Whitey For was the 1961 Sporting News All Star selection for left handed pitcher. The right handed pitching selection was Tigers pitcher Frank Lary.
Righty Monbouquette started game one and southpaw Ford started game two. In game one, the first lefty reliever was Bud Daley. In game two the first right handed reliever was Ealy Wynn.
Who probably didn't merit inclusion in the 1961 Topps All-Star set, but was in it anyway?
Jim Perry was the runner up to Bob Allison for the AL Rookie of the year in 1959. In 1960 he led the AL with 18 wins. He was selected to the 1961 All Star team as a reserve. Earl Battey was a Gold Glove catcher for the Senators/Twins franchise in 1960 and 1961. He was also 8th in MVP voting in 1960. That being said he wasn't an All Star in either season. Nor was he selected to The Sporting News roster. So neither actually belong by my narrow definition. If we only knew Topps definition...
Great rundown and great looking cards. Would have preferred all star cards that had some similarity to the 61 base set, but that's not you, that's Topps. You are historically correct as always.
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