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Card Size: 3 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Description: As was the case with all Phillies photo cards issued throughout the 1970s, these cards feature a black and white photo with the players' name below. Most of the cards (excluding the Jim Essian card) have blue facsimile autographs on the fronts. The backs of the photo cards are blank and there's no indication on the cards themselves that they're from 1973.
How Distributed: The photo cards were handed out to fans individually and supplied to the players in order to reply to fan mail or honor autograph requests. I could be wrong, but I don't believe the cards were ever available in complete set form.
Complete Standard Checklist (Unnumbered, presented here alphabetically):
| 1. Mike Anderson 2. Carroll Beringer CO 3. Bob Boone 4. Larry Bowa 5. Darrell Brandon 6. Ken Brett 7. Steve Carlton 8. Larry Christenson 9. George Culver 10. Billy DeMars CO 11. Ron Diorio 12. Denny Doyle 13. Jim Essian 14. Billy Grabarkewitz | 15. Terry Harmon 16. Tommy Hutton 17. Deron Johnson 18. Barry Lersch 19. Jim Lonborg 20. Greg Luzinski 21. Willie Montanez 22. Danny Ozark MG 23. Jose Pagan 24. Ray Rippelmeyer CO 25. Bill Robinson (not smiling) 26. Bill Robinson (shoulder visible, smiling) 27. Craig Robinson 28. Mike Rogodzinski |
29. Dick Ruthven 30. Mike Ryan 31. Mac Scarce 32. Mike Schmidt 33. Dick Selma 34. Cesar Tovar 35. Cesar Tovar (closer cropped, less hair) 36. Wayne Twitchell (smiling) 37. Wayne Twitchell (not smiling) 38. Del Unser 39. Mike Wallace 40. Billy Wilson 41. Bobby Wine CO |
One and Only Phillies Baseball Card (0)
First Appearance in Phillies Team Issued Set (15): Brett, Christenson, Culver, Diorio, Essian, Grabarkewitz, Lonborg, Pagan, C. Robinson, Rogodzinski, Ruthven, Tovar (2), Unser, Wallace
Returning Players in Phillies Team Issued Set (21): Anderson, Boone, Bowa, Brandon, Carlton, Doyle, Harmon, Hutton, Johnson, Lersch, Luzinski, Montanez, B. Robinson (2), Ryan, Scarce, Schmidt, Selma, Twitchell (2), Wilson
Returning Players in Phillies Team Issued Set (21): Anderson, Boone, Bowa, Brandon, Carlton, Doyle, Harmon, Hutton, Johnson, Lersch, Luzinski, Montanez, B. Robinson (2), Ryan, Scarce, Schmidt, Selma, Twitchell (2), Wilson
Manager (1): Ozark
Coach (4): Berringer, DeMars, Rippelmeyer, Wine
Even Essian, who was in the Phillies' system the entire season and was a September call-up received a card. The catcher didn't make his big league debut until September 15th.
Omissions: The 2 players omitted are catcher Larry Cox and reliever Dave Wallace. Cox is a bit of a surprise omission as he was on the team's opening day roster, but he appeared in only one game on April 18th before getting sent back down to Triple-A Eugene for the rest of the season. Wallace appeared in four games with the Phillies, pitching 3 2/3 innings, between mid-July and early August.
Variations/Rarities: Based on the checklist found at The Trading Card Database, there are signature variations for the Bob Boone and Mike Schmidt cards. The cards contain the same photos, but the signature placement differs slightly on both cards. I've also added a Del Unser card to my collection without a blue facsimile autograph, shown below.
| Signature Variations 1. Bob Boone (slightly different placement) 2. Mike Schmidt (slightly different placement) 3. Del Unser (no signature) |
Also See: The Mike Schmidt Rookie Card
Resources: The Trading Card Database; Beckett.com. The Beckett database entry for this set lists the set as "1973 Phillies Team Issue" and contains only 29 cards.
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This set was originally featured in a post back in November 2014, and I'm going to slowly go through these team-issued set posts and update them with new information learned (if any) over the past six years.
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