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New Set Proposal: Multi-Player Cards

Hey gang,

A week or so ago we had a discussion on combo cards, or multi-player
cards. 1420Sports (Neal) mentioned that he was surprised there wasn't
a set on the registry based on these cards. After exchanging a couple
emails (and a fax) with 1420Sports, I decided to put together a list.
This was a lot easier to put together thanks to an old baseball card
magazine I still have from 1983. Credit also goes to Bob Lemke for
putting together a great article on multi-player cards, listing every
one made from '53-'69. I'm posting it here for a couple reasons. First,
I was hoping you guys could look it over and see if I made any mistakes
or ommisions. I also would like to hear any suggestions, and whether or
not any of you will make an attempt to build this specialty set. Thanks
for looking.

Multi-Player Feature Baseball Card Set -- The Golden Era 1953-1969

A multi-player feature card is a card that depicts more than one player,
but does not include team cards, league leader cards, or rookie stars/
prospects cards. (sorry, Jay, we had to draw the line somewhere) image
Although multi-player cards can be found in sets as old as the popular
Old Judge series, this set will focus on the "Golden Era" of multi-player
cards. The battle in the card market between Topps and Bowman during the
1950's is what introduced the appearance of multi-player cards on a
fairly regular basis, and between 1953 and 1969 they made some great
multi-player cards!

(113 total cards - not weighted)

1953 Bowman:
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44 Yogi Berra, Hank Bauer, Mickey Mantle
93 Billy Martin, Phil Rizzuto

1954 Topps:
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139 Eddie and Johnny O'Brien

1955 Bowman:
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139 Bobby and Billy Shantz

1957 Topps:
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400 Dodgers' Sluggers (Carl Furillo, Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider)
407 Yankees' Power Hitters (Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra)

1958 Topps:
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289 Series Hurling Rivals (Lou Burdette, Bobby Shantz)
304 Tigers' Big Bats (Harvey Kuenn, Al Kaline)
314 Dodgers' Boss & Power (Duke Snider, Mgr. Walter Alston)
321 Sluggers Supreme (Ted Kluszewski, Ted Williams)
334 Mound Aces (Bob Friend, Billy Pierce)
351 Braves Fence Busters (Del Crandall, Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adc ock)
386 Birdie's Young Sluggers (Mgr. Birdie Tebbetts, Ed Bailey, Frank Robinson)
418 World Series Batting Foes (Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron)
436 Rival Fence Busters (Willie Mays, Duke Snider)
475 All-Star Managers (Mgrs. Casey Stengel, Fred Haney)

1959 Topps:
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17 Danny's All-Stars (Mgr. Danny Murtaugh, Frank Thomas, Ted Kluszewski)
34 Pitchers Beware (Al Kaline, Charlie Maxwell)
74 Directing the Power (Mgr. Cookie Lavagetto, Jim Lemon, Roy Sievers)
147 Cubs' Clubbers (Dale Long, Ernie Banks, Walt Moryn)
156 Ace Hurlers (Billy Pierce, Robin Roberts)
166 Destruction Crew (Minnie Minoso, Rocky Colavito, Larry Doby)
212 Fence Busters (Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews)
237 Run Preventers (Gil McDougald, Bob Turley, Bobby Richardson)
262 Hitters' Foes (Johnny Podres, Clem Labine, Don Drysdale)
291 Pitching Partners (Pedro Ramos, Camilio Pascual)
317 N.L. Hitting Kings (Richie Ashburn, Willie Mays)
346 Batter Bafflers (Tom Brewer, Dick Sisler)
383 Words of Wisdom (Mgr. Casey Stengel, Don Larsen)
408 Keystone Combo (Nellie Fox, Luis Aparicio)
428 Buc Hill Aces (Ron Kline, Bob Friend, Vern Law, Roy Face)
519 Infield Power (Pete Runnels, Dick Gernert, Frank Malzone)
543 Corsair Outfield Trio (Roberto Clemente, Bob Skinner, Bill Virdon)

1960 Topps:
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7 Master & Mentor (Willie Mays, Bill Rigney)
32 Sophmore Stalwarts (Jim O'Toole, Vada Pinson)
57 Win-Savers (Turk Lown, Gerry Staley)
115 Fork & Knuckler (Roy Face, Hoyt Wilhelm)
160 Rival All-Stars (Mickey Mantle, Ken Boyer)
230 Mound Magicians (Warren Spahn, Lou Burdette, Bob Buhl)
260 Power Plus (Rocky Colavito, Tito Francona)
292 Dodger Backstops (Joe Pignatano, John Roseboro)
352 Cincy Clouters (Gus Bell, Frank Robinson, Jerry Lynch)
399 Young Hill Stars (Milt Pappas, Jack Fisher, Jerry Walker)
429 American League Kings (Nellie Fox, Harvey Kuenn)

