Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[Chstrite]

Day 74 – 15 March 2024
Another interesting set Brooks Robinson appeared in was the 1970 Carl Aldana set. This set commemorated the 1970 WS Championship. Brooks appears on two different cards. Both cards are of him diving. On one you can see his face while the other shows his back. The card is from his famous diving catch. This set included 12 small cards including the 2 of Brooks with a blank back. I have provided a picture of the set and Brooks graded cards. Carl Aldan was a west coast artist that played college baseball but was mostly a non-sports artist (landscapes). I am not sure how these cards were distributed. He made another set of random players in 1971. He made a PCL set about 40 years later.

[ksfarmboy]

Cool set Charles, love the two different angles of Brooks making the catch! Thanks also for the reply on the Astronauts. I haven’t seen anyone else share them with their set so was curious.

[Chstrite]

Clint, the two astronauts cards were news to me until a year or so ago. Thanks for sharing.

[Chstrite]

Day 75 - 16 March 2024
Another regional set Brooks Robinson appeared in was the 1970 Traffic Safety set / sheet. This set / sheet includes 10 different Orioles. Brooks appears on the top left and due to that, his cards seem to grade low with corner issues. To get the individual cards, you have to cut the sheet. Along with Brooks are a few of the studs from the WS teams (Bellanger, Cuellar, McNally and Weaver). When cut, the cards are about 2.5 x 4 inches. The paper is a light yellow. The back includes information about baseball situations and traffic safety information. The DC Department of Motor Vehicles Office of Traffic Safety sponsored these cards along with a similar set of the Washington Senators. Below, I am showing my graded Brooks and the other individual cards and a sheet.

[Chstrite]

Day 75 – 16 March 2024
Another favorite regional set I have is the orange 1970 Orioles Pictures of Champions Set. I believe this set is incorrectly marked by PSA as 1971. This set similar to yesterday’s Aldana set celebrates the 1970 World Series Championship of the Orioles. This set includes 16 Orioles including Brooks. I was able to find a second Brooks on ebay that is ungraded. I found it for about $5. I was not sure what it was until later when I researched it and discovered PSA grades it. The graded card I have is the highest graded. This set is very nice and includes so many of the Oriole greats (Brooksie, Belanger, Weaver, Frank, Palmer, Cuellar, and McNally). Surprisingly, no Boog. On the back you will find the player number and name with the name of the set at the bottom (Pictures of Champions). This set is on Ebay for $2,999 (I found mine for $40).

[BaltOrioles]

Charlie,

I love these types of sets also. Interestingly, the photos used in the Pictures of Champions set are the same photos from the Mike Andersen postcard set. It leads me to wonder if Andersen was involved in the printing of the set or just let them use his photos.

There are 29 Mike Andersen Orioles postcards, but no Boog Powell. Maybe Boog wouldn't allow Andersen to use his photo. Thus no Powell in the Pictures of Champions set. The Andersen postcards are really nice quality, but very tough to find. I'm still missing the Brooks Robinson and second pose of Frank Robinson.

Here's the postcards I have

1969 Mike Andersen 01.JPG 1969 Mike Andersen 02.JPG
1969 Mike Andersen 03.JPG 1969 Mike Andersen 04.JPG
1969 Mike Andersen 05.JPG 1969 Mike Andersen 06.JPG
1969 Mike Andersen 07.JPG 1969 Mike Andersen 08.JPG

[Chstrite]

Alan, I did not know the relationship between the two sets (Orange Picture Of Champions and Anderson). The post cards are very nice. I have one (sadly). Both are nice but I prefer the bigger black and white version. This is helpful…I now know what to look for with the post cards. I think you showed me these before. Thank you!!!

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Charlie,

I love these types of sets also. Interestingly, the photos used in the Pictures of Champions set are the same photos from the Mike Andersen postcard set. It leads me to wonder if Andersen was involved in the printing of the set or just let them use his photos.

There are 29 Mike Andersen Orioles postcards, but no Boog Powell. Maybe Boog wouldn't allow Andersen to use his photo. Thus no Powell in the Pictures of Champions set. The Andersen postcards are really nice quality, but very tough to find. I'm still missing the Brooks Robinson and second pose of Frank Robinson.

Alan,

Didn’t know about these particular postcards until you posted about them in the past. Do you know someone that has the postcards, or have you seen the Brooks and Frank examples, from this set? I don’t believe I ever seen either one.

I forgot to ask, but could you post a photo of the back or are they blank?