Today
on the blog, we go and add elite second baseman Joe Morgan to my
long-running 1977 N.L. "Centennial" sub-set, honoring the Senior
League's 100th anniversary celebration of 1976:
Morgan was "all-world" when this card would have seen the light of day back then!
What else could Morgan have accomplished by 1977?! The reigning two-time
MVP led his “Big Red Machine” Cincinnati Reds to two straight World
Series wins in 1975 & 1976, took home his third straight Gold Glove
Award, was RIPPED OFF a Rookie of the Year Award back in 1965 (look it
up), and was well on his way to the Hall of Fame.
His 1976 season was the stuff of legend at the time: a .320 batting average, 27 homers, 111 runs batted in, 113 runs scored and 114 base on balls, leading his league in On-Base-Percentage and Slugging while claiming a spot on his seventh National League All-Star team.
The man was a machine!
His 1976 season was the stuff of legend at the time: a .320 batting average, 27 homers, 111 runs batted in, 113 runs scored and 114 base on balls, leading his league in On-Base-Percentage and Slugging while claiming a spot on his seventh National League All-Star team.
The man was a machine!