Showing posts with label Thurman Munson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thurman Munson. Show all posts
July 25, 2008
And The Hall of Fame Green Room Snacking Munches On For Another Year...
It's Hall of Fame Weekend! Hooray!
And while it's exciting for Rich Gossage, Old Man Dick Williams, and the Ghost of Barney Dreyfuss, there is a green room full of guys who continue to check their voicemail in vain...
586 career stolen bases • 5-time All-Star • 2,134 career hits1962 NL All-Star Game & Regular Season MVP
3-time World Series Champion
1964 NL MVP • 281 career home runs • 7-time All-Star • 2,143 career hits1964 World Series Champion
NL MVP 1982, 1983 • 7-time All-Star • 398 career home runs(And no, I'm not talking about Ernie Whitt)
1977 NL Rookie of the Year • 1987 NL MVP • 8-time All-Star • 2,774 career hits • 438 career home runs • 1,591 career RBI
6-time All-Star • 374 career home runs • 3 top-5 AL MVP finishes
9-time All-Star • 374 career home runs • 2,254 career hits • 5 Gold Gloves
.304 career avg. • 8-time All-Star • 1964 AL Rookie of the Year • 3-time AL Batting Champion
8-time All-Star • 370 career home runs • Won 1969 World Series as NY Mets manager • Twice World Series Champion as player with Dodgers
3,701 career Ks • 287 career victories • 3.31 career ERA • 2-time All-Star • 2-time World Series Champion
1970 AL Rookie of the Year • 1976 AL MVP • 7-time All-Star • 3 Gold Gloves • .292 career avg.
.298 career avg. • 382 career home runs • 1978 AL MVP • 8-time All-Star Once snapped his bat on a check-swing
4 consecutive 20-win seasons • 4 top-5 AL Cy Young finishes • 1989 World Series Champion • 1989 World Series MVP • 1990, 1993 ALCS MVPMay 25, 2008
Cardboard Mysteries
This post was inspired by an email from Reader Paul in Ottawa:
In 1966, an early checklist listed card 115 as Warren Spahn. This was corrected on later issues as Bill Henry and it is in fact the Henry card that is in circulation...but it begs the question, is there a 1966 Spahn card out there? Clearly Topps was expecting him to return to the Giants for the 1966 season, and it it also clear that his retirement created the switch...but if it was so late that SOME CHECKLISTS LISTED HIM AS THE CARD, is it possible that Topps has a stash of cards made that they didn't release into circulation? It is obvious that at least they would have had a plate for this card.
Anyone out there ever heard of such a card?
While I'm not sure what the answer is to this question, it made me think of other instances that I've dubbed Cardboard Mysteries.
• Where's Steve Carlton in the 1966 Topps set?
• What was the real reason Bowman almost released Ted Williams as card #66 in its 1954 set?
• How did Fleer get so many big names for their 1963 set? Or can we chalk it up to an especially talkative Jimmy Piersall?
• Topps has made at least five cards that are either post career-ending accident or 'In Memoriam' cards, including: Ken Hubbs (1964), Cory Lidle (2006), A. Bartlett Giamatti (1990), Roberto Clemente (1973) and Roy Campanella's 'Symbol of Courage' (1959). So why didn't they do one for Thurman Munson in 1980 Topps?
• Also regarding Munson, Thurman's 1971 Topps card is his second-year card, yet it's more expensive than his rookie. Are there other instances where this occurs?
In 1966, an early checklist listed card 115 as Warren Spahn. This was corrected on later issues as Bill Henry and it is in fact the Henry card that is in circulation...but it begs the question, is there a 1966 Spahn card out there? Clearly Topps was expecting him to return to the Giants for the 1966 season, and it it also clear that his retirement created the switch...but if it was so late that SOME CHECKLISTS LISTED HIM AS THE CARD, is it possible that Topps has a stash of cards made that they didn't release into circulation? It is obvious that at least they would have had a plate for this card.
Anyone out there ever heard of such a card?
While I'm not sure what the answer is to this question, it made me think of other instances that I've dubbed Cardboard Mysteries.
• Where's Steve Carlton in the 1966 Topps set?
• What was the real reason Bowman almost released Ted Williams as card #66 in its 1954 set?
• How did Fleer get so many big names for their 1963 set? Or can we chalk it up to an especially talkative Jimmy Piersall?
• Topps has made at least five cards that are either post career-ending accident or 'In Memoriam' cards, including: Ken Hubbs (1964), Cory Lidle (2006), A. Bartlett Giamatti (1990), Roberto Clemente (1973) and Roy Campanella's 'Symbol of Courage' (1959). So why didn't they do one for Thurman Munson in 1980 Topps?
• Also regarding Munson, Thurman's 1971 Topps card is his second-year card, yet it's more expensive than his rookie. Are there other instances where this occurs?
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