Card front
As with other TCMA All-Time sets, Chicago fields a manager, 3 pitchers, and 8 position players.
- MGR Al Lopez
- P Billy Pierce
- P Ted Lyons
- P Gerry Staley
- C Ray Schalk
- 1B Eddie Robinson
- 2B Eddie Collins
- 3B Willie Kamm
- SS Luke Appling
- OF Al Simmons
- OF Johnny Mostil
- OF Harry Hooper
It's odd to call a HOFer underrated, but manager Al Lopez deserves recognition for guiding Cleveland and Chicago to winning records all 17 years he worked the dugout. Even his "worst" full-season record was a more-than-respectable 85-77!
Card back
Five-foot-ten and 160 doesn't sound like a strikeout pitcher, but Tim Lincecum's only ten pounds heavier and does OK for himself.
Value: CheckOutMyCards.com lists most of the set for less than $2 each.
Fakes / reprints: Haven't seen any in the market and the risk's low someone would fake them.
2 comments:
Interesting that none of the "Black Sox" of 1919 were given a card in the set.
TCMA did a separate release for the 1919 White Sox.
Billy is still very much involved with the White Sox organization, which makes him even more beloved. For a long time, anyone attached to the '59 team could do no wrong.
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