1962 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers Team Set 3.5 - VG+

This 1962 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers Team Set contains all 30 of the 1962 base cards for the Dodgers and makes a great gift for any Dodgers fan. The 1962 Dodgers tied the Giants for first in the NL at 101-61, then lost a three-game playoff for the pennant. Don Drysdale won the Cy Young Award and Tommy Davis led the league with a .346 batting average, 230 hits and 153 RBIs.

The five Hall-of-Famers in the 1962 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers Team Set are #5 Sandy Koufax, #142 Babe Ruth's Coaching for the Dodgers card, #217 Walter Alston (Inducted as a Manager), #340 Don Drysdale and #500 Duke Snider. The set also includes fan favorites #175 Frank Howard, #190 Wally Moon and #486 Jim Gilliam, plus #60 NL Strikeout Leaders with Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale and the All-Star cards of #397 John Roseboro and #398 Don Drysdale. The set features the Rookie cards of #69 Phil Ortega and #131 Pete Richert.

In 1962, the Dodgers moved into Dodger Stadium and found themselves in first place in the National League by 4 games on September 15th. They then proceeded to lose 10 of the next 13 games, finishing with 102 wins and tied with the San Francisco Giants for 1st place. The Giants won the playoff series two games to one. The 1962 Topps High Numbered Cards, begin with card #523 and contain some very expensive short-printed cards, quite often of players that no one has ever heard of. The only high-number card is #535 Ed Roebuck. The cards in the 1962 Topps Rookie Parade subset, which includes cards #591 to #598, are NOT included in standard team sets. The Rookie Parade cards each have five players, from multiple teams and can be purchased separately. These cards are very expensive and not considered part of a standard 1962 Topps Team Set.

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"The following card is omitted, in order to keep the cost of this team set reasonable. It can be purchased separately: "#594 Rookie Parade - Catchers - Bob Uecker / Doc Edwards / Ken Retzer / Don Pavletich / Doug Camilli

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