This part 8 of a continuing 30 tribute card project inspired by this article from Sports Collectors Daily. In previous posts I have shown 4 cards that Topps had produced and 15 cards that I have found on various blogs pages. Now I have my turn:
In the 1950s only 2 AL teams other than the Yankees saw post-season play. Both were managed by Hall of Famer Al Lopez and both had 20+ game winner and future Hall of Famer Early Wynn. At the age of 39 he won the Cy Young award. And he was a workhorse for the Go Go Sox, leading the league in Wins, Starts, Innings and Batters Faced. Like most of us, his performance declined steadily in his 40's and at the end of the 1962 season he was released by the White Sox with a career win total of 299. The Indians picked him up in mid-June and on July 13, 1963 he finally got his 300th victory. For the remainder of the season he was mostly used out of the bullpen. He would remain with the Indians as a coach through 1966.
Here is the list so far. The Black X represents cards produced by Topps, The red X represents those made by other baseball card geeks, and the blue X represents the cards made by yours truly:
1. 1952 Joe DiMaggio X
2. 1956 Ralph Kiner X
3. 1957 Bob Feller X
4. 1957 Phil Rizzuto X
5. 1957 Jackie Robinson X
5. 1957 Jackie Robinson X
6. 1961 Ted Williams X
7. 1962 Jackie Jensen X
8. 1964 Stan Musial X
9. 1964 Early Wynn X
10. 1965 Duke Snider
11. 1966 Yogi Berra X
12. 1966 Warren Spahn
13. 1967 Sandy Koufax X
14. 1967 Robin Roberts X
15. 1968 Whitey Ford
16. 1969 Rocky Colavito X
17. 1969 Roger Maris
18. 1969 Eddie Mathews
19. 1970 Don Drysdale X
20. 1972 Ernie Banks X
21. 1973 Maury Wills X
22. 1974 Willie Mays X
23. 1977 Hank Aaron X
24. 1977 Frank Robinson X
25. 1978 Brooks Robinson X
26. 1978 Jim Wynn
27. 1980 Lou Brock
28. 1980 Thuman Munson X
29. 1984 Johnny Bench X
30. 1984 Carl Yastrzemski X
To be Continued......
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