1983 O-Pee-Chee/OPC #163 Cal Ripken (Orioles)

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NM/MINT to MINT !!!
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1983 O-Pee-Chee/OPC #163 Cal Ripken (Orioles) cards value
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1969/1970 Transogram Statues & Figurines
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The 1969 Transogram Statues/Figurines baseball card set has (60) 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" cards from backs of Transogram figurine boxes. Boxes with 1 or 3 figurines/cards were sold and they were . packed with Hall-of-Famers like Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays & Hank Aaron.

In honor of the 1969 World Champion New York Mets, Transogram issued the 1970 Transogram New York Mets set of (15) figurines/cards in the form of (5) complete boxes.

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Don Drysdale Topps rookie card Don Drysdale on Leave it to Beaver

Don Drysdale Baseball Cards


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Don Drysdale
  • Pirates shortstop Dick Groat claimed “Batting against Don Drysdale is the same as making a date with the dentist.”
  • According to Orlando Cepeda: “The trick against Drysdale is to hit him before he hits you.”
  • Drysdale retired with (154) batters hit by a pitch, the modern baseball record.
  • Frank Robinson said "He was mean enough to do it, and he did it continuously. You could count on him doing it.
  • His next at-bat after hitting a HR and yelling 'Hey, batboy, come get the bat.'" Drysdale plunked Gene Oliver, yelling 'Hey, batboy, come get Oliver.'"
  • Don Drysdale twice hit seven home runs in a season, tying the record. NOTE:Ohtani it (7) in 2024.
  • He pitched (58) consecutive scoreless innings in 1968, breaking Walter Johnson's all-time Major League record.
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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 1)

The first baseball trading cards date back to 1869. For many years, baseball cards were packaged in packs of tobacco as a way to increase sales the same way that today prizes are packaged in boxes of cereal. In the 1920's and 1930's, candy and gum companies started packaging baseball cards in their products as well.

Baseball card production was virtually halted in the early 1940's due to paper shortages created by World War II. The "Modern Era" of baseball cards began in 1948 when Bowman Gum Inc. offered one card and one piece of gum in a pack for a penny.

The first important football set was the Mayo set featuring college players in 1984. Other than the 1935 National Chicle set no other key football set was issued until 1948 when noth Bowman and Leaf produced sets.

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