1967 Topps #99 Lee Stange
About Lee Stange
Dick Williams used Stange mostly as a starter on Boston's pennant winner, and he answered with 24 starts, a staff-best 2.77 ERA and an 8-10 record. His best game came July 31 against Minnesota: 6 2/3 perfect innings before Harmon Killebrew singled, finished off as a three-hit shutout. After Boston beat the Twins on the final day, Williams told him he would start a one-game playoff if Detroit won its nightcap; the Angels won it instead. His only World Series work came in Game Three at St. Louis, two innings in which an unearned run scored after his own wild pickoff throw, in a 5-2 loss; the Cardinals took the Series in seven. His 1967 Topps #99 is a first-series card.
Albert Lee Stange, a right-handed pitcher born in Chicago in 1936 and raised in suburban Broadview, spent parts of ten major league seasons (1961-1970) with the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox, finishing 62-61 with a 3.56 ERA and 718 strikeouts in 359 games. Knee injuries at Drake University, where he never played college baseball, pushed him into pro ball with the Washington Senators organization, and he won 20 games for Class B Wilson of the Carolina League in 1960 before breaking in with the Twins in their first Minnesota season. Listed at 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, he spent his career fending off front-office doubts that a pitcher his size could start, and shuttled between rotation and bullpen for four clubs, making 125 starts among his 359 appearances. His best year came with Boston's 1967 Impossible Dream pennant winners, where he led the staff with a 2.77 ERA and pitched in the World Series. Known around the game as Stinger, he later worked for decades as a pitching coach and minor league instructor for the Red Sox, Twins and Athletics, helping develop Roger Clemens and Bruce Hurst. He died in Florida in 2018 at age 81.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 264 | 2 | 30 | 145 | 52 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. PSA registers a row for every one of the 624 states; SGC lists no separate row for the #149 white-streak state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #99 card?
It is card #99 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Lee Stange of the Boston Red Sox.
How many cards are in the 1967 Topps Baseball set?
609 cards, tracked as 624 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 609 without a gap - no number was skipped and none was used twice - and 15 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
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