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Friday, January 15, 2016

Kellogg's 1984 Baseball Card Set - What Could Have Been?

I don't know when Kellogg's decided that the 1983 set would be their last annual set.  Let's assume that there was a time when the company planned to create another 60-card set.

Here are some players that might have appeared on their only Kellogg's card had the company tried again in 1984.

1.  Cal Ripken - 1982 Rookie of the Year and 1983 AL MVP.

2.  Wade Boggs - won 1983 AL Batting Title

3.  Tony Gwynn - batted .309 in 1983

4.  Ryne Sandberg - Gold Glove in 1983 and 37 steals

5.  Andre Dawson - deserving in previous sets

6.  Ron Kittle - 1983 AL Rookie of the Year

7.  Lamar Hoyt - 1983 Cy Young Award

8.  Don Mattingly - big year in 1984, but did enough in 1983 to be one of their chance inclusions

9.  Tony Pena - in 1983 he won a Gold Glove and finished 12th in the MVP voting

10. Lee Smith - 1983 all-star; led league in saves; got MVP votes

11. Lou Whitaker - deserving in previous sets

12.  Rich Dotson - had 22 wins in 1983

13.  John Denny - won NL Cy Young Award

Some would have been great but others not so much.  Sure, I was biased toward Chicago players.   The White Sox did make the playoffs.


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