1977 Dairy Queen Tacoma Twins Baseball #5, Sal Butera

Collectors of baseball cards that feature catching equipment, take note: many minor league team sets have this kind of shot, since photographers liked to surprise players during warm-ups. DROP THE MASK AND SMILE, SAL. GOT IT, YOU'RE THE MAN, SAL.

Card front (blank back)

Butera left that mustache in the 1970s for most of his 9-year MLB career, apart from a brief return-to-form on 1982 cards. Fleer caught his lip caterpillar in this "putting on the mask" moment.

Collectors, if you're going to get that 1982 Fleer card graded, make sure it's a T-E-N.

Tacoma checklisted this DQ-sponsored set by uniform, so player call-ups meant four cards share the same number. (Note future long-time Twins manager Tom Kelly at #10.)

1. Jim Van Wyck
2. Wayne Caughey or Luis Gomez
3. Dave Edwards
4. Sam Perlozzo
5. Sal Butera
6. Hosken Powell
7. Tommy Sain
8. Willie Norwood or Tim Loberg
9. John Lonchar
10. Tom Kelly, Coach
11. Eddie Bane
12. Davis May
13. Tom Hall
14. Gregg Bemis
15. Gary Ward
16. Gary Serum or Rob Wilfong
17. Mike Proly
18. Steve Luebber
19. Art DeFillippis
20. Jim Gideon
21. Jim Hughes
22. Juan Veintidos
23. Randy Bass
24. Bill Butler or Jeff Holly
25. Dan Graham
26. Del Wilber, Manager

Value: This #5 cost $3 at MinorLeagueSingles.com. Find most of the other Tacoma Twins at COMC and if you shop for a team set, confirm they include all 30 (with multiple uniform numbers).

Fakes / reprints: Haven't seen any in the marketplace.