Today on the blog, I have a do-over for Felipe Alou and his 1970 Topps card, this time showing him with the team he suited up for the previous year, the Atlanta Braves, over the non-descript Oakland A's version Topps had out there way back when:
For those that need a refresher on what the original looked like, here you go:
Felipe
would hit wherever he played, hitting .282 for Atlanta before heading
West, where he would hit .271 for the A's in his only full season there.
The 35-year old was winding down an excellent 17-year Major League
career that saw him make three All-Star games, top the National League
in hits twice with 218 in 1966 and 210 in 1968, runs with 122 in ‘66 and
total bases with 355 that same season.
By the time he retired after a few games with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1974 he finished with 2101 hits and 206 homers with 985 runs scored and 852 RBIs, with a very nice .286 batting average.
Of course we all also remember him going on to becoming a Major League manager, leading the Montreal Expos from 1992 to 2001 before taking over the San Francisco Giants in 2003, managing them until 2006, while also being a part of that baseball family that included brother Matty and Jesus, son Moises, cousin Jose Sosa and nephew Mel Rojas.
Just amazing.
By the time he retired after a few games with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1974 he finished with 2101 hits and 206 homers with 985 runs scored and 852 RBIs, with a very nice .286 batting average.
Of course we all also remember him going on to becoming a Major League manager, leading the Montreal Expos from 1992 to 2001 before taking over the San Francisco Giants in 2003, managing them until 2006, while also being a part of that baseball family that included brother Matty and Jesus, son Moises, cousin Jose Sosa and nephew Mel Rojas.
Just amazing.
