On the blog today, we go back 10 years or so and revisit my 1973 "Nicknames of the 1970s" card for the "Toy Cannon", Jimmy Wynn:
I used a 1973 template to play around with the cannon icon in the
lower right-hand corner, while also giving him a card while he was still
in a Houston uniform before he went on to play for the Dodgers and get
named to two consecutive all-star starts in
1974 and 1975.
Wynn put up some solid years during his excellent 15-year career.
Eight times he'd top 20 homers, with three of them 30+, while also
driving in 100+ runs twice, scoring 100+ runs four times and topping 100
walks six times, two seasons of which he'd lead the National League,
with a high of 148 in 1969.
While slugging away, he was also a threat on the base paths, as
he'd go on to swipe a total of 225 before retiring, with a high of 43 in
1965.
After a handful of games with the Milwaukee Brewers in the latter
half of 1977, he called it a career, finishing with 1100+ runs scored,
1665 hits, 291 homers and 964 runs batted in, with a .250 average thrown
in.
