Number 5 Type Collection

I started this blog post with a mission: finish out the Indianapolis Indians type posts. They're a minor league organization with major ...

1960s-70s hurler Jim Perry won 215 career games, placing him in the top 100 all-time, but it's vogue in some baseball circles to re-exam...

Back in August 2013, I broke down each 1961 Topps checklist , linking their action photo to specific 1960 contests. To catch you up--and rem...

In my last post (Carlos Lopez), I lamented how card maker Caruso picked green bunting for a 1976 bicentennial team set, when the situation ...

With my lengthy history as a Mariners fan, I should've gotten to know Carlos Lopez by now, but for some reason I haven't. I might...

I end up downloading a lot of baseball pictures, and cards, and pictures of cards while planning posts here or on the Twitter @Number5TypeCa...

Hank Aaron, Jim "Toy Cannon" Wynn, Ron Santo, and Willie McCovey? This who's-who of late-60s power hitters holds a special pl...

Do you like orange? Here's future big leaguer Bob Knepper, modeling a Dutch-orange hat against orange trim and orange borders. His card ...

I recently came across my second 19th century type card, a woman in hazy sepia pretending to catch a ball dangling on a string. While unusua...