1971 OPC Baseball PIRATES YELLOW TEAM NAME? Just answered part of this mystery!

KalineFan

I recently graded some 1971 OPC Baseball.

I submitted card #27 Pirates Rookies
and card #144 Jackie Hernandez

Both cards had the team name in yellow.
In the Topps set, they are red or reddish.
(PSA did NOT put "YELLOW TEAM" on inserts)

While I have a lot of experience with OPC Baseball,
this is one that I never knew existed......

Anyone else want to jump in here with their thoughts
including any other color variations? I know there
are some photo variations as well. I've just never
known about this one.

Tony
KalineFan

UPDATE !
I just looked in my large book

"Topps Baseball Cards-A 35 year History"

Card number 144 in the Topps set is:
Jackie Hernandez "ROYALS"

Card number 144 in the OPC set is
Jackie Hernandez "PIRATES"
with "recently traded to Pirates"

VERY COOL!

favoritethings

Don't know if this helps, but I have 5 '71 OPC Pirates team name in yellow (Murtaugh, Pagan, Blass, Hernandez and Sanguillen) I also have the pirates rookies card # 343 - team name in red.

KalineFan

Howard, thanks for the message, but....all of those cards are the same as the Topps cards:

#143 Blass Yelllow
#282 Pagan Yellow
#343 Rookies Red
#437 Murtaugh Yellow
#480 Sanguillen Yellow
#603 Pirates Team Yellow

Thanks for taking the time to look though!

Tony
KalineFan

jmoran19

I have those OPC cards in both red and yellow. IIRC the red version is rarer than the yellow version.

Ironmanfan

I hated the Pirates in 1971 (come to think of it, I hated them in 1979 too)

Just saying

IMF

mbothner

<< <i>I hated the Pirates in 1971 (come to think of it, I hated them in 1979 too) >>



You must really love Steve Blass.