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Category Archives: Baseball hall of famers
Card 3/4 Billy Herman and Stan Hack
Billy Herman may be the most faceless of relatively recent hall of famers. There are a couple of reasons for this.
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Card 11/12 Jimmy Ripple and Ernie Lombardi
Jimmy Ripple appears on two cards in the Double Play set.
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Card 15/16 Mickey Owen and Paul Waner
During the 1941 season, Mickey Owen set a record for most errorless fielding chances by a catcher with 508 perfect attempts and finished with a .995 average. Ironically, Owen earned a place in baseball lore for a costly error that … Continue reading
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Card 31/32 Mel Ott and Babe Young
Hall of Famer Mel Ott was only 5’9″ but packed a lot of whollop…leading the league in homers six times and being the first National Leaguer to surpass 500 home runs. His swing would remind you a lot of Sammy … Continue reading
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Card 39/40 Johnny Mize and Enos Slaughter
This card shows two of the forgotten stars of our glorious national pastime.
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Card 51/52 Buck Newsom and Hank Greenberg
Better known as Bobo, Buck Newsom was one of the game’s colorful characters.
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Card 53/54 Barney McCosky and Charlie Gehringer
Barney McCosky was a solid outfielder, mostly with the Tigers. The youngest of nine children, he grew up in Detroit in the Great Depression.
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Card 57/58 Ted Williams/Jim Tabor
This is the first card I purchased long before I decided to pursue the set. Ted Williams in all likelihood is the best hitter who ever lived. I would recommend Ted Williams: The biography of an American Hero.
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Card 63/64 Joe DiMaggio and Charlie Keller
Joe DiMaggio really needs little introduction.
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Card 65/66 Red Rolfe and Bill Dickey
A four-time all star and five-time world champion, Red Rolfe is relatively anonymous among Yankee fixtures on the great dynasty teams.
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