The
next 1960's superstar to get an "In-Action" card in my recent custom
set is all-time great Warren Spahn, who I gave the 1961 template to in
the initial series:
Just
a rearranging of the 1961 card design, imagining what Topps would have
done had they been able to incorporate action photography years ahead of
the 1971 debut.
The man was amazing, flat out, and by the time he retired in 1965 he posted a 363-245 record, with a 3.09 ERA, 63 shutouts, 28
saves and 2583 strikeouts over 750 appearances, 665 of which were
starts.
Oh yeah, he also hit 35 career home runs along with 189 runs batted in with (coincidentally) 363 hits!
And remember he didn’t win his first game until he was 25 years of age, as he served in the military from 1943 to 1945.
His first 20-game season was 1947 (at the age of 26), and he kept right on rolling until his final 20-game season in 1963!
In between, he ended up posting 13 such campaigns, leading the
league eight times (with five of those coming consecutively from 1957 to
1961).
Just an incredible talent!
Was there anything he couldn’t do?Once in a lifetime right there...
