1959 Topps

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Description

1959 Topps (R-414-13) is a 572-card set released in seven series -- the largest Topps set to date. Compared to other Topps sets of the era, 1959 is relatively easy to build and affordable -- due to the lack of premiere rookie cards (Bob Gibson and Sparky Anderson notwithstanding).

For the first time since 1954, Ted Williams does not appear in the set, as he signed with Fleer who issued their own Williams-centric product.

Stan Musial finally appeared on his first Topps card (#150)

Distribution

Penny Packs: 120 packs per box, one card plus one stick of gum (MSRP: $0.01).

Wax: 24 packs per box, five cards plus one stick of gum (MSRP: $0.05).

Cello: 36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.10).

Reviews

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

  • 1 Ford Frick COMM
  • 2 Eddie Yost
  • 3 Don McMahon
  • 4 Albie Pearson
  • 5 Dick Donovan
  • 6 Alex Grammas UER: Born 1928, should be 1926
  • 7 Al Pilarcik
  • 8 Philadelphia Phillies TC CL 1-88
  • 9 Paul Giel
  • 10 Mickey Mantle
  • 11 Billy Hunter
  • 12 Vern Law
  • 13 Dick Gernert UER: First played for Scranton in 1950, not 1951
  • 14 Pete Whisenant UER: 5th line on back, "7 years in the minors", should be 8
  • 15 Dick Drott
  • 16 Joe Pignatano
  • 17 Frank Thomas / Danny Murtaugh / Ted Kluszewski "Danny's All Stars"
  • 18 Jack Urban
  • 19 Ed Bressoud
  • 20 Duke Snider
  • 21 Connie Johnson
  • 22 Al Smith
  • 23 Murry Dickson
  • 24 Red Wilson
  • 25 Don Hoak
  • 26 Chuck Stobbs
  • 27 Andy Pafko
  • 28 Red Worthington
  • 29 Jim Bolger
  • 30 Nellie Fox
  • 31 Ken Lehman
  • 32 Don Buddin
  • 33 Ed Fitz Gerald
  • 34 Al Kaline / Charlie Maxwell "Pitchers Beware"
  • 35 Ted Kluszewski
  • 36 Hank Aguirre
  • 37 Gene Green
  • 38 Morrie Martin
  • 39 Ed Bouchee
  • 40c Warren Spahn COR: Born 1921
  • 40b Warren Spahn ERR: Born 1931, should be 1921, the bottom of the 3 is partially obscured
  • 40a Warren Spahn ERR: Born 1931, should be 1921
  • 41 Bob Martyn
  • 42 Murray Wall
  • 43 Steve Bilko
  • 44b Vito Valentinetti UER: Born 1929, should be 1928; COR: Colon after "Home" in bio
  • 44a Vito Valentinetti UER: Born 1929, should be 1928; ERR: No colon after "Home" in bio
  • 45 Andy Carey
  • 46 Bill Henry UER: Says Complete Major and Minor League Pitching Record, But Only Lists M
  • 47 Jim Finigan
  • 48 Baltimore Orioles TC CL 1-88
  • 49 Bill Hall RC
  • 50 Willie Mays
  • 51 Rip Coleman
  • 52 Coot Veal
  • 53 Stan Williams RC
  • 54 Mel Roach
  • 55 Tom Brewer
  • 56 Carl Sawatski
  • 57 Al Cicotte
  • 58 Eddie Miksis
  • 59 Irv Noren
  • 60 Bob Turley
  • 61 Dick Brown
  • 62 Tony Taylor
  • 63 Jim Hearn UER: Says Giants swept 1951 World Series, actually lost in 6 to Yankees
  • 64 Joe DeMaestri
  • 65 Frank Torre
  • 66 Joe Ginsberg
  • 67 Brooks Lawrence
  • 68 Dick Schofield
  • 69 San Francisco Giants TC CL 89-176
  • 70 Harvey Kuenn
  • 71 Don Bessent
  • 72 Bill Renna UER: Born 1926, should be 1924
  • 73 Ron Jackson UER: Born 1923, should be 1933
  • 74 Jim Lemon / Cookie Lavagetto / Roy Sievers "Directing the Power" UER: 5th line, "drove in 107 runs", should be 114
  • 75 Sam Jones
  • 76 Bobby Richardson
  • 77 John Goryl
  • 78 Pedro Ramos
  • 79 Harry Chiti
  • 80 Minnie Minoso UER: Born 1923, should be 1925
  • 81 Hal Jeffcoat
  • 82 Bob Boyd UER: Born 1926, should be 1919
  • 83 Bob Smith UER: Cartoon on back applies to an outfielder instead of a pitcher
  • 84 Reno Bertoia
  • 85 Harry Anderson
  • 86 Bob Keegan UER: Born 1922, should be 1920
  • 87 Danny O'Connell
  • 88 Herb Score
  • 89 Billy Gardner
  • 90 Bill Skowron
  • 91 Herb Moford RC
  • 92 Dave Philley UER: Says 1951 and 1956 in stats instead of 1941 and 1946.
  • 93 Julio Becquer
  • 94 Chicago White Sox TC CL 89-176
  • 95 Carl Willey
  • 96 Lou Berberet
  • 97 Jerry Lynch
  • 98 Arnie Portocarrero
  • 99 Ted Kazanski
  • 100 Bob Cerv
  • 101 Alex Kellner UER: 3rd line says 7-2 record with Reds, was actually 7-3 (as seen on stat
  • 102 Felipe Alou RC
  • 103 Billy Goodman
  • 104 Del Rice
  • 105 Lee Walls
  • 106 Hal Woodeshick RC
  • 107 Norm Larker RC
  • 108 Zack Monroe RC
  • 109 Bob Schmidt
  • 110 George Witt RC

