Ranking Topps Baseball Card Designs (1960-1969)

by Paul Semendinger

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As we wait for the season to begin, I thought it might be fun to look back at some of the old Topps baseball card sets and rank the designs.

Here are the 1950s. Here are the deigns year-by-year:

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

Now comes the difficult part, ranking the designs. Some thoughts...

1960 - I'm less a fan of the sideays cards and the action shot is over a colored background, not great

1961 - One of my favorites ever. Classic and simple

1962 - A fun idea, the wood and the curling up photo doesn't thrill me

1963 - The idea is great. IN 1983, it worked. Maybe the technology in 1963 needed to develop more.

1964 - A great design

1965 - A great design

1966 - A good try, but I've never loved the diagonal team name

1967 - So similar to 1964 and a great design

1968 - A swing and miss, but I do love this set because it's the year I was born

1969 - Good, not great. I don't love the circle.

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MY RANKINGS:

1. 1961

2. 1965

3. 1967

4. 1964

5. 1969

6. 1968

7. 1960

8. 1966

9. 1962

10. 1963

How do you rank these designs?