1968 Fleer World Series Cards

I ran into a box of these over lunch. I only picked up two Cardinals related cards and left the rest of the deck behind. I can go back and pick up what’s left if anyone is interested. Plenty of Yankees, Cubs, Red Sox, etc… cards in the pile.

1943 – Cardinals Lose the Series to the Yankees 4 – 1.

1967 – Cardinals Win the Series over the Red Sox 4 – 3. Aside from being horribly miss-cut, this card is curious for the absence of player names on the back of the card. The 1943 card included player names, this one does not. I wonder if player contracts with Topps extended beyond using photos of players and included even using the names themselves? Its disappointing not to see names like Brock, Gibson, Maris, Cepeda, Carlton, Yaz, etc… on the back of the card. I watched this series on the MLB network over the weekend, narrated by Harry Caray no less, and it makes me wish we had it at home!

 

More From the Vintage Buy

How many posts can I milk from one shop visit? Let’s bleed this one dry and find out… This time a Topps type-card stroll through the 60’s + 1.

1960 – Bill White

1961 – Nada

1962 – Bob Duliba

1963 – Carl Sawatski. That might be one of the best baseball names I’ve never heard. Can you imagine ESPN highlights whenever he’d bash a homer?

 

1964 – Ray Sadecki

1965 – Ron Taylor

 

1966 – Dal Maxvill.

1967 – Nada

1968 – 1967 World Series Highlights

 

1969 – Ron Willis

 

1970 – Chuck Taylor. Sir, my son wears your shoes… red ones of course.

Here are the other posts:

1959 Topps Heritage

1957 Topps

Lost In The Shuffle

Brock

Gibby

Only a few more to go…