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unusual facts about baseball card



Kazuo Uzuki

Kazuo Uzuki is the subject of a baseball card issued by Topps as an April Fools' Day hoax.

Ken Kendrick

Kendrick is the owner of the legendary T-206 Honus Wagner baseball card once owned by Wayne Gretzky, considered the most valuable trading card in the world.

Pancho Herrera

The "missing 'a'" version of Herrera's 1958 Topps baseball card, where his name is spelled "Herrer" on the front, is one of the baseball card world's great rarities.


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Blockade Billy

#Signed Limited Edition - comes in a traycase and features new additional artwork from Alex McVey and Glen Orbik (the book will be signed by them too), a William "Blockade Billy" Blakely baseball card, and a signed Stephen King baseball card

Ed Wojna

According to a story in Beckett Baseball Card Monthly in June 1986, a production error by Topps Baseball Cards caused his card to appear ten times more often than any other card in the 1986 Topps wax packs.

Needful Things

The prices are surprisingly low, considering the merchandise, such as a rare Sandy Koufax baseball card, a carnival glass lampshade, and a fragment of wood believed to be from Noah's Ark.

Rolando Arrojo

A 1994 Cuban baseball card gives his birthplace as San Juan de los Yeras, Villa Clara, May 29, 1964.