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Card Size: 3 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Description: As was the case with all Phillies photocards issued throughout the 1970s, these cards feature a black and white photo with the players' name below. The cards are unnumbered. The backs of the cards are blank and there's no indication on the cards themselves that they're from 1975. Some of the cards contain blue facsimile autographs, as noted on the checklist below.
The Johnny Oates card shown above features an actual autograph and the original Oates card was distributed without an autograph - facsimile or legitimate.
How Distributed: The cards were handed out to fans individually and supplied to the players in order to reply to fan mail or honor autograph requests. I could be wrong, but I don't believe the cards were ever available in complete set form.
Complete Standard Checklist (Unnumbered, presented here alphabetically):
This set is the only hope of finding Phillies baseball cards for Acosta, Bannister and Hahn. Acosta's card is particularly interesting to me, as his 1973, 1974 and 1975 Topps cards feature a relatively clean cut pitcher while his card in this set features '70s hair gone wild.
Manager (1): Ozark
Coaches (4): Beringer, DeMars, Rippelmeyer, Wine
Phillie Phanatic (0)
Broadcasters (0)
Commemorative Cards (0)
Surprises: The aforementioned Acosta is a bit of a surprise here. He made the team's opening day roster, but only appeared in six games before getting released. The scan below is a good reference guide for this set, and this is from a 1975 tri-fold brochure that has the team's full roster and schedule on the back.
Omissions: This set is a fairly complete representation of the 1975 Phillies. There are five players who briefly played for the team who are not in the set - Wayne Simpson (5 games), John Montague (3 games), Randy Lerch (3 games), Larry Fritz and Ron Clark (both 1 game).
Variations/Rarities: According to the set's entry at The Trading Card Database, there's a Johnstone variation featuring him kneeling in lieu of the standard portrait photo. There are also the following variations either including or excluding the blue facsimile autograph
Also See: 1975 Phillies Photo Album
Complete Standard Checklist (Unnumbered, presented here alphabetically):
1. Cy Acosta (auto) 2. Dick Allen 3. Mike Anderson 4. Alan Bannister (auto) 5. Carroll Beringer CO (auto) 6. Bob Boone (auto) 7. Larry Bowa 8. Ollie Brown (auto) 9. Steve Carlton 10. Dave Cash (auto) 11. Larry Christenson (auto) 12. Larry Cox (auto) 13. Billy DeMars CO (auto) |
14. Jim Essian (auto) 15. Gene Garber 16. Don Hahn 17. Terry Harmon 18. Tom Hilgendorf 19. Joe Hoerner 20. Tommy Hutton 21. Jay Johnstone (portrait) 22. Jim Lonborg 23. Greg Luzinski 24. Garry Maddox (auto) 25. Jerry Martin 26. Tim McCarver |
27. Tug McGraw 28. Willie Montanez (auto) 29. John Oates 30. Danny Ozark MG (auto) 31. Ray Rippelmeyer CO (auto) 32. Mike Rogodzinski 33. Dick Ruthven 34. Mike Schmidt 35. Ron Schueler (auto) 36. Tony Taylor 37. Wayne Twitchell 38. Tom Underwood (auto) 39. Bobby Wine CO (auto) |
One and Only Phillies Baseball Card (3): Acosta, Bannister, Hahn
First Appearance in Phillies Team Issued Set (6): Hilgendorf, Maddox, Martin, McGraw, Oates, Underwood
Returning Players in Phillies Team Issued Set (25): Allen, Anderson, Boone, Bowa, Brown, Carlton, Cash, Christenson, Cox, Essian, Garber, Harmon, Hoerner, Hutton, Johnstone, Lonborg, Luzinski, McCarver, Montanez, Rogodzinski, Ruthven, Schmidt, Schueler, Taylor, Twitchell
Returning Players in Phillies Team Issued Set (25): Allen, Anderson, Boone, Bowa, Brown, Carlton, Cash, Christenson, Cox, Essian, Garber, Harmon, Hoerner, Hutton, Johnstone, Lonborg, Luzinski, McCarver, Montanez, Rogodzinski, Ruthven, Schmidt, Schueler, Taylor, Twitchell
This set is the only hope of finding Phillies baseball cards for Acosta, Bannister and Hahn. Acosta's card is particularly interesting to me, as his 1973, 1974 and 1975 Topps cards feature a relatively clean cut pitcher while his card in this set features '70s hair gone wild.
Manager (1): Ozark
Coaches (4): Beringer, DeMars, Rippelmeyer, Wine
Phillie Phanatic (0)
Broadcasters (0)
Commemorative Cards (0)
Surprises: The aforementioned Acosta is a bit of a surprise here. He made the team's opening day roster, but only appeared in six games before getting released. The scan below is a good reference guide for this set, and this is from a 1975 tri-fold brochure that has the team's full roster and schedule on the back.
There are six players with cards in the set not included in the composite photo below - (1) Garry Maddox, acquired from the Giants on May 4th for Willie Montanez, (2) Dick Allen and (3) Johnny Oates, acquired from the Braves on May 7th, (4) Tim McCarver signed as a free agent on July 1st and finally (5) Jerry Martin and (6) Mike Rogodzinski who played their first games for the club on May 27th and June 15th, respectively.
Omissions: This set is a fairly complete representation of the 1975 Phillies. There are five players who briefly played for the team who are not in the set - Wayne Simpson (5 games), John Montague (3 games), Randy Lerch (3 games), Larry Fritz and Ron Clark (both 1 game).
Variations/Rarities: According to the set's entry at The Trading Card Database, there's a Johnstone variation featuring him kneeling in lieu of the standard portrait photo. There are also the following variations either including or excluding the blue facsimile autograph
| Photo Variation 1. Jay Johnstone (kneeling) |
Facsimile Auto Variations 1. Dave Cash (no auto) 2. Tommy Hutton (auto) |
Trivia: The Beckett.com entry for this set lists only 31 cards and the set's entry at The Trading Card Database lists 36 cards (including the Johnstone variation), omitting the Essian, Hahn, Montanez and Rogodzinski cards.
Also See: 1975 Phillies Photo Album
This set was originally featured in a post back in November 2014, and I'm going to slowly go through some of these team issued set posts and update them with new information gleaned (if any) over the past five years.
