1980 Kellogg's Baseball Card Backs #01 - #03

 Finally finishing a look at the card backs from 1980 Kellogg's.  That means much less eye strain on future posts.

#03 - Mike Flanagan

He won the 1979 AL Cy Young Award with his 23 wins.  He added wins in the Playoffs and World Series.

The card mentions that he got within one out of a no-hitter in 1978.

Not on the card - Gary Alexander hit a home run to end the no-hit bid.  

Also not on the card - late in his career he combined with a few other pitchers on a no-hitter.  He pitched one inning against the A's getting Mark McGwire and Harold Baines out.  

Though he had a great career, he never received Cy Young votes in any other season.

#02 - Mike Schmidt

The card mentions that he won a Gold Glove.  

Not on the card - he won four in a row from 1975 - 1979.  He ended up with 10 Gold Gloves by the time he retired.  

The card also mentioned that he set an NL record for the least amount of singles (65) in a season for a player with 150+ games played in a season.  He hit .249 that year.  

Has anyone gotten less than 65 hits since Schmidt did this in 1975?  This has happened about 30 times since Schmidt's "achievement".  

Barry Bonds had only 49 singles in 2001.  He also had 73 homers, 2 triples and 32 doubles to go with on 49 singles in 153 games.  Oh, and 177 walks and 35 intentional walks.  

I have trouble finding Mike Schmidt Kellogg's cards when I try making extra sets.

#01 - Ross Grimsley

 

Ross Grimsley got card #01.  Did any other Blue Jay or Expo ever get this honor?

Kellogg's didn't say much about him.  They mentioned that he contributed to the Expos playoff attempt.  It was also mentioned that he is no longer a power pitcher but he manages to figure out how to get the job done.

Not on the card - the Expos went 95-65 and finished two games behind the Pirates (98-64).  Notice that the Expos didn't play two of their games.  In the days without a wild-card game, it didn't matter if they played those canceled games since the Expos could only get to 97 wins anyway by winning those two games.  

At this point the Expos had never made the playoffs.  They did make the playoffs in 1981 but Grimsley had been traded in 1980.

1980 Kellogg's Baseball Card Backs #04 - 06

 Almost done talking about the card backs that I need help reading as I get older.

#06 - Dave Kingman

Kingman had a great year in 1979 as a Cub, getting career highs in homers and RBIs.   Another good write-up - "despite a tendency for striking out, Dave still thrills the customers with the longest homers in the game. "  That was so true.  

He led the league in homers twice and in strikeouts three times.  I am guessing that by today's standards he didn't strike out that much.  I'm WRONG again.  He's 21st all time in strikeouts.  I'm guessing that some players in today's game are gaining fast on him.    

Other information - he attended a junior college that I later taught at one summer.

He was injured for much of the 1980 season and he was traded before the 1981 season.   That 1980 Cubs team was a disaster, managing only 64 wins.

#05 - Bert Blyleven

Kellogg's declared that Blyleven had the best curveball in baseball.  He led the team to wins in the playoffs and the World Series. 

The card back also mentioned that the Pirates were wise to obtain him from the Rangers in 1977.  He was traded after the 1980 season.  

#04 - Ron Guidry

After his amazing 1978 season (25-3), Kellogg's surmised that his critics wouldn't be impressed with his 1979 season.  Kellogg's offered a few reasons for his lesser stats.  First, he was used in a relief a bit since Goose Gossage was injured.  Second, Guidry had a few of his own injuries that cost him some starts.

Still, in 1979 Guidry was 18-8 after starting 30 games.  He did pitch only three games in relief.  He also won his second consecutive ERA title.

Back to his relief appearances.  He earned two saves - April 14th and May 8th.  His other relief appearance was on May 6th.

His 4/14 save was sandwiched between starts on 4/10 (ND in 6 1/3 innings) and 4/17 (W - 9 innings).

On May 6th he got a win in relief (3 2/3 innings).  Add that to the 5/08 save (2 innings).  His nearest starts were on 5/02 and 5/16.  That cost him a few starts.

His injury must have happened in June since he had no starts from 6/12 to 6/29.

Kellogg's 1995 Hockey Cards Updates and Questions

It seems like when I learn something about Kellogg's cards it just leads to more questions.  Here it is with the 1995 Kellogg's hockey cards of Mario Lemieux and Brett Hull from Canada.  

I bought of lot of these since COVID began.  They seemed to be a fair price and I'd been wanting to buy something.  

The cereal box that contained these cards mentioned that the box contained either a Hull or Lemieux card.  Most of the packs that I purchased contain one card.  I have a few packs that contain two cards and a few others that seem to contain the entire set.

Does anyone know how these two-card and six-card packs were distributed?

 

My Three Hours at the National and the November Chicago Show

 The National was 30 minutes from my hours but I only had three hours available to attend this year.  I sped through the place in order to check out as many booths as possible.  I bought a few Kellogg's cards, but prices are still inflated.  I did grab one item that I didn't expect to find.  It was great to add this to my collection.

This is a 1970 Football factory set.  I am seeking baseball factory sets from 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1976.  I don't expect to ever get them but I can at least dream.

I probably spent another 20-30 dollars on other cards.  It was nice to see the show, but I hope that next time I can spend more time at the show.  

Between the National and the Fanatics show last week