CAREER-CAPPER: 1968 LEW BURDETTE

Up on the blog today, we have a 1968 "Career-Capper" for pitcher Lew Burdette, who put together an excellent 18 year Major League career:

Burdette appeared in 19 games for the California Angels in 1967, the last season he'd suit up in the Majors, going 1-0 with a 4.91 earned run average over 18.1 innings at the age of 40.

Burdette of course will always be known as the hero of the 1957 World Series when he pitched the (then) Milwaukee Braves to a surprising championship win over the favored New York Yankees, winning three games, all complete games, two of them shutouts.
He put in 18 seasons in the Big Leagues, winning 203 games while posting and earned run average of 3.66 along with 33 shutouts and 32 saves over 626 appearances.
Between 1956 and 1961 he averaged just under 20 wins a season for the Braves, with a high of 21 in 1959 which led the National League, as well as his four shutouts and 39 starts.
Great playing career for a baseball lifer, who’d retire after a couple of seasons with the California Angels in 1967 as an arm out of the bullpen at the age of 40.

COACH CARD-1973 LEW BURDETTE

Been a little while since I created a “Coach Card”, so today I post up a 1973 Lew Burdette, as he was helping out old teammate and Atlanta Braves manager Eddie Mathews:

Burdette of course will always be known as the hero of the 1957 World Series when he pitched the (then) Milwaukee Braves to a surprising championship win over the favored New York Yankees, winning three games, all complete games, two of them shutouts.
He put in 18 seasons in the Big Leagues, winning 203 games while posting and earned run average of 3.66 along with 33 shutouts and 32 saves over 626 appearances.
Between 1956 and 1961 he averaged just under 20 wins a season for the Braves, with a high of 21 in 1959 which led the National League, as well as his four shutouts and 39 starts.
Great playing career for a baseball lifer, who’d retire after a couple of seasons with the California Angels in 1967 as an arm out of the bullpen at the age of 40.

TURN BACK THE CLOCK- LEW BURDETTE LEADS THE BRAVES TO A CHAMPIONSHIP

Now, you THINK if Topps was going to have a “highlight” of the 1957 season for their 1977 “Turn Back the Clock” sub-set, they’d at LEAST pick Lew Burdette and his awesome performance in the World Series that year, leading the Braves to a Championship over the New York Yankees.
Well, here’s one I created:

All Burdette did in the 1957 Fall Classic was go 3-0 over three starts, with a sparkling 0.67 earned run average with two shutouts and THREE complete games!
The man allowed only 21 hits over those 27 innings with only two runs scored, both of them earned, and only four bases on balls against 13 strikeouts.
Easily one of the best pitching performances in World Series history!
No offense to Bob Keegan and his no-hitter that year, but Burdette’s feat should have been front and center, which leaves me with a question: was it more than just Topps “picking” a moment for the sub-set?
What I mean is, were there issues trying to get former players to agree to appear on a card? Or something like that?
Anyone know?