The 1969 Topps All Star outfield for the National League has some glaring omissions. Notably Hank Aaron, whose card I had already used on this blog after his passing earlier this year. I had also included that card in my second "pack" of physical cards. Based on the simple criteria that the players either be starting All Star from the previous year (1968) or the current year (1969) Sporting News All Star selections, here are four players that could've been included in this subset.
- 1968 MLB All Star game starter.
- 1969 MLB All Star game starter.
- 1969 Sporting News All Star selection.
- 12th in NL MVP voting 1968.
- 3rd in NL MVP voting 1969.
- Led NL in slugging and on-base percentage in 1969.
- 1968 MLB All Star game starter.
- Gold Glove Outfielder in 1968
- 13th in NL MVP voting 1968.
- 1969 MLB All Star game starter.
- 1969 Sporting News All Star selection.
- 7th in NL MVP voting 1969.
- 1968 MLB All Star game reserve.
- 1969 MLB All Star game starter.
- 1969 Sporting News All Star selection.
- 11th in NL MVP voting 1968.
- 23rd in NL MVP voting 1969.
Who probably didn't merit inclusion in the 1970 Topps All-Star set, but was in it anyway?
Lou Brock:
Honorable Mention, Pete Rose:
Great cards. The Mays card is really nice with a fantastic foreground picture and #24 showing prominently in the background action shot. I remember Rose being the elected starter in 1968 and Mays replaced him due to Rose being injured. Topps has used the elected starter instead of the replacement on their All-Star cards before - 1975 cards showed Fisk as the starter in 74 even though Munson actually started the game. Your points about the background picture on the Rose card make a lot of sense.
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