WTHBALLS CUSTOM SET SPOTLIGHT: 1960S STARS OF THE GAME: HANK AARON

Today on the blog, we post up my custom "1960 Stars of the Game" card of the great Hank Aaron, from my set produced back in 2019 and long sold-out:

The set featured 40 postcard-sized cards with cut-out player cards to mimic the Jello sets of that era.

Fun set to produce, as it even contained a packet of gelatin to complete the set!

As for Aaron the player?

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

 

A SET THAT NEVER WAS: 1971 ALL-STAR TICKET SET: HANK AARON

Today we add my "card that never was" of Hank Aaron, that would have been part of my 1971 All-Star Game ticket set, based off the ticket design for the CLASSIC Midsummer game:

Of course, "Hammerin Hank" was one of the starting outfielders for the National League that day, and of course he would be as one of the greatest to ever pick up a bat.

As for Aaron the player?

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

 

"CLASSIC BASEBALL" CUSTOM WTHBALLS SET: HANK AARON

Today on the blog, I post up the very first card I designed for my upcoming multi-series "Classic Baseball" custom set, which spurred the idea of such an endeavor, my card for perhaps the greatest of them all, Hank Aaron:

When I was playing around with this card design, I wanted to celebrate the "Golden Era" of the sport I love so much, an era that you can't help but be in awe of, with stars like Aaron, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle.

With that in mind, I wanted to use images of them posed rather than in action, with photography that invoked the era, and the publications that used them.

As for Aaron the player?

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

1960S ALL-DECADE TEAM: N.L. OUTFIELDER HANK AARON

Good day all!

On the blog today, my final pick for National League outfielder of the decade to go along with Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente, none other than Hank Aaron, which makes for a RIDICULOUS outfield trip leading the Senior League through the 1960s:

I mean, it's not even fair to have these three together patrolling the outfield under any circumstance.

As for Aaron?

There's really no need to get into it with one of the All-Time best, but let's do it anyway.

For the decade, all Aaron did was score over 100 runs a season every year but 1968 (the "year of the pitcher"), hit over 40 homers five times, drive in over 100 runs six times, and lead the National league in primary offensive categories 17 times.

He was an All-Star every single season, and finish in the top-10 in M.V.P. voting seven times.

The man was a machine, and it was that consistency that lead to his massive lifetime totals in almost every offensive category: homers, runs batted in, runs scored, hits, total bases, you name it.

On top of all of that, the 1960's brought out the "speed" in Aaron, as he totaled double digits in stolen bases nine times during the decade, the ONLY times he stole as much in his entire 23 year career.

Imagine: Mays, Clemente and Aaron on the same team. Just wild...

WTHBALLS "BASEBALL ICONS" SPECIAL SET: HANK AARON

Good day all!

On the blog today, the first card from my special WTHBALLS "Baseball Icons" set, that I hope to get printed up this year and released in special packaging that should be a special treat for the WTHBALLS checklist crowd, this of the great Hank Aaron:

Each card is designed with a home stadium image in the background while the player is outlined in the fore-front, in a square 4x4 template that is suited for the packaging I came up with, which is special to say the least!

Generally elite players from the 1960s and 1970s, I wanted to create a more "artistic" set to have some fun with designing in an almost painterly setting.

As for Aaron the player?

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

Look for the other players included in this fun custom set in the coming weeks!

1960S "IN-ACTION": 1961 HANK AARON

Up on the blog today, my 1961 "In-Action" card for "Hammerin' Hank Aaron", from my recent custom "1960s In-Action" Series 2 set released a couple months back:

Love this image of Aaron at the plate, and it was fun to create a unique 1961-based template to place it into for the set!

As I've stated so many times on this blog, the man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

How can he be underrated, yet celebrated so much? Yet it seems to be true.

Just incredible.

"Oh Henry!"

WTHBALLS GUM PACK CUSTOM SET: HANK AARON

On the blog today, we spotlight my Hank Aaron mini card from my recent custom "Gum Pack" special set:

 

 

Again, just a fun little card to create and print up for fun, celebrating the game I love so much from the era that got me started down this path.

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

How can he be underrated, yet celebrated so much? Yet it seems to be true.

Just incredible.

"Oh Henry!"

 

GIMMIE A DO-OVER: 1969 SPECIAL: HANK AARON

Today on the blog we begin to spotlight one of my recent custom printed sets, the 1969 "Do-Over" I released a few months ago:

As we all know, at the time the 1969 set was released, Topps was in a bit of a battle with the MLBPA over player image licensing, so they decided to recycle as many images as possible, some from the previous year's set, or some from a few years before.

This led to many recycled images for players like Willie Mays, Carl Yastrzemski, Joe Morgan, and today's player, the great Hank Aaron:

Originally Aaron's 1969 card used the same image as his 1968 card, so I felt a re-do was in order, using this wonderful portrait image showing Aaron's million-dollar smile.

Just a fun set to create giving my birth-year set a bit of a "refresh"!

As for Aaron the player?

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

Look for the other players given a refresh in this set spotlighted in the coming weeks!

SPECIAL: MISSING 1973 KELLOGG'S HANK AARON

Hello all.

On the blog today, my special 1973 "missing" Kellogg's card for the great Hank Aaron, which was included in my Series 13 set as an insert:

The card was true to the original cards in the set way back when, the only non-3D/Lenticular set that Kellogg's had out during the 1970's.

This card also had full statistics and bio on the back, really making it look like it was right out of your favorite cereal box!

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

NEGRO LEAGUE TO MAJOR LEAGUE STARS: HANK AARON

On the blog today, we add the great Hank Aaron to my new thread celebrating Major League stars who began their careers in the Negro Leagues:

Turns out Aaron would be the last player active in the Majors that played in the NBL, retiring in 1977 after one of the greatest playing careers any baseball fan would ever see.

Aaron made his professional debut with the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro American League in 1951, playing for three months and is credited according to some sources as hitting .366 with five home runs and 33 RBIs over 26 games.

Incredibly, based on his play there, he was offered two contracts, one by the Boston Braves, and the other by the New York Giants, who had a young Willie Mays on their team.

As Aaron remembered years later:

"I had the Giants' contract in my hand. But the Braves offered fifty dollars a month more. That's the only thing that kept Willie Mays and me from being teammates – fifty dollars".

Can you even IMAGINE what that could have been like?!

Aaron was the model of consistency, never hitting 50 homers in a season but hitting 40 eight times and 30 fifteen times! He also drove in 100 runs in a season 11 times while never topping more than 132, and had 3771 career hits while topping 200 in any year three times out of his 23.
For 21 consecutive seasons, Aaron was selected for the National League all-star team, and garnered M.V.P. votes nineteen straight years!

Think about that, every single year between 1955 and 1973 the man got some attention for Most Valuable Player. That is incredible!

L-E-G-E-N-D!

STARS RETIRE: 1977 HANK AARON & FRANK ROBINSON

On the blog today, we have a 1977 "Stars Retire" card celebrating two of the all-time greats of the game, Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson, who both called it a playing career in 1976:

Beginning with Aaron, the man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Yet somehow, as incredible as it may seem, Aaron was UNDERRATED! Think about that for a minute.

And speaking of underrated, next up we have possibly the most underrated player in Major League baseball history, the great Frank Robinson.

Frank put in a 21-year Big League career that saw him win Rookie of the Year in 1956 when he smashed a then record-tying 38 home runs as a rookie, win the NL MVP in 1961 when he helped the Cincinnati reds make it to the World Series, then become the first player to win the award in both leagues when he helped the Baltimore Orioles shock the world by sweeping the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers in 1966.
Oh yeah, he also won the Triple Crown that year, leading the American League in runs, homers, RBIs, batting, on-base-percentage, slugging percentage and total bases.
Just a killer year for a guy that was already established as one of the best players in the game.
Funny thing is that this was arguably NOT even his best season as a big leaguer at that point!
Just look at some of his season’s slugging and hitting his way through the first ten years of his career with the Reds!
Though he won the National League MVP in 1961, I always thought his 1962 season was the best of his career, when he hit .342 while collecting 208 hits, leading the league with 134 runs scored and 51 doubles, hitting 39 home runs and driving in 136, while throwing in 18 stolen bases and leading the league with a .421 OBP and .624 slugging! HUGE!
And to think that was only good for FOURTH in MVP voting that year, behind winner Maury Wills, Willie Mays and Tommy Davis.
Incredible.
Nevertheless, his Big League resume: 586 home runs, 1812 ribbies, just under 3000 hits, Rookie of the Year, and two M.V.P. awards (one in each league). You know his resume, I'm sure.

 

1971 "BASEBALL'S GREATEST MOMENTS" EXTENSION SET: HANK AARON

The next 1971 "Baseball's Greatest Moments" custom created for my new thread celebrating my favorite Topps odd-ball set in one celebrating the great Hank Aaron and his 500th home run, hit in 1968:

On July 14th of ‘68, Aaron came into the game against the San Francisco Giants with 499, until he connected off of reigning National League Cy Young winner Mike McCormick in the third-inning for a three-run shot.
Of course, playing for the other team was Willie Mays, who was (at the time) one of only six players with 500+ homers in MLB history, along with Aaron’s former teammate Eddie Mathews, who reached the milestone the previous season while with the Houston Astros.
Of course, even though Aaron was already 34 years old, he wasn’t nearly done, as he’d go one to post five consecutive 30+ homer seasons, with three of them more than 40, including what would end up being a career-high 47 in 1971 at the age of 37!
The man was not just about homers however, as evidenced by his 3771 hits, 2174 runs scored, 624 doubles and 2297 runs batted in along with a .305 career average.
All...Time...Great!

1975 ALL-STAR GAME- 1976 HIGHLIGHT CARD

On the blog today, we have my 1976 highlight card for the 1975 Major league All-Star game, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

 

I used a fun image of the great Hank Aaron, who was the "hometown hero" in his first season back in Milwaukee after the Braves moved from there to Atlanta before the 1968 season.

Aaron was back in Milwaukee to close out his extraordinary career with two seasons in 1975 and 1976, and it seemed fitting the game would be held there for one of those years.

Of course, as the custom card I created states, it was "business as usual" with the National League coming out on top yet again, beating the American League 6-3, scoring the decisive three runs in the top of the ninth after a 3-3 tie heading into the final frame.

Catfish Hunter and Rich Gossage were the victims of the N.L.'s ninth-inning heroics, with Hunter opening up the inning, allowing a lead-off single to Reggie Smith and a double to Al Oliver, before "Goose" came in and promptly allowed a two-run single to Bill Madlock, followed by a sacrifice fly to Pete Rose, giving the N.L. the 6-3 lead.

In the bottom of the frame, San Diego Padre ace Randy Jones came in to close it up, sporting a 1-2-3 inning.

It was the N.L.'s fourth straight All-Star win, on their way to eleven in a row before losing in 1983, famous for the Fred Lynn grand slam off Atlee Hammaker.

1970 "IN-GAME ACTION": HANK AARON

Next up in my on-going 1970 "In-Game Action" series is the great Hank Aaron, all-time slugger and perhaps the greatest of them all:

 

Aaron was coming off a season that saw him hit 44 homers in 1969, while driving in 97 runs, scoring an even 100 and hitting .300 for the Braves, a "typical" Hank Aaron year.

Those numbers would help Atlanta to a first place finish in what was the first year of division play, with the Braves topping the West and New York Mets leading the East.

Aaron would also end up third in the National League MVP race, his highest finish since 1963 in which he also finished third.

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

SPECIAL SPOTLIGHT: "LOST" 1963 FLEER SECOND SERIES: HANK AARON

On the blog today, we add the great Hank Aaron to my on-going 1963 Fleer "Lost Second Series" thread, from my custom set released a few months back:

 

Aaron was smack in the middle of his incredible run as one of the all-time greatest the game has ever seen.

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

1972 ALL-STAR SUB-SET: HANK AARON

Today on the blog we move on to the National League's All-Star outfielders for the classic 1971 Midsummer Classic, featuring three absolute STUDs, beginning with the great Hank Aaron:

 

Aaron made his 21st, yes TWENTY-FIRST, straight All-Star game in 1971, counting the four seasons where baseball held two such games in the early 60's.

The man put in yet another year we were spoiled with from "Hammerin' Hank", going on to hit a career-best 47 home runs to go along with 95 runs scored, 118 RBIs, a .327 batting average and a league-leading .669 slugging percentage.

The 47 homers made Aaron one of only two men to hit 40 homers in a season in three different decades, with only another HOFer, Harmon Killebrew achieving the feat.

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...

ON-CARD ALL-STAR: 1974 HANK AARON

On the blog today, we move on to the National League in my on-going "On-Card All-Star" thread where I slap a nice All-Star banner on a player's base Topps card from a particular year, and we begin with the great Hank Aaron at first base for the N.L.:

 

Of course I went and used my own Hank Aaron custom that I introduced on the blog a few months back, sticking with the base Topps design instead of the "special" that was originally used.

Just a great picture of the legend smiling, enjoying life, on his way to baseball history.

Of course all baseball talk was about Aaron at this time, with his overtaking Babe Ruth as the all-time Home Run champion as the 1974 season opened up, and rightly so!

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

JUST FOR FUN-TIME FOR ANOTHER 1974 HANK AARON REDO

My apologies, but I will always create Hank Aaron cards, even if I already created one for a particular year, as with today's card, yet another 1974 redo, this time as a portrait layout adding to my previous landscape orientation:

 

Just a great picture of the legend smiling, enjoying life, on his way to baseball history.

Just a few months back I posted my landscape 1974 card, and it was accompanied by the following post:

Of course all baseball talk was about Aaron at this time, with his overtaking Babe Ruth as the all-time Home Run champion as the 1974 season opened up, and rightly so!

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

 

FANTASY CARD- 1974 HANK AARON

OK, now while I realize the 1974 Hank Aaron card is iconic, and a classic, hands-down, I have always wanted to create a 1974 card for the Home Run King in the "regular" format, so here's a landscape edition (with portrait version coming soon!):

I am a sucker for the landscape cards in the 1974 set, and to be honest this would be a wonderful addition to that collection if I do say so myself!

Of course all baseball talk was about Aaron at this time, with his overtaking Babe Ruth as the all-time Home Run champion as the 1974 season opened up, and rightly so!

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

 

ON-CARD ALL-STAR: 1970 HANK AARON

The last National League All-Star starter to get the on-card all-star treatment in the 1970 set is all-timer Hank Aaron, who was named to his 15th such team in 1969, a season which saw him do what he always did, flat out rake:

Aaron went on to hit 44 homers in 1969, while driving in 97 runs, scoring an even 100 and hitting .300 for the Braves, a "typical" Hank Aaron season.

Those numbers would help Atlanta to a first place finish in what was the first year of division play, with the Braves topping the West and New York Mets leading the East.

Aaron would also end up third in the National league MVP race, his highest finish since 1963 in which he also finished third.

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.