Sunday, April 14, 2019

1970 RE-DO: COOKIE ROJAS

Found this great image of former second baseman Cookie Rojas in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform, so I figured I’d go and re-do his 1970 card. So here goes:

Re-done version
As issued by Topps

Topps originally used their tried and true method at the time of the cap-less portrait shot of Rojas, devoid of any team identity.
Funny enough, he would be traded not too long into the 1970 season to the Kansas City Royals where he’d run out his nice 16-year career, playing the final eight seasons in K.C. and becoming a fan favorite before retiring after the 1977 season at the age of 38.
The five-time All-Star retired with a .263 career average, collecting 1660 hits over 6309 at-bats, scoring 713 runs and driving in 593.