Here’s
a card I think came out really nice, my “missing” 1974 card for former
slugger Johnny Callison, who was wrapping up a nice career by the time
1973 rolled around:
Callison played in his final 45 games during the 1973 in the Bronx,
hitting .176 with 24 hits over 136 at-bats, including the last of his
226 career taters.
His career spanned 16-years between 1958 and 1973, where he collected
1757 hits with 926 runs scored, 840 runs batted in and the
aforementioned 226 homers with a .264 average.
A three-time all-star, he was also the National league runner-up in MVP
voting in 1964, certainly a victim to the colossal collapse of the
Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals, which propelled third
baseman Ken Boyer to capture the award.
In both ‘64 and 1965 Callison topped 30+ homers, 25+ doubles and 10+ triples, while driving in over 100 both seasons as well.
After the Phillies he played with the Chicago Cubs for two years in 1970
and 1971 before moving on to the Yankees for the 1972 and 1973
campaigns, thus closing the books on a very respectable career in the
big leagues.