Series Two

  • 111 Cincinnati Red Legs TC CL 89-176
  • 112 Billy Consolo
  • 113 Taylor Phillips
  • 114 Earl Battey
  • 115 Mickey Vernon
  • 116 Bob Allison  RC
  • 117 John Blanchard  RC
  • 118 John Buzhardt  RC
  • 119 John Callison  RC
  • 120 Chuck Coles  RC
  • 121 Bob Conley  RC
  • 122 Bennie Daniels
  • 123 Don Dillard  RC
  • 124 Dan Dobbek  RC
  • 125 Ron Fairly  RC
  • 126 Eddie Haas  RC
  • 127 Kent Hadley  RC
  • 128 Bob Hartman  RC
  • 129 Frank Herrera
  • 130 Lou Jackson  RC
  • 131 Deron Johnson  RC
  • 132 Don Lee
  • 133 Bob Lillis  RC
  • 134 Jim McDaniel  RC
  • 135 Gene Oliver  RC
  • 136 Jim O'Toole  RC
  • 137 Dick Ricketts  RC
  • 138 John Romano  RC
  • 139 Ed Sadowski  RC
  • 140 Charlie Secrest  RC
  • 141 Joe Shipley  RC
  • 142 Dick Stigman RC UER: "fewest walks in the A.A.", should be S.A.
  • 143 Willie Tasby RC UER: Born 1932, should be 1933
  • 144 Jerry Walker
  • 145 Dom Zanni  RC
  • 146 Jerry Zimmerman  RC
  • 147 Dale Long / Ernie Banks / Walt Moryn "Cubs' Clubbers"
  • 148 Mike McCormick
  • 149 Jim Bunning
  • 150 Stan Musial
  • 151 Bob Malkmus
  • 152 Johnny Klippstein UER: 4th line, "had his second best ERA season", was actually third best
  • 153 Jim Marshall
  • 154 Ray Herbert UER: "10 years of organized ball", should be 9; Did not double 1957 Buffalo
  • 155 Enos Slaughter
  • 156 Billy Pierce / Robin Roberts "Ace Hurlers"
  • 157 Felix Mantilla
  • 158 Walt Dropo
  • 159 Bob Shaw
  • 160 Dick Groat
  • 161 Frank Baumann
  • 162 Bobby G. Smith
  • 163 Sandy Koufax
  • 164 Johnny Groth
  • 165 Bill Bruton UER: Born 1929, should be 1925
  • 166 Minnie Minoso / Rocky Colavito / Larry Doby "Destruction Crew" UER: Colavito misspelled "Colovito" on back
  • 167 Duke Maas
  • 168 Carroll Hardy
  • 169 Ted Abernathy
  • 170 Gene Woodling
  • 171 Willard Schmidt
  • 172 Kansas City Athletics TC CL 177-264 UER: 243-264 listed before 221-242
  • 173 Bill Monbouquette RC
  • 174 Jim Pendleton UER: Born 1926, should be 1924 UER: Should be International League in write
  • 175 Dick Farrell
  • 176 Preston Ward
  • 177 Johnny Briggs RC
  • 178 Ruben Amaro RC
  • 179 Don Rudolph
  • 180 Yogi Berra
  • 181 Bob Porterfield
  • 182 Milt Graff
  • 183 Stu Miller
  • 184 Harvey Haddix
  • 185 Jim Busby
  • 186 Mudcat Grant
  • 187 Bubba Phillips
  • 188 Juan Pizarro
  • 189 Neil Chrisley
  • 190 Bill Virdon
  • 191 Russ Kemmerer
  • 192 Charley Beamon RC
  • 193 Sammy Taylor
  • 194 Jim Brosnan UER: Last line, 17 wins for 1953 Springfield was actually 17 losses, had 17
  • 195 Rip Repulski
  • 196 Billy Moran
  • 197 Ray Semproch
  • 198 Jim Davenport

