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1963 Bazooka Baseball Set Had Star Power, Smaller Checklist

May 5, 2021 By Rich Mueller

Topps packs weren’t enough for the most dedicated baseball card collectors in the early 1960s.  Kids who really loved collecting, were crazy for cards—and had a few more nickels than the average youngster—had to have a box or three.  The 1963 Bazooka baseball card series marked the fifth year for what had become an annual rite of summer.  They remain popular, somewhat elusive and probably quite underrated.

Bazooka baseball card box 1963The big boxes went above and beyond those little penny pieces of gum with Bazooka Joe comics inside.  A whole box could keep you chewing for a couple of weeks.  There were three cards on the back, separated by a dotted line.  Yes, these were designed for cutting.

Unlike regular packs, you could actually see the players you were getting.  Mickey Mantle disappeared from New York area grocery stores.  Yaz went fast in New England.  In the Upper Midwest, you could grab a Hank Aaron box and get Harmon Killebrew too.

In ’62, Bazooka had created 15 different panels.  When boxes hit store shelves in the spring of ’63, there were only 12 different panels, but no shortage of superstars.  Virtually every box had at least one future Hall of Famer, which is one reason why they’re a bit pricey today, at least in panel and complete box form.  Some panels had multiple Hall of Famers including #1-3 (Mantle/Banks); #4-6 (Spahn/Mazeroski); #7-9 (Killebrew/Aaron); #16-18 (Yastrzemski/Drysdale) and #22-24 (Cepeda/Musial).  The Bazooka Musial arrived as Stan the Man was finishing his remarkable career with the Cardinals and is among the last cards issued during his playing days.

Among the notable players missing from the checklist was Sandy Koufax, who had appeared in ’62 and would return in ’64.

Bazooka Mickey Mantle 1963The size of the cards was reduced slightly in ’63, to 1 9/16” by 2 ½” (panels are 2 ½” by about 4 11/16”.  The backs, as usual, were blank. 

Mantle was card #1 and single cards in decent shape typically sell for well over $500 with high-grade panels pushing $2,000 in the current market.  A PSA 9 Roberto Clemente recently sold for $1,550 at auction.

Complete panel sets and complete boxes are not found very often since so few exist today.  A panel set in good shape would likely fetch $2,000 or more.

According to the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards, the complete set was counterfeited in the early 2000s, with some winding up in obscure grading company holders.  

Topps did double duty with Bazooka baseball cards in 1963, pushing out another set featuring stars from the past, created with black and white images and a gold “frame” surrounding them. The All-Time Greats cards are significantly easier to find today than the regular ’63 Bazooka cards.

The checklist for 1963 Bazooka baseball cards is below.

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1963 Bazooka Baseball Checklist (3 sequentially numbered cards made up each box back panel)

1             Mickey Mantle

2             Bob Rodgers

3             Ernie Banks

4             Norm Siebern

5             Warren Spahn

6             Bill Mazeroski

7             Harmon Killebrew

8             Dick Farrell

9             Hank Aaron

10           Dick Donovan

11           Jim Gentile

12           Willie Mays

13           Camilo Pascual

14           Roberto Clemente

15           Johnny Callison

16           Carl Yastrzemski

17           Don Drysdale

18           Johnny Romano

19           Al Jackson

20           Ralph Terry

21           Bill Monbouquette

22           Orlando Cepeda

23           Stan Musial

24           Floyd Robinson

25           Chuck Hinton

26           Bob Purkey

27           Ken Hubbs

28           Bill White

29           Ray Herbert

30           Brooks Robinson

31           Frank Robinson

32           Lee Thomas

33           Rocky Colavito

34           Al Kaline

35           Art Mahaffey

36           Tommy Davis

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About Rich Mueller

Rich is the editor and founder of Sports Collectors Daily. A broadcaster and writer for over 40 years and a collector for even longer than that, he's usually typing something somewhere. Type him back at [email protected].

Filed Under: Old Baseball Card Sets, Vintage Sports Card News Tagged With: 1960s baseball sets, Bazooka baseball, vintage baseball cards

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