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Friday, July 8, 2016

My 493rd Post - Sorry Fred McGriff It Isn't About You. Who Is It About?

Fred McGriff finished his career with 493 homers.  This post isn't about him because (a) he didn't get a Kellogg's card and (b) he's not Lou Gehrig who also had 493 career homers.



27 players are ahead of McGriff and Gehrig on the all-time home run list.  Only nine of those players made it onto a Kellogg's card from 1970 - 1983.  One made it into a 1990s set.  Can you name all ten players?

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  1. 1) Hank Aaron 2) Willie Mays 3) Harmon Killebrew 4) Mike Schmidt 5) Frank Robinson 6) Reggie 7) Banks 8) Billy Williams--no, that's not right. 9)

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  2. 1990s set.....man, I just can't think who that is. I thought Schmidt retired in 1989--and I remember that because when he retired (early in the season) he had 6 homers....which was more than anyone on the Cubs. A day or two later, the Cubs played a series in Pittsburgh and began hitting home runs in bunches, and they were off to a fine season. Comiskey Park closed the following year.

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  3. Nice work. You missed one player who was in the same set as Gehrig. You also missed two first basemen, one from each league.

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