Dodgers Baseball Card Collection: 2012

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

1970 Transogram ~ Willie Davis

The 1970 Transogram cards were found printed on boxes of three Transogram baseball player statues. The individual player cards are slightly larger than 1969’s. Each box contains a side panel with a series number and portrait photos of the players in the series.

Willie Davis is #5 in this set of 30 and is featured on the 2nd series box panel along with Ron Santo of the Cubs and Willie McCovey of the Giants. There were 10 complete box sets in this particular each having three players. Willie Davis was the only Dodgers player released this year.

Introduction

I began collecting baseball cards in 1987 when I was 11 years old. After little league games we would receive a raffle ticket which we could use at the field snack bar and I began choosing to use mine on a pack of baseball cards. I stopped collecting in 1992 when the popularity of cards exploded. I moved my interests to music. I picked up collecting again as an adult in 2002. When I started back up I made the decision to create an area of focus for my collection. I am a HUGE Dodgers fan so I decided that I would collect every Dodgers Topps card from 1995 (the year I graduated H.S.) and earlier. I chose to stick with just Topps because that's what I collected when I was younger. Over time that focus has held to form with a couple exceptions. At some point I began to include odd-ball food cards (and discs) to my collection and also decided that I would collect any cards that were vintage (prior to 1965). I don't spend too much time looking for them but if they cross my path I certainly will not pass at the opportunity to snatch them up! Hope you enjoy following me on the journey to completing my collection!