1966 Topps Baseball Cards

The 1966 Topps Baseball set mirrored the size of the previous year's release, sporting a checklist of 598 cards. Three Hall of Fame Pitchers have rookie cards in the set: Jim Palmer, Don Sutton, and Fergie Jenkins.

As was the case with several other Topps sets of the era, there was a Venezuelan version of the entire 1966 Topps Baseball set. These are much more rare (and thus valuable) then their standard English counterparts.

The list of 1966 Topps Baseball subsets include:

• League Leaders: #215-226
• Team Rookie Star Combos
• Topps Rookie All-Stars
• All-Star Vets
• Checklists

Topps designed a team specific color scheme for their 1966 baseball card release:

• White print on violet background for the Pirates and Red Sox.
• White print on blue background for the Reds and Twins.
• White print on lavender background for theBraves and Angels.
• White print on orange background for the Cubs and White Sox.
• Yellow print on green background for the Giants and Senators.
• Yellow print on red background for the Dodgers and Yankees.
• Yellow print on purple background for the Mets and Athletics.
• Red print on gray background for the Phillies and Indians.
• Red print on yellow background for the Cardinals and Tigers.
• Black print on lime green background for the Astros and Orioles.

Topps typically photographed players from different angles and poses. Headshots were probably the most popular of all the poses, but they presented some potential complications in the event that the player was traded or the team moved. Such was the case in 1966 when the Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta, forcing Topps to photograph the Braves players featured in the early series in a head shot pose without their caps, or to modify the angle of the photographs in a way that would hide the team logo on their jerseys and hats. It was only in the later series that the cards came out with the Braves wearing the letter A on their caps. This was true for the Angels as well when they moved from Los Angeles to Anaheim. Years later Topps developed an airbrush technique which was much more effective for touching up photographs when necessary..

Key 1966 Topps Baseball Cards:

• Mickey Mantle #50
• Jim Palmer RC #126
• Fergie Jenkins RC #254
• Don Sutton RC #288
• Pete Rose #30

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