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Posted By: Brad Green

I need your help in identifying a set of cards that contains Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies. I have been collecting Lefty Grove cards for more than 12 years and have never seen this set before. I am assuming, therefore, that the cards are rather obscure. I've included a picture of the Grove card below. There are 27 cards in the set. They include 25 players, one manager and one announcer.

Here is the checklist of cards (the cards are unnumbered):

Connie Mack, Manager, Athletics
Lefty Grove, Pitcher, Athletics
Bob Johnson, Outfield, Athletics
Stuffy McInnis, Infield/Pinch Hitter, Athletics
Bing Miller, Center Field, Athletics
Mickey Cochrane, Catcher, Athletics
Jack Coombs, Pitcher, Athletics
Eddie Collins, Second Base, Athletics
Jimmy Dykes, Infield/Pinch Hitter, Athletics
Rube Waddell, Pitcher, Athletics
Jimmy Foxx, First Base, Athletics
Wally Moses, Outfield/Pinch Hitter, Athletics
Al Simmons, Left Field, Athletics
Chief Bender, Pitcher, Athletics
Eddie Plank, Pitcher, Athletics
Frank "Home Run" Baker, Infield/Pinch Hitter, Athletics
Wally Schang, Cathcer/Pinch Hitter, Athletics
Del Ennis, Outfield, Phillies
Larry Bowa, Shortstop, Phillies
Robin Roberts, Pitcher, Phillies
Chuck Klein, Right Field, Phillies
Grover Alexander, Pitcher, Phillies
Mike Schmidt, Third Base, Phillies
Jim Bunning, Pitcher, Phillies
Cy Williams, Center Field, Phillies
Steve Carlton, Pitcher, Phillies
By Saam, Announcer

Now that I've had a chance to look at the cards, I have dated the set to late 1986 or early 1987. The back of the Schmidt card says, "495 home runs". Schmidt had 495 home runs after the 1986 season.

The cards look a lot of like 1973 Topps cards. The cards measure 2 1/2 by 3 1/2.

Here's what the Grove card looks like.