Card, Baseball
Object number2021.109.3
Manufacturer
The Topps Company, Inc.
Manufacturer
O-Pee-Chee Company, Ltd.
Date1970-1971
MediumPaper; Ink
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionRectangular baseball card featuring a photograph of a man holding a baseball bat over his proper right shoulder.DimensionsHeight x Width: 3.5 × 2.5 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm)InscriptionsFront of card reads: "PIRATES / jackie hernandez SS / RECENTLY TRADED / TO PIRATES". Handwritten signature at the bottom of the card.
On back: "JACKIE HERNANDEZ" printed in bold black text in the top center on the back of the card. Text to the right of this reads: "Ht: 6' Wt: 163
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Born: 8/31/40
Home: Miami, Fla."
Directly below text at the top reads: "PITTSBURGH PIRATES" on the left, and "SS" on the right. Black circle with number in the center reads: "144".
French text on the left side reads: "En 1969, Jackie eut une moyen- / ne de .299 dans la Lingue de / Puerto Rico et fut l'arret-court / debutant dans la partie d'etoiles / de cette lingue. D'abord engage / comme receuver, il devint ar - / ret-court en 1962 a Burlington.
The English text on the right side reads: "In 1969, Jackie hit .299 in the / Puerto Rican League and was / he starting shortstop in the / loop's All-Star game. Originally / signed as a catcher, he started / playing shortstop in 1962, at / Burlington."
Text and statistics within black and white box.
MarksText along the bottom of the statistics box reads "©T.C.G. PRINTED IN CANADA".
Historical NotesJackie Hernández, Kansas City Royals shortstop born in Cuba in 1940/died in 2019, was traded with Jim Campanis and Bob Johnson to the Pirates for Bruce Dal Canton, Jerry May, and Freddie Patek on December 2, 1970. 1971 Topps cards show photos and stats from the 1970 season and thus portray Hernández with the Royals. O-Pee-Chee (also abbreviated OPC) are a similarly styled card printed by Topps but printed in Canada for Canadians, with English and French text. Printed after the early spring Topps run, these OPC cards sometimes reflect trades which were not made until after the Topps printing could cover them- so that “recently traded” lines appear on the card and the new team (Pirates) is printed even though the photo pictures the player in his old uniform (Royals). Jackie Hernández notably fielded the ground ball hit by Oriole Merv Rettenmund and threw to first baseman Bob Robertson for the final out of the 1971 World Series.
Related person
Jackie Hernández
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
On View
Not on view
1972
