Showing posts with label leaders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leaders. Show all posts
Sunday, March 6, 2011

1976 Topps Card of the Year (Round 1, Group 8)

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The cards that will move on from group 7 are Rick Manning, Ron Cey, Sal Bando, and Steve Garvey. No love for Rusty Staub in the last group ...
Sunday, September 13, 2009

1976 Topps #205 - Major League Leading Firemen-1975

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What is a fireman? That's what we wondered when we got these cards. Most of the time these pitchers weren't really considered to be...
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

1976 Topps #204 - AL Strikeout Leaders

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It's strange seeing an AL strikeout leaders card from the 1970s without Nolan Ryan on it. In 1975 he didn't pitch after August 24. R...
Friday, September 11, 2009

1976 Topps #203 - NL Strikeout Leaders

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Tom Seaver led the NL in strikeouts five times. He set a record by striking out over 200 batters nine years in a row (1968-1976). Tom fell f...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

1976 Topps #202 - AL ERA Leaders

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The race for the AL ERA championship in 1975 wasn't much of a race. Mr. Palmer had an ERA almost 1/2 run lower than his closest competit...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009

1976 Topps #201 - NL ERA Leaders

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Randy Jones had the first of two straight huge pitching seasons in 1975. He led the NL in ERA and went from 8-22 in 1974 to 20-12 in 1975. H...
Monday, September 7, 2009

1976 Topps #199 - NL Victory Leaders

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This card has seen better days. This must be one of my original cards that I got out of a pack in '76. I wonder if this would be succes...
Saturday, September 5, 2009

1976 Topps #198 - AL Stolen Base Leaders

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Mickey Rivers dominated the stolen base race in 1975. He was 30 SBs ahead of Claudell Washington. It was the only season in which "Mic...
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Friday, September 4, 2009

1976 Topps #197 - NL Stolen Base Leaders

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I love the stolen base. Games go on longer when speedsters get on base, but it's more exciting to me than to sit back and wait for the l...
Thursday, September 3, 2009

1976 Topps #196 - AL RBI Leaders

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All three of these guys had great years in 1975. You know you had a good season when you appear on multiple league leader cards in the follo...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

1976 Topps #195 - NL RBI Leaders

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1975 was the only season in which Greg Luzinski would lead the NL in RBI. He knocked in over 100 runs three times in the NL and once for the...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

1976 Topps #194 - AL Home Run Leaders

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This is the second of four AL HR leader cards on which Reggie Jackson would be the featured guy. He was on at least one more HR leader card ...
Monday, August 31, 2009

1976 Topps #193 - NL Home Run Leaders

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Mike Schmidt was on a lot of these HR leader cards. This was his third league leader card. Mr. Schmidt led the NL in home runs eight times b...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

1976 Topps #192 - AL Batting Leaders

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Another batting race that wasn't very close. Mr. Carew won his 6th batting title by 28 points over Rookie of the Year Fred Lynn. It'...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

1976 Topps #191 - NL Batting Leaders

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The 1976 Topps league leader cards are probably my favorite ones from the 1970s. The top two or three players in each category are presented...
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