The next card from my "Whole Nine" custom set released last year to get the spotlight treatment is my 1957 "missing" Harmon Killebrew:
One of my favorite players, I'll use ANY excuse to create a card for "Killer" Killebrew, and this one was a pleasure to create!
Still
in the infancy of his Major League career, the 20-year-old appeared in
only 44 games for the Washington Senators in 1956, hitting five homers
while driving in 13 over 99 at-bats while playing third base.
Of course this was but a small glimpse into what he'd accomplish over his amazing career!
He was an absolute BEAST at the plate, crushing 573 lifetime homers,
MOST of them during the pitching-era of the 1960's into the '70's.
Eight 40+ home run seasons, nine 100+ runs batted in seasons, seven 100+ base-on-balls seasons, an M.V.P. in 1969 (with five top-5 finishes in M.V.P. voting as well), and a Hall of Fame induction in 1984.
A
favorite player of mine "before my time" since I first discovered him
when I flipped over his 1973 card, not believing the numbers I was
seeing as a 10-year-old in 1979 at my cousin's house.Eight 40+ home run seasons, nine 100+ runs batted in seasons, seven 100+ base-on-balls seasons, an M.V.P. in 1969 (with five top-5 finishes in M.V.P. voting as well), and a Hall of Fame induction in 1984.