This part 9 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 1963 Duke Snider returned to New York and was the sole representative of the Mets in the All Star game. In 1964 he was purchased by the Giants where he finished his career. He was used mostly as a pinch hitter but at 38 years old the Duke of Flatbush could muster only a .210 average. Significantly lower than his lifetime .295 average. He retired at the end of the season
In 1964 Topps produced a card of Snider in a Mets uniform. In 2011 Bob Lemke made a nice looking 1964 card of him on the Giants.
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 now 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
6. 1961 Ted Williams X
7. 1962 Jackie Jensen X
8. 1964 Stan Musial X
9. 1964 Early Wynn X
10. 1965 Duke Snider X
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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