1961 Topps:
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25 Reds' Heavy Artillery (Vada Pinson, Gus Bell, Frank Robinson)
75 Lindy Shows Larry (Lindy McDaniel, Larry Jackson)
119 A's Big Armor (Norm Siebern, Hank Bauer, Jerry Lumpe)
173 Beantown Bombers (Frank Malzone, Vic Wertz, Jackie Jensen)
207 Dodger Southpaws (Sandy Koufax, Johnny Podres)
250 Buc Hill Aces (Vern Law, Roy Face)
283 Frisco First Liners (Mike McCormick, Jack Sanford, Billy O'Dell)
337 Al's Aces (Al Lopez, Early Wynn, Herb Score)
393 Batter Bafflers (Don Cardwell, Glen Hobbie)
451 Power for Ernie (Daryl Spencer, Bill White, Ernie Broglio)
521 Brother Battery (Norm and Larry Sherry)

1962 Topps:
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18 Managers' Dream (Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays)
37 Tribe Hill Trio (Barry Latman, Dick Stigman, Jim Perry)
72 Bob's Pupils (Steve Boros, Bob Scheffing, Jake Wood)
127 Pride of the A's (Norm Siebern, Hank Bauer, Jerry Lumpe)
163 Hot Corner Guardians (Billy Gardner, Clete Boyer)
211 Midway Masters (Frank Bolling, Roy McMillan)
263 The Right Pitch (Bob Purkey, Jim Turner, Joey Jay)
306 Redbird Rippers (Lindy McDaniel, Larry Jackson)
351 Braves Backstops (Joe Torre, Del Crandall)
401 AL & NL Homer Kings (Roger Maris, Orlando Cepeda)
423 Rival League Relief Aces (Roy Face, Hoyt Wilhelm)

1963 Topps:
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18 Buc Blasters (Smoky Burgess, Dick Stuart, Roberto Clemente, Bob Skinner)
43 Veteran Masters (Casey Stengel, Gene Woodling)
68 Friendly Foes (Gil Hodges, Duke Snider)
138 Pride of N.L. (Willie Mays, Stan Musial)
173 Bombers' Best (Tom Tresh, Mickey Mantle, Bobby Richardson)
218 Tiger Twirlers (Frank Lary, Don Mossi, Jim Bunning)
242 Power Plus (Ernie Banks, Henry Aaron)
306 Star Receivers (Earl Battey, Elston Howard)
331 Series Foes (Bill Stafford, Billy Pierce)
392 Tribe Thumpers (Johnny Romano, Tito Francona)
412 Dodgers' Big Three (Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Johnny Podres)

1964 Topps:
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41 Friendly Foes (Willie McCovey, Leon Wagner)
61 Angel Backstops (Bob Rodgers, Ed Sadowski)
81 All-Star Vets (Nellie Fox, Harmon Killebrew)
162 Hitting Area (Dick Sisler, Vada Pinson)
182 Sox Sockers (Carl Yaztrzemski, Chuck Schilling)
219 Young Aces (Al Downing, Jim Bouton)
268 Bill's Got It (Danny Murtaugh, Bill Virdon)
306 Giant Gunners (Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda)
331 A.L. Bombers (Roger Maris, Norm Cash, Mickey Mantle, Al Kaline)
393 Casey Teaches (Mgr. Casey Stengel, Ed Kranepool)
423 Tops in NL (Henry Aaron, Willie Mays)

1966 Topps:
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52 Power Plus (Wes Covington, Johnny Callison)
99 Buc Belters (Willie Stargell, Donn Clendenon)
156 DP Combo (Dick Schofield, Hal Lanier)
199 Chisox Clubbers (Bill Skowron, Johnny Romano, Floyd Robinson)
273 Astro Aces (Bob Aspromonte, Rusty Staub)

1967 Topps:
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1 The Champs (Mgr. Hank Bauer, Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson)
63 Cards' Clubbers (Lou Brock, Curt Flood)
109 Tribe Thumpers (Rocky Colavito, Leon Wagner)
143 Sox Sockers (Pete Ward, Don Buford)
168 Mets Maulers (Ed Kranepool, Ron Swoboda)
216 Bengel Belters (Norm Cash, Al Kaline)
266 Pitt Power (Willie Stargell, Donn Clendenon)
309 Hurlers Beware (Johnny Callison, Richie Allen)
334 Twin Terrors (Bob Allison, Harmon Killebrew)
396 Atlanta Aces (Dennis Menke, Tony Cloninger)
423 Fence Busters (Willie Mays, Willie McCovey)
463 Hill Aces (Sam McDowell, Sonny Siebert)
521 Bird Bombers (Boog Powell, Curt Blefary)

1968 Topps:
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480 Manager's Dream (Tony Olivia, Chico Cardenas, Roberto Clemente)
490 Super Stars (Harmon Killebrew, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle)
530 Bird Belters (Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson)

1969 Topps:
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532 Bird Hill Aces (Tom Phoebus, Jim Hardin, Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar)
539 Ted Shows How (Mgr. Ted Williams, Mike Epstein)
556 A's Stars (Sal Bando, Bert Campaneris, Danny Cater)
572 Giants Heroes (Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal)

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