A good player whose prime was two to four years in the early to mid sixties....however was given such advance billing of superstardom his career is a bit a disappointment....Spearheaded the infamous 1964 Phillies pennant drive... hit bit below average during the team’s infamous swoon hit 3 homers one day against Milwaukee in a losing effort....became average player after his prime as the Phillies sank back into mediocrity ...took his bat to Chicago Cub where he became a regular working fill in 1970 a letdown in 1971....acquisitions of Rick Monday and Jose Cardanel prompted a trade to Yankees...Career moment was hitting a 3 run home to win the All Star game....swan song came as a reserve outfielder with the Yankees 1972-73.
I just noticed that the bottom of the back of this card indicates he was traded to the Yankees in January 1972. I have never noticed a note like that on the 72 cards before. Did Topps put that there or did some collector type that on the card? I will have to look harder at the 72 cards of other traded players.
ReplyDeleteI do not see this on other players that were traded in the offseason, but I am sure that I missed some of them. I see the same note on the back of Johnny Callison 72 cards that are for sale on e-bay. It would appear that this is not the work of some random collector.
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