Up on the blog today, we're spotlighting my custom 1963 "Missing" card for Maury Wills, who as we all know was not on a Topps set until 1967:
The
card is from my custom "Whole Nine" set released last year, which
featured missing cards from the 1950's, 1960's, and 1970's, outside the
usual WTHBALLS realm.
The fact that Wills was missing from the 1963 sets was especially significant since he was the reigning National League MVP.
Of course we know 1962 was the pinnacle of his career where he took
home the National League's top award after setting the new single-season
stolen base record with 104 while collecting 208 hits and 130 runs
scored for the Dodgers.
This was right in the middle of a six-year run of leading the league in stolen bases, while also appearing in five all-star games and taking home a couple of Gold Glove Awards.
Overall he retired with a .281 batting average based on 2134 hits in 7588 at-bats with 586 stolen bases and 1067 runs scored in 1942 games.
This was right in the middle of a six-year run of leading the league in stolen bases, while also appearing in five all-star games and taking home a couple of Gold Glove Awards.
Overall he retired with a .281 batting average based on 2134 hits in 7588 at-bats with 586 stolen bases and 1067 runs scored in 1942 games.
