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A card that features two guys who were both great players and true baseball characters, both were major cogs in an amazing run of Yankees championship teams.

Lefty Gomez was a seven time all-star and five time world champion. While his career win total of just 189 was low by Hall of Fame standards, he finished with more than 80 wins more than his career losses. After his retirement was one of the most sought-after dinner speakers of his time. His popularity probably aided his hall of fame bid.

Phil Rizzuto had a stellar career followed by four more decades in the broadcast booth. He was a five-time all star, seven-time world champion and 1950 MVP. His signature call as a broadcaster was “Holy Cow!” His #10 was retired by the Yankees in 1985.

A petty good pair of pinstripers on this card.

Joe Gordon had a long career with the Yankees and Indians. He was a nine time all star and five time world champ who was inducted into the hall of fame in 2oo9.

Julius “Moose” Solters was a serviceable outfielder for four teams.

Buddy Myer‘s name is misspelled on this card…which is probably fitting as he was a very solid player for a very long time yet he is largely forgotten today. He carries a career batting average of .303 and hit better than .300 eight times.

One of the great things about baseball is the arguments. And if you’re a fan who likes a good scrap, the Cecil Travis for Hall of Fame is your kind of debate. If you’re a anti-Cecil for the Hall of Fame advocate, you point out that Travis had only 1,544 hits and was never a member of a World Champion. If you are in the pro-Cecil for the Hall of Fame camp you counter that he had the third highest batting average of any shortstop behind Honus Wagner and Arky Vaughn, he missed three seasons due to the war and that his career was essentially over at age 31 because of frostbite suffered at the Battle of the Bulge. How, you ask, can you exclude

A pretty darn good combo on this card…Ken Keltner is best known for his two brilliant stops that ended Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hit streak. He was a solid hitter and a brilliant fielder, landing on seven All Star teams and playing third on a rare Cleveland Indians World Championship team in 1948.

Hal Trosky could flat-out hit.