Series Three

  • 199 Leo Kiely 
  • 200 Warren Giles PRES
  • 201 Tom Acker 
  • 202 Roger Maris 
  • 203 Ozzie Virgil UER: "Ozzie" on front, "Ossie" on back
  • 204 Casey Wise 
  • 205 Don Larsen 
  • 206 Carl Furillo 
  • 207 George Strickland 
  • 208 Willie Jones 
  • 209 Lenny Green 
  • 210 Ed Bailey 
  • 211 Bob Blaylock RC
  • 212 Hank Aaron / Eddie Mathews "Fence Busters"
  • 213 Jim Rivera 
  • 214 Marcelino Solis RC
  • 215 Jim Lemon 
  • 216 Andre Rodgers 
  • 217 Carl Erskine 
  • 218 Roman Mejias UER: Born 1932, should be 1930
  • 219 George Zuverink 
  • 220 Frank Malzone 
  • 221 Bob Bowman UER: Born 3/10, should be 5/10
  • 222 Bobby Shantz 
  • 223 St. Louis Cardinals TC CL 265-352
  • 224 Claude Osteen RC
  • 225 Johnny Logan (Gray back)
  • 226 Art Ceccarelli 
  • 227 Hal Smith 
  • 228 Don Gross 
  • 229 Vic Power UER: Born 1930, should be 1927
  • 230 Bill Fischer 
  • 231 Ellis Burton RC
  • 232 Eddie Kasko 
  • 233 Paul Foytack 
  • 234 Chuck Tanner 
  • 235 Valmy Thomas 
  • 236 Ted Bowsfield RC
  • 237 Gil McDougald / Bob Turley / Bobby Richardson "Run Preventers"
  • 238 Gene Baker 
  • 239 Bob Trowbridge 
  • 240 Hank Bauer 
  • 241 Billy Muffett UER: "Muffet" on back, Born 9/30/31, should be 9/21/30, No-hitter was 1955
  • 242 Ron Samford RC
  • 243 Marv Grissom 
  • 244 Dick Gray 
  • 245 Ned Garver 
  • 246 J.W. Porter 
  • 247 Don Ferrarese 
  • 248 Boston Red Sox TC CL 177-264
  • 249 Bobby Adams 
  • 250 Billy O'Dell 
  • 251 Cletis Boyer 
  • 252 Ray Boone 
  • 253 Seth Morehead RC
  • 254 Zeke Bella RC
  • 255 Del Ennis 
  • 256 Jerry Davie RC
  • 257 Leon Wagner RC
  • 258 Fred Kipp RC
  • 259 Jim Pisoni 
  • 260 Early Wynn UER: 1957 stat line, Cleveland misspelled "Cleevland"
  • 261 Gene Stephens 
  • 262 Johnny Podres / Clem Labine / Don Drysdale "Hitters' Foes"
  • 263 Buddy Daley UER: Born 1933, should be 1932
  • 264 Chico Carrasquel 
  • 265 Ron Kline 
  • 266 Woodie Held UER: Name misspelled "Woody" on front and back
  • 267 John Romonosky RC
  • 268 Tito Francona 
  • 269 Jack Meyer 
  • 270 Gil Hodges 
  • 271 Orlando Pena RC UER: Born 9/7, should be 11/17
  • 272 Jerry Lumpe 
  • 273 Joe Jay 
  • 274 Jerry Kindall 
  • 275 Jack Sanford 
  • 276 Pete Daley
  • 276 Pete Daley (Gray back)
  • 277 Turk Lown
  • 277 Turk Lown (Gray back)
  • 278 Chuck Essegian
  • 278 Chuck Essegian (Gray back)
  • 279 Ernie Johnson
  • 279 Ernie Johnson (Gray back)
  • 280 Frank Bolling
  • 280 Frank Bolling (Gray back)
  • 281 Walt Craddock
  • 281 Walt Craddock (Gray back)
  • 282 R.C. Stevens
  • 282 R.C. Stevens (Gray back)
  • 283 Russ Heman
  • 283 Russ Heman (Gray back)
  • 284 Steve Korcheck
  • 284 Steve Korcheck (Gray back)
  • 285 Joe Cunningham
  • 285 Joe Cunningham (Gray back)
  • 286 Dean Stone
  • 286 Dean Stone (Gray back)

