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1958 Hires Root Beer Baseball Card Set and Checklist

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Specs

Year: 1958

Title: Hires Root Beer

Size: 2-5/16″ by 7″ with tabs or 2-5/16″ by 3-1/2″ without tabs

Number in Set: 66

Overview

Hires Root Beer cards were issued one card per six-pack of Hires Root Beer. Hires printed the cards with detachable coupons (via perforated tab), encouraging collectors to “Join the Hires Baseball Club Today.” Collectors removed the tabs for the promotion, so finding them in their original form (with a tab attached) is challenging. The cards display the player’s name, position, and team beneath a color photo surrounded by a knot-hole like faux wood.

The back of the card features biographical info, a bottle cap with the card number, a fact box, and of course, a picture of Hires Root Beer.

The set begins at card #10 and ends with #76, skipping #69 for a total of 66 cards.

Hires printed an 8-card 1958 Test Issue as well.

Example

1958 Hires Root Beer Willie Mays With Tab – Front
1958 Hires Root Beer Willie Mays With Tab – Reverse

Key Cards

The key cards are Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Duke Snider.

Checklist

10 Richie Ashburn

11 Chico Carrasquel

12 Dave Philley

13 Don Newcombe

14 Wally Post

15 Rip Repulski

16 Chico Fernandez

17 Larry Doby

18 Hal Brown

19 Danny O’Connell

20 Granny Hamner

21 Dick Groat

22 Ray Narleski

23 Pee Wee Reese

24 Bob Friend

25 Willie Mays

26 Bob Nieman

27 Frank Thomas

28 Curt Simmons

29 Stan Lopata

30 Bob Skinner

31 Ron Kline

32 Willy Miranda

33 Bobby Avila

34 Clem Labine

35 Ray Jablonski

36 Bill Mazeroski

37 Billy Gardner

38 Pete Runnels

39 Jack Sanford

40 Dave Sisler

41 Don Zimmer

42 Johnny Podres

43 Dick Farrell

44 Hank Aaron

45 Bill Virdon

46 Bobby Thomson

47 Willard Nixon

48 Billy Loes

49 Hank Sauer

50 Johnny Antonelli

51 Daryl Spencer

52 Ken Lehman

53 Sammy White

54 Charley Neal

55 Don Drysdale

56 Jackie Jensen

57 Ray Katt

58 Frank Sullivan

59 Roy Face

60 Willie Jones

61 Duke Snider

62 Whitey Lockman

63 Gino Cimoli

64 Marv Grissom

65 Gene Baker

66 George Zuverink

67 Ted Kluszewski

68 Jim Busby

70 Curt Barclay

71 Hank Foiles

72 Gene Stephens

73 Al Worthington

74 Rube Walker

75 Bob Boyd

76 Al Pilarcik