Batting Leaders - 306

When: May 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Obtained in a trade with a friend in the schoolyard.

Dick Ruthven - 267

When: June or July 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Pulled from a pack after a trip to the drug store with my brother. This was the pull of the pack.

Dale Murray - 568

When: April or May 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Pulled out of one of the first 3 packs I ever bought.

Pepe Frias - 496

When: June or July 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Pulled from a pack after walking to drug store with my brother.

Steve Swisher - 63

When: July 1975
Where: Near Cassadaga, N.Y.
Notable: Pack opened on a hot summer day in my hotel room.

Steve Ontiveros - 483

When: May or June 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Pulled from a pack bought at the drug store.

Johnny Briggs - 123

When: May 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Received in a trade with a friend at school.

Carl Morton - 237

When: May or June of 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Another card out of that shoplifted pack from the drug store.

J.R. Richard - 73

When: May 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Think I pulled it from a pack, but it's also possible it arrived in a trade with a friend.

Ron LeFlore - 628

When: April or May 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y., probably at the green corner store
Notable: One of the cards pulled out of the first three packs I ever bought. An early favorite, along with the John Hiller card.

Dan Spillner - 222

When: July 1975
Where: Cassadaga, N.Y.
Notable: One of my favorite cards from that pack I bought.

Jerry Koosman - 19

When: April 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Pulled out of the first 3 packs of baseball cards I ever bought.

Claude Osteen - 453

When: July 1975
Where: Near Cassadaga, N.Y.
Notable: Pulled from a pack while on vacation with family.

1967 Most Valuable Players - 205

When: April 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Another one of the MVP cards that I pulled out of the first 3 packs I ever bought. My favorite one of the bunch.

Wayne Twitchell - 326

When: May or June 1975
Where: Binghamton, N.Y.
Notable: Either pulled from pack or landed in trade. One of few players for which I had regular size card and mini that year.