Series Seven

  • 507 Bob Hale
  • 508 Art Fowler
  • 509 Norm Cash RC
  • 510 New York Yankees TC CL 496-572
  • 511 George Susce
  • 512 George Altman RC
  • 513 Tom Carroll
  • 514 Bob Gibson RC
  • 515 Harmon Killebrew
  • 516 Mike Garcia
  • 517 Joe Koppe RC
  • 518 Mike Cuellar RC UER: Last name misspelled "Cueller" on front and back
  • 519 Pete Runnells / Dick Gernert / Frank Malzone "Infield Power"
  • 520 Don Elston
  • 521 Gary Geiger
  • 522 Gene Snyder RC
  • 523 Harry Bright RC
  • 524 Larry Osborne RC
  • 525 Jim Coates RC
  • 526 Bob Speake
  • 527 Solly Hemus
  • 528 Pittsburgh Pirates TC CL 496-572
  • 529 George Bamberger RC
  • 530 Wally Moon
  • 531 Ray Webster RC
  • 532 Mark Freeman RC
  • 533 Darrell Johnson
  • 534 Faye Throneberry
  • 535 Ruben Gomez
  • 536 Dan Kravitz
  • 537 Rodolfo Arias RC
  • 538 Chick King
  • 539 Gary Blaylock RC
  • 540 Willy Miranda
  • 541 Bob Thurman UER: Born 1923, should be 1917
  • 542 Jim Perry RC
  • 543 Bob Skinner / Bill Virdon / Roberto Clemente "Corsair Outfield Trio"
  • 544 Lee Tate RC
  • 545 Tom Morgan
  • 546 Al Schroll
  • 547 Jim Baxes RC
  • 548 Elmer Singleton
  • 549 Howie Nunn RC
  • 550 Roy Campanella "Symbol of Courage"
  • 551 Fred Haney AS MGR
  • 552 Casey Stengel AS MGR
  • 553 Orlando Cepeda AS
  • 554 Bill Skowron AS
  • 555 Bill Mazeroski AS
  • 556 Nellie Fox AS
  • 557 Ken Boyer AS
  • 558 Frank Malzone AS
  • 559 Ernie Banks AS
  • 560 Luis Aparicio AS
  • 561 Hank Aaron AS
  • 562 Al Kaline AS
  • 563 Willie Mays AS
  • 564 Mickey Mantle AS
  • 565 Wes Covington AS
  • 566 Roy Sievers AS
  • 567 Del Crandall AS
  • 568 Gus Triandos AS
  • 569 Bob Friend AS
  • 570 Bob Turley AS
  • 571 Warren Spahn AS
  • 572 Billy Pierce AS

Parallels

Series Three Gray Backs

All 88 cards from Series Three (#199-286) were printed on either a lighter, "white" cardstock, or a darker "gray" stock. Both appear to be in equal quantity.

Venezuelan

Topps issued a partial-parallel of the first 196 cards of their annual baseball set for the Latin American market. The cards have the same design as the "American" cards, but were printed on a thinner (much thinner) cardstock. Some, but not all, cards have "Impreso en Venezuela por Benco Co." printed on the reverse side; however, some cards still have "T.C.G. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A."

  • 1 Ford Frick COMM
  • 2 Eddie Yost
  • 3 Don McMahon
  • 4 Albie Pearson
  • 5 Dick Donovan
  • 6 Alex Grammas
  • 7 Al Pilarcik
  • 8 Philadelphia Phillies TC CL 1-88
  • 9 Paul Giel
  • 10 Mickey Mantle
  • 11 Billy Hunter
  • 12 Vern Law
  • 13 Dick Gernert
  • 14 Pete Whisenant
  • 15 Dick Drott
  • 16 Joe Pignatano
  • 17 Frank Thomas / Danny Murtaugh / Ted Kluszewski "Danny's All Stars"
  • 18 Jack Urban
  • 19 Ed Bressoud
  • 20 Duke Snider
  • 21 Connie Johnson
  • 22 Al Smith
  • 23 Murry Dickson
  • 24 Red Wilson
  • 25 Don Hoak
  • 26 Chuck Stobbs
  • 27 Andy Pafko
  • 28 Red Worthington
  • 29 Jim Bolger
  • 30 Nellie Fox
  • 31 Ken Lehman
  • 32 Don Buddin
  • 33 Ed Fitz Gerald
  • 34 Al Kaline / Charlie Maxwell "Pitchers Beware"
  • 35 Ted Kluszewski
  • 36 Hank Aguirre
  • 37 Gene Green
  • 38 Morrie Martin
  • 39 Ed Bouchee
  • 40 Warren Spahn
  • 41 Bob Martyn
  • 42 Murray Wall
  • 43 Steve Bilko
  • 44 Vito Valentinetti UER: Born 1929, should be 1928
  • 45 Andy Carey
  • 46 Bill Henry UER: Says Complete Major and Minor League Pitching Record, But Only Lists M
  • 47 Jim Finigan
  • 48 Baltimore Orioles TC CL 1-88
  • 49 Bill Hall RC
  • 50 Willie Mays
  • 51 Rip Coleman
  • 52 Coot Veal
  • 53 Stan Williams RC
  • 54 Mel Roach
  • 55 Tom Brewer
  • 56 Carl Sawatski
  • 57 Al Cicotte
  • 58 Eddie Miksis
  • 59 Irv Noren
  • 60 Bob Turley
  • 61 Dick Brown
  • 62 Tony Taylor
  • 63 Jim Hearn UER: Says Giants swept 1951 World Series, actually lost in 6 to Yankees
  • 64 Joe DeMaestri
  • 65 Frank Torre
  • 66 Joe Ginsberg
  • 67 Brooks Lawrence
  • 68 Dick Schofield
  • 69 San Francisco Giants TC CL 89-176
  • 70 Harvey Kuenn
  • 71 Don Bessent
  • 72 Bill Renna UER: Born 1926, should be 1924
  • 73 Ron Jackson UER: Born 1923, should be 1933
  • 74 Jim Lemon / Cookie Lavagetto / Roy Sievers "Directing the Power" UER: 5th line, "drove in 107 runs", should be 114
  • 75 Sam Jones
  • 76 Bobby Richardson
  • 77 John Goryl
  • 78 Pedro Ramos
  • 79 Harry Chiti
  • 80 Minnie Minoso UER: Born 1923, should be 1925
  • 81 Hal Jeffcoat
  • 82 Bob Boyd UER: Born 1926, should be 1919
  • 83 Bob Smith UER: Cartoon on back applies to an outfielder instead of a pitcher
  • 84 Reno Bertoia
  • 85 Harry Anderson
  • 86 Bob Keegan UER: Born 1922, should be 1920
  • 87 Danny O'Connell
  • 88 Herb Score
  • 89 Billy Gardner
  • 90 Bill Skowron
  • 91 Herb Moford RC
  • 92 Dave Philley UER: Says 1951 and 1956 in stats instead of 1941 and 1946.
  • 93 Julio Becquer
  • 94 Chicago White Sox TC CL 89-176
  • 95 Carl Willey
  • 96 Lou Berberet
  • 97 Jerry Lynch
  • 98 Arnie Portocarrero
  • 99 Ted Kazanski
  • 100 Bob Cerv
  • 101 Alex Kellner UER: 3rd line says 7-2 record with Reds, was actually 7-3 (as seen on stat
  • 102 Felipe Alou RC
  • 103 Billy Goodman
  • 104 Del Rice
  • 105 Lee Walls
  • 106 Hal Woodeshick RC
  • 107 Norm Larker RC
  • 108 Zack Monroe RC
  • 109 Bob Schmidt
  • 110 George Witt RC
  • 111 Cincinnati Red Legs TC CL 89-176
  • 112 Billy Consolo
  • 113 Taylor Phillips
  • 114 Earl Battey
  • 115 Mickey Vernon
  • 116 Bob Allison  RC
  • 117 John Blanchard  RC
  • 118 John Buzhardt  RC
  • 119 John Callison  RC
  • 120 Chuck Coles  RC
  • 121 Bob Conley  RC
  • 122 Bennie Daniels
  • 123 Don Dillard  RC
  • 124 Dan Dobbek  RC
  • 125 Ron Fairly  RC
  • 126 Eddie Haas  RC
  • 127 Kent Hadley  RC
  • 128 Bob Hartman  RC
  • 129 Frank Herrera
  • 130 Lou Jackson  RC
  • 131 Deron Johnson  RC
  • 132 Don Lee
  • 133 Bob Lillis  RC
  • 134 Jim McDaniel  RC
  • 135 Gene Oliver  RC
  • 136 Jim O'Toole  RC
  • 137 Dick Ricketts  RC
  • 138 John Romano  RC
  • 139 Ed Sadowski  RC
  • 140 Charlie Secrest  RC
  • 141 Joe Shipley  RC
  • 142 Dick Stigman
  • 143 Willie Tasby RC UER: Born 1932, should be 1933
  • 144 Jerry Walker
  • 145 Dom Zanni  RC
  • 146 Jerry Zimmerman  RC
  • 147 Dale Long / Ernie Banks / Walt Moryn "Cubs' Clubbers"
  • 148 Mike McCormick
  • 149 Jim Bunning
  • 150 Stan Musial
  • 151 Bob Malkmus
  • 152 Johnny Klippstein UER: 4th line, "had his second best ERA season", was actually third best
  • 153 Jim Marshall
  • 154 Ray Herbert UER: "10 years of organized ball", should be 9; Did not double 1957 Buffalo
  • 155 Enos Slaughter
  • 156 Billy Pierce / Robin Roberts "Ace Hurlers"
  • 157 Felix Mantilla
  • 158 Walt Dropo
  • 159 Bob Shaw
  • 160 Dick Groat
  • 161 Frank Baumann
  • 162 Bobby G. Smith
  • 163 Sandy Koufax
  • 164 Johnny Groth
  • 165 Bill Bruton UER: Born 1929, should be 1925
  • 166 Minnie Minoso / Rocky Colavito / Larry Doby "Destruction Crew" UER: Colavito misspelled "Colovito" on back
  • 167 Duke Maas
  • 168 Carroll Hardy
  • 169 Ted Abernathy
  • 170 Gene Woodling
  • 171 Willard Schmidt
  • 172 Kansas City Athletics TC CL 177-264 UER: 243-264 listed before 221-242
  • 173 Bill Monbouquette RC
  • 174 Jim Pendleton UER: Born 1926, should be 1924 UER: Should be International League in write
  • 175 Dick Farrell
  • 176 Preston Ward
  • 177 Johnny Briggs RC
  • 178 Ruben Amaro RC
  • 179 Don Rudolph
  • 180 Yogi Berra
  • 181 Bob Porterfield
  • 182 Milt Graff
  • 183 Stu Miller
  • 184 Harvey Haddix
  • 185 Jim Busby
  • 186 Mudcat Grant
  • 187 Bubba Phillips
  • 188 Juan Pizarro
  • 189 Neil Chrisley
  • 190 Bill Virdon
  • 191 Russ Kemmerer
  • 192 Charley Beamon RC
  • 193 Sammy Taylor
  • 194 Jim Brosnan UER: Last line, 17 wins for 1953 Springfield was actually 17 losses, had 17
  • 195 Rip Repulski
  • 196 Billy Moran