We built the iconic 1959 Topps baseball set, and in this series, we’re going through every card to talk about the players, teams and people who made up major league baseball in 1959. Today, we’ll cover cards 260 to 269 in the set. This includes Early Wynn, the fiery 1959 Cy Young Award winner in his 19th MLB season, who would go on to win 300 games and make his way to the Hall of Fame. We also discuss All Stars like Venezuelan trailblazer Chico Carrasquel, pitcher Bud Daley, star hitter Tito Francona, and a multi-player card with Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale.
Today's episode was written by Abby and Jake T. O'Donnell.
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Here is our source material for today's episode:
Early Wynn
sabr.org/bioproj/person/early...
www.baseball-reference.com/pl...
Chico Carrasquel
www.baseball-reference.com/pl...
sabr.org/bioproj/person/chico...
John Romonosky
www.baseball-reference.com/pl...
Tito Francona
sabr.org/bioproj/person/tito-...
www.baseball-reference.com/pl...
www.baseball-reference.com/ma...
Jack Meyer
www.baseball-reference.com/pl...
sabr.org/bioproj/person/jack-...
Others
Wikipedia, SABR, baseball reference dot com, RIP baseball dot com, Cleveland dot com
27 июн 2024
