This part 12 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:
Roger Maris's relationship with the New York media was notoriously rocky. While the aging Yankees were reduced from a perennial pennant winners to a fairly mediocre team, Maris was plagued by injuries causing his numbers to decline as well. This only made matters worse. He was traded to the Cardinals after the 1966 season for utility infielder, Charlie Smith. Maris never did return to his earlier greatness but he did contribute to the Cardinals World Series teams of 1967 and 1968. Maris did make a cameo appearance in the 1969 Topps set. He is shown greeting Tim McCarver at home on the Game 3 World Series Card.
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 X
13. 1967 Sandy Koufax X
14. 1967 Robin Roberts X
15. 1968 Whitey Ford X
16. 1969 Rocky Colavito X
17. 1969 Roger Maris X
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......
I am LOVING this series!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic photograph. Don't see enough color pics of Roger in action on the Cardinals.
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