Sunday, October 25, 2009

Tommie Aaron - Why does he have a card?

Tommie Aaron (#394) didn't have a baseball card in 1967 - and with good reason. He had no appearances with the Braves in 1966. Likewise, he appeared in a total of zero major-league games in 1967, yet here he is with a 1968 card. Where's the logic?



However, Tommie does hold the distinction of being one half of the greatest brother home-run tandem in history, with 768 homeruns (Hank - 755, Tommie - 13)!

Notice Topps' new airbrushing style of completely obliterating the front of the cap with black, a technique used with reckless abandon on the Athletics and "Houston" (Astros) cards in 1968.


Why does he have a card?
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2 comments:

Jim said...

One of those questions we'll probably never have answered.

If I haven't mentioned it before - I love seeing these "old" cards and learning something new every day. Thanks for the multiple new blogs I've added to my daily reading.

October 26, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Jim from Downingtown said...

Jim, thanks for your kind words. Don't forget to visit (and sidebar!) my new 1966 blog.

October 26, 2009 at 8:17 PM

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