60 years ago, Topps issued this 1954 Mike Sandlock card
picturing him as a Phillie, a team he never played for. In
fact, Mike never played another major league game after
his year with Pittsburgh in 1953. He played sporadically in the majors
(5 seasons over a 12 year span) and was what we'd call
today an AAAA player .He was a 17 year pro (1938-1954).
As a Phillies collector I can say that Topps made very few
mistakes concerning the Phillies issuing a handful
of cards between 1952 and 1955 where players on their cards
portrayed as Phillies never actually played for the team and then
no further mistakes until 1973 (Tom Haller).
Sandlock, known as a catcher who was good at handing
knuckleballers played all of the 1954 season for the Phillies' AAA
affiliate, then retired that October around the time of his 39th birthday.
Today Sandlock, a lifelong Connecticut resident, is 98 and Wikipedia
lists him as the 2nd oldest currently living major leaguer.
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