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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. The backs of the photo cards are blank and there's no indication on the cards themselves that they're from 1979. Some of the cards contain blue facsimile autographs, as noted on the checklist below.
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. The set's checklist is comprised of the manager, four coaches, all but one of the 25-man opening day roster (Mike Anderson is omitted) and eight players who would make their season debut with the team between May and early July.
Complete Standard Checklist (Unnumbered, presented here alphabetically):
| 1. Ramon Aviles (action) 2. Doug Bird 3. Bob Boone (action, auto) 4. Larry Bowa (action, auto) 5. Warren Brusstar (action) 6. Jose Cardenal (action) 7. Steve Carlton (action, auto) 8. Larry Christenson (action) 9. Rawly Eastwick (action, auto) 10. Nino Espinosa (auto) 11. Greg Gross 12. Bud Harrelson (action) 13. Jim Kaat (auto) | 14. Randy Lerch (action) 15. Jim Lonborg (action) 16. Greg Luzinski (action, auto) 17. Pete Mackanin (auto) 18. Garry Maddox (action, auto) 19. Bake McBride (action, auto) 20. Tim McCarver (action) 21. Tug McGraw (action, auto) 22. Rudy Meoli (action, auto) 23. Dickie Noles (action) 24. Danny Ozark MG (auto) 25. Dave Rader 26. Ron Reed (action, auto) |
27. Pete Rose (action, auto) 28. Dick Ruthven (auto) 29. Kevin Saucier (action) 30. Mike Schmidt (action) 31. Lonnie Smith (auto) 32. Herm Starrette CO (auto) 33. Tony Taylor CO (auto) 34. Bobby Tiefenauer CO (auto) 35. Manny Trillo 36. Manny Trillo (action) 37. Del Unser 38. Bobby Wine CO (auto) |
One and Only Phillies Baseball Card (1): Meoli
First Appearance in Phillies Team Issued Set (12): Aviles, Bird, Espinosa, Gross, Mackanin, Noles, Rader, Rose, Saucier, Smith, Trillo (2)
Returning Players in Phillies Team Issued Set (20): Boone, Bowa, Brusstar, Cardenal, Carlton, Christenson, Eastwick, Harrelson, Kaat, Lerch, Lonborg, Luzinski, Maddox, McBride, McCarver, McGraw, Reed, Ruthven, Schmidt, Unser
Returning Players in Phillies Team Issued Set (20): Boone, Bowa, Brusstar, Cardenal, Carlton, Christenson, Eastwick, Harrelson, Kaat, Lerch, Lonborg, Luzinski, Maddox, McBride, McCarver, McGraw, Reed, Ruthven, Schmidt, Unser
Manager (1): Ozark
Coach (4): Starrette, Taylor, Tiefenauer, Wine
Omissions: For some reason, hitting/third base coach Billy DeMars didn't card a new card for this set. He'd return to the checklist in 1980. Also odd is the omission of outfielder Anderson who returned to the Phillies via free agency on March 5th and appeared in 79 games for the team. Five other players, all September call-ups, appeared with the Phillies in 1979 and didn't receive photo cards - John Vukovich, John Poff, Jack Kucek, Keith Moreland and Dan Larson.
Variations/Rarities: Fellow collector Steve let me know of a few rarities and variations for this set.
| Signature Variation 1. Rawly Eastwick (no auto) 2. Dick Ruthven (no auto) |
Error 1. Warren Brusstar (actually depicts Randy Lerch) |
Resources: The Trading Card Database; Beckett.com; Phillies collector Steve F.
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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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