head shot, and a Topps artist did a decent job adding the Indians logo to Busby's hat.  The back of the card highlights his speed and "great fielding ability."

On October 25, 1955, Busby was traded by the White Sox with Chico Carresquel (#230) to the Indians for Larry Toby (#250).  Topps updated the cap logos on Busby's and Carresquel's cards, but surprisingly decided to leave Doby's cap logo as is. 

1956 Season

Busby was the opening day center fielder for the Indians, and he'd start 122 games overall at the position.  In 135 total games, he batted .235 with 17 doubles, 12 home runs and 50 RBIs.  He was not able to replace Doby's output for the Indians, as had been hoped, but he did hit grand slams in back-to-back games on July 5th and 6th.

1951 Bowman #302

1952 Topps #309

1953 Bowman Color #15

1957 Topps #309

1974 Topps #634

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1951 Bowman #302
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9):  1952, 1956-60, 1973-74, 1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1983 Topps 1952 Reprint Series #309

55 - Busby non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 4/8/22.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database

SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

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Set Order: #329 Lou Berberet - Washington Nationals / #331 Dick Hall - Pittsburgh Pirates

Order Collected: #72 Philadelphia Phillies Team Card / #42 Sandy Amoros - Brooklyn Dodgers

#141 Joe Frazier - St. Louis Cardinals

Joseph Filmore Frazier
St. Louis Cardinals
Outfield

Bats:  Left  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  180
Born:  October 6, 1922, Liberty, NC
Signed:  Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before 1941 season
Major League Teams:  Cleveland Indians 1947; St. Louis Cardinals 1954-1956; Cincinnati Reds 1956; Baltimore Orioles 1956
As a Manager:  New York Mets 1976-1977
Died:  February 15, 2011, Broken Arrow, OK (age 88)

Joe Frazier spent parts of four seasons in the major leagues, being used as a pinch-hitter in 171 of his 217 total games played.  After a brief stint with the Indians in 1947, and making his big league debut on August 31st of that season, he was traded to the St. Louis Browns.  He'd spend six seasons playing in the minor league systems of the Browns and White Sox, before finally making it back to the majors with the Cardinals in 1954.  Frazier appeared in 81 games with the Cardinals in 1954, another 58 games with the club in 1955, and then spent 1956 in the uniforms of the Cardinals, Reds and Orioles.

He retired after four more seasons in the minors with a career major league batting average of .241.  Frazier took a job as a scout for the expansion Houston Colt .45s in 1961, and was elevated to the manager of the Bradenton Astros in 1965.  He joined the Mets organization in 1968, finding success at each level of their minor league system.  In 1975, he guided the Triple-A Tidewater Tides to the International League pennant and was named The Sporting News Minor League Manager of the Year.  Frazier was hired as the Mets' new manager to start their 1976 season and he guided the club to an improved 86-76 record and a third place finish.  The 1977 season started poorly though, with Frazier fired after the Mets began the season at 15-30.  His final managerial job came with the Triple-A Louisville Cardinals in 1982, and he remained with the Cardinals' organization as a scout through the mid-1980s.

Building the Set

February 9, 2002 in Cooperstown, NY - Card #233
This is one of only four cards I purchased in 2002, which was one of the tougher years for me personally.  I made a solo unscheduled and unplanned trip to Cooperstown in early 2002 in an attempt to clear my mind one weekend.  It was an escape.  Thinking back on that time now 19 years later, I realize Cooperstown was a logical choice for me to make my escape as I could leave my present worries behind and live in the past for a few days.  I spent a lot of time walking around the Hall of Fame, taking my time and actually relaxing.

I didn't have a lot of money for this trip, but I visited Baseball Nostalgia that Saturday afternoon and purchased four cards for our 1956 Topps set, including this Frazier card.  The other three cards purchased were Jim Davis (#102), Don Kaiser (#124) and Tom Gorman (#246) and the four cards together cost me $18.50.  That's a fairly low price to pay for some much needed baseball card therapy.

I'm happy to see Baseball Nostalgia is still open.  My wife and I have discussed taking a trip back to Cooperstown when everything gets back to normal as neither of our boys have ever visited before.  Whenever that trip happens, I'll be sure to pay a visit to Baseball Nostalgia.

The Card / Cardinals Team Set
The main photo of Frazier is repeated from his 1955 Topps rookie card, and the action photo shows the edge of his #24, the number he wore with the Cardinals for three seasons.  His pinch-hitting skills are highlighted on the back of the card.  For his career, Frazier was a .221 pinch-hitter (31 for 140) with 7 doubles, 1 triple and 3 home runs.  The power threat mentioned in the final panel is from his minor league days.  While he hit just 10 home runs in the majors, he hit 144 in the minor leagues with a career high 22 home runs in 1953 with the Oklahoma City Indians.

1956 Season

This was a busy year for Frazier.  He began the season with the Cardinals, appearing in 14 games, and then was traded to the Reds with Alex Grammas (#37) on May 16th for Chuck Harmon (#308).  He was with the Reds for a little over a month, appearing in 10 games, and then was sold to the Orioles on June 26th.  He finished out the year with the Orioles, appearing in 45 games.  For the season, he batted .245 over 69 games with the three different teams.  His final major league game came on September 30th when he started in right field for the Orioles, batting clean-up.  In his final big league at-bat, Frazier hit a solo home run to deep right field off Senators' pitcher Ted Abernathy.

1955 Topps #89

1976 SSPC #610

1976 Topps #531

1977 Topps #259

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1955 Topps #89
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (4):  1955-1956, 1976-1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1977 Topps #259

17 - Frazier non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 2/10/21.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

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Set Order: #140 Herb Score - Cleveland Indians / #142 Gene Baker - Chicago Cubs

Order Collected: #124 Don Kaiser - Chicago Cubs / #246 Tom Gorman - Kansas City Athletics

#125 "Minnie" Minoso - Chicago White Sox

Saturnino Orestes Armas Minoso
Chicago White Sox
Outfield

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  5'10"  Weight:  175
Born:  November 29, 1925, La Habana, Cuba
Signed:  Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before the 1948 season
Major League Teams:  Cleveland Indians 1949, 1951; Chicago White Sox 1951-1957; Cleveland Indians 1958-1959; Chicago White Sox 1960-1961; St. Louis Cardinals 1962; Washington Senators 1964; Chicago White Sox 1976, 1980
Died:  March 1, 2015, Chicago, IL (age 89)

Hall of Fame Induction:  2022

Minnie Minoso spent a lifetime in baseball, beginning his professional career as an All-Star third baseman for the New York Cubans in the Negro Leagues and ending his career five decades later as a 54-year-old pinch-hitter for his Chicago White Sox in 1980.  In between, Minoso was a nine-time All-Star and a three-time Gold Glover, spending the bulk of his 17 different seasons in the Majors with the White Sox.  Minoso led the American League in triples three times (1952, 1954, 1956) and stolen bases three times (1951, 1952, 1953).  He received American League MVP votes in eight different seasons but he never played in a postseason game.  His best season was perhaps 1954 when he led the American League in WAR (of course this wasn't tracked at the time) while hitting .320 with 18 triples, 19 home runs and 116 RBIs.  At one point he was the White Sox franchise leader in home runs (135) and the American League all-time leader in being hit by a pitch (189).  Those records were broken by Bill Melton in 1974 and Don Baylor in 1985, respectively.

Minoso served as a coach with the White Sox between 1976 and 1978, and again in 1980.  He was activated by the White Sox in September 1976 and picked up a single on September 12th at the age of 50 becoming the fourth oldest player to collect a big league hit.  He was activated again in October 1980, but went 0 for 2 in two pinch-hitting appearances.  His #9 was retired by the White Sox in 1983.

Postscript - Minnie Minoso was elected into the Hall of Fame in December 2021 by the Golden Days Era Committee, and he'll be inducted posthumously in July 2022.

Building the Set

June 22, 1990 in Ocean City, NJ - Card #94
I paid $13 for this card and the Don Mossi (#39) card at the annual baseball card show held within the Ocean City Music Pier.  The years 1990 and 1991 saw my Dad and I add the fewest 1956 Topps cards to our set.  I believe this was due to a combination of me being in high school and the fact that we were more actively collecting Topps sets from the early 1970s.

All while slowly collecting the 1956 Topps set, Dad and I first put together a complete 1975 set, followed in quick succession by the 1974 and 1976 sets.  We then began the 1973 set followed by the 1970 set.  We hand collated these five sets during our "golden era" of collecting together between 1987 and 1997.  I finished off the 1972 Topps set on my own in the early 2010s and I added the final card for my 1971 Topps set in December 2019.

The autograph guests at this show were Andy Seminick (#296) and Gene Mauch, neither of whom we stood in line for up on the Music Pier's stage to meet.  Looking back, it strikes me as strange now that neither my Dad or I never really spent much time tracking down autographs from the show's signers and I kind of wish we had.  I'm sure the cost of an autograph from Seminick or Mauch wasn't that much, and it would have been nice to have those memories and those autographs in our collection.

Then again, Seminick and Mauch were signing at night between 6 and 9pm.  This would help explain why we didn't stick around as we would have been long gone from the show by then.

The Card / White Sox Team Set
That sure looks like the Yankees' Phil Rizzuto (#113) manning second base as Minoso is about to slide in.  This is Minoso's first appearance in a Topps set since 1953, as it would appear he was under contract to Bowman at the time.  Topps is off by two years on Minoso's birth year, this time making him older than he actually was instead of going the other way as was more typical back then.  Minoso's nickname of "The Cuban Comet" is referenced in the first panel of the cartoon on the back of the card.  The other two panels focus on his speed and his frequent All-Star Game appearances.

1956 Season

As the every day left fielder for the White Sox, and arguably the team's most valuable player, Minoso appeared in 151 games and hit .316 with 29 doubles, 11 triples, 21 home runs and 88 RBIs.  He was most regularly joined in the outfield by Larry Doby (#250) in center and Jim Rivera (#70) in right.  On September 2nd, Minoso hit his 80th home run with the White Sox, breaking Zeke Bonura's franchise record.

1952 Bowman #5

1954 Bowman #38

1959 Topps #80

1964 Topps #538

1977 Topps #232

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1952 Bowman #5
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (12):  1952-1953, 1956-1964, 1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2013 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-MMI

196 - Minoso non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 11/14/20.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

Wikipedia

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Set Order: #124 Don Kaiser - Chicago Cubs / #126 Jim Brady - Detroit Tigers

Order Collected: #39 Don Mossi - Cleveland Indians / #10 Warren Spahn - Milwaukee Braves

#81 Wally Westlake - Philadelphia Phillies

Waldon Thomas Westlake
Philadelphia Phillies
Outfield

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  186
Born:  November 8, 1920, Gridley, CA
Signed:  Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent before 1940 season
Major League Teams:  Pittsburgh Pirates 1947-1951; St. Louis Cardinals 1951-1952; Cincinnati Reds 1952; Cleveland Indians 1952-1955; Baltimore Orioles 1955; Philadelphia Phillies 1956
Died:  September 6, 2019, Sacramento, CA (age 98)

The start of Wally Westlake's big league career was delayed while he was serving in World War II, but once he made his debut at 26 with the 1947 Pirates he proved to be a consistent hitter for several seasons.  Westlake was an All-Star with the Cardinals in 1951 (following his trade from the Pirates) and was a member of the 1954 Indians team that lost the World Series to the Giants.  Over his 10 year career, Westlake hit .272 with 127 home runs and 539 RBIs.  His best seasons came in 1948 and 1949 with the Pirates when he hit .285 and .282 with 65 and 104 RBIs respectively, while also hitting for the cycle twice.

Building the Set
June 20, 1992 in Ocean City, NJ - Card #106
This is one of 11 cards (and the 8th I've covered on this blog) my Dad and I bought in June 1992 at the Ocean City baseball card show held on the boardwalk at the Music Pier.  We paid $60 for the lot of 11 cards, which at the time was most likely a steal.  Chronologically, I have this listed as the 106th card we added to the set.  Like the other cards in this lot, this card is gorgeous with four sharp corners.  I'd love to get into my time machine and buy whatever other 1956 Topps cards this dealer had for sale as they're some of the finest cards in our set.

It would seem as if we paid the full admission price of $6 as we didn't relinquish the postcard below to receive $0.50 off.  I still have a collection of these postcards and flyers dating back to the early 1980s from the various Ocean City baseball card shows.


My Dad wasn't much of a night owl, which explains why we wouldn't have waited around for an autograph from Del Ennis the Saturday of this show.  It's a shame too.  Ennis was one of my Dad's favorite players and it would have been an amazing keepsake if I had somehow gotten a picture of the two of them together.

The Card
I've looked at this card hundreds of time, and it was only within the past 10 years or so I realized Westlake is wearing a Cardinals uniform in the photo of him swinging a bat.  He had last played for the Cardinals in early 1952.  It's amazing to me that writing these posts has resulted in me learning (or re-learning) new things, even things that were probably obvious to everyone else.  A quick search of Getty Images also turns up the source of the close-up photo of Westlake.  That photo was taken during the 1953 season at Yankee Stadium and I've included it above.

The first panel on the back states Westlake is a veteran of 13 seasons, which is accurate if you count his minor league years.  Westlake played in the minors between 1940 and 1942 before heading off for military service, and then he played 10 seasons after that between 1946 and 1955.  His 1948 cycle came on July 30th against the Dodgers, and his second cycle came on June 14, 1949 against the Braves.

1956 Season/Phillies Career

1977 Fritsch One-Year
Wonders #17

Westlake was released by the Orioles on July 9, 1955 and he finished the remainder of the 1955 seasons playing for the Oakland Oaks and the Portland Beavers in the Pacific Coast League.  The Phillies signed him on November 7, 1955.  Now a 34-year-old veteran, Westlake wrapped up his 10-year big league career playing five games for the Phillies in 1956, all on the road and all as a pinch-hitter.  He went 0 for 4 with a walk and three strikeouts and the Phillies released him on May 18th.  By the time kids were getting this card of Westlake in their packs of 1956 Topps (Series 1), he had signed to play with the unaffiliated Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League.  Westlake hit .273 for the Solons over 90 games to finish out the 1956 season and his professional career.

Other than this 1956 Topps card, Westlake's only other Phillies card can be found in the Elder Postcards set released in the 1960s.  He also signed a reprinted version of his 1956 Topps card for inclusion as in insert available in packs of 2005 Topps Heritage.

Westlake may have been motivated to sign with the Phillies in late 1955 as his younger brother, Jim Westlake, was playing in the Phillies system at the time.  Jim Westlake appeared in one game for the Phillies on April 16, 1955, pinch-hitting for reliever Jack Spring and striking out against the Giants' Jim Hearn (#202).

When Wally Westlake died this past September at the age of 98, he passed on the title of the oldest living Phillies alumnus to former coach Billy DeMars, now 94.  (Per a Tweet from Larry Shenk.)

1949 Bowman #45

1951 Topps Red Backs #27

1952 Topps #38

1953 Topps #192

1954 Topps #92

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1949 Bowman #45
First Topps Card:  1951 Topps Red Backs #27
Representative Phillies Card:  1956 Topps #81
Last Topps Card:  1956 Topps #81
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  2005 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #RO-WW
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (6):  1951-1956

40 - Westlake non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 11/30/19.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
The Phillies Room
SABR
The Trading Card Database

In some cases, the first and last cards listed above are subjective and chosen by me if multiple cards were released within the same year.  Most recent mainstream card may also be subjective and does not include extremely low serial numbered cards, buybacks or cut autograph cards.

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Set Order: #80 Gus Triandos - Baltimore Orioles / #82 Bill Renna - Kansas City Athletics

Order Collected: #66 Bob Speake - Chicago Cubs / #143 Jim Piersall - Boston Red Sox

#54 Bob Keegan - Chicago White Sox

Robert Charles Keegan
Chicago White Sox
Pitcher

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  207
Born:  August 4, 1920, Rochester, NY
Signed:  Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent before 1946 season
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1953-1958
Died:  June 20, 2001, Rochester, NY (age 80)

A popular and long-time minor leaguer, Bob Keegan made his debut with the White Sox in May 1953 at the age of 32.  He'd be a steady starter and reliever for the White Sox for six seasons, posting a career record of 40-36 and a 3.66 ERA over 135 games.  Keegan was an All-Star in 1954 and pitched a no-hitter against the Senators in 1957.  His best season was also his All-Star season, in which he went 16-9 with a 3.09 ERA with 14 complete games and two shutouts.

His final season in the Majors was 1958, but he returned to the minor leagues with the Rochester Red Wings (the Cardinals' top affiliate) in 1959, winning 18 games as a 38-year-old.  His stellar season with the Red Wings and an appearance with the Cardinals in their 1960 spring camp earned him a Cardinals baseball card in the 1960 Topps set, even though he never suited up with the team during the regular season.

Building the Set

College graduation, May 1997

July 19, 1997 in Ocean City, NJ - Card #152
Exactly 22 years ago today and for $2, my Dad and I added this card to our set at the Ocean City baseball card show held inside the Music Pier.  We purchased 11 cards that July day - Keegan and eight other commons, along with the Warren Giles (#2) card for $10 and the Ray Boone (#6) card for $5.

I graduated college in the spring of 1997, and that summer was a good one as I worked on the Sea Isle Promenade at a few t-shirt stores.  My days were spent jogging, barely working, reading and sitting on the beach.  Dinner would usually come from Phil's on 37th and Landis Avenue, and ice cream was consumed nightly.

Dad was still working in Millville at the time, and we probably met up in front of the Music Pier prior to his show.  The baseball card collecting landscape changed drastically in the ten year period between 1987 and 1997, with autographed cards making their way into packs and multiple parallel versions of the same card confusing us as "old school" collectors.  Still, I'd give anything to be back inside the Music Pier with my Dad searching for the next 1956 Topps card to add to our set.  I'm sure he was thrilled to find a dealer selling a bunch of '56s in good shape and at just $2 a card.

The Card
It doesn't appear as if Keegan is standing in Chicago's Comiskey Park, as that ballpark had two decks in the outfield.  Keegan's card is notable (for me at least) as it introduces the first card with a blue-red color combination for the player name and team bars on the front of the card.  Blue-red joins eight other color combinations to appear so far in the set.

The back of the card references his time as a college star for Bucknell University and the seven seasons he spent toiling in the Yankees farm system before the White Sox purchased his contract on October 13, 1952.  His bad leg referenced in the final panel was only a pulled leg muscle, and not a broken foot as the cartoon depicts.  And a 20-win season in 1954 would have been tough as Keegan was only 15-7 as of August 21st.

1956 Season
Keegan made the White Sox out of spring training, but wouldn't appear in a game until May 6th as he was used sparingly by manager Marty Marion.  Keegan manned the back-end of the White Sox rotation with fellow veterans Gerry Staley and Jim Wilson (#171), appearing in eight more games through mid-June and pitching to a 4-4 record and a 3.04 ERA.  On July 4th, Keegan was hospitalized with what his official SABR biography describes as a "severe case of hemorrhoids," and the pitcher lost 20 pounds in the process.  He'd appear in just 11 more games that season following his hospitalization.

1953 Topps #196

1954 Topps #100

1957 Topps #99

1960 Topps #291

1977 Topps #436

Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card:  1953 Topps #196
First Topps Card:  1953 Topps #196
Last Topps Card:  1960 Topps #291
Most Recent Topps Card (post-career):  1977 Topps #436
Most Recent Mainstream Card:  1994 Topps Archives 1954 #100
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9):  1953-1960, 1977

18 - Keegan non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 5/1/19.

I've always been a huge fan of the Turn Back the Clock cards Topps inserted into its sets in the 1970s and 1980s, and I've looked at Keegan's 1977 Topps cards hundreds of times without knowing who he was.  It's cool that I can now connect his 1956 Topps card, and his career, with his card from 19 years later celebrating his best moment in the game.

Sources:  
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database

In some cases, the first and last cards listed above are subjective and chosen by me if multiple cards were released within the same year.  Most recent mainstream card may also be subjective and does not include extremely low serial numbered cards, buybacks or cut autograph cards.

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Set Order: #53 Arnold Portocarrero - Kansas City Athletics / #55 Wally Moon - St. Louis Cardinals

Order Collected: #16 Hector Lopez - Kansas City Athletics / #152 Billy Hoeft - Detroit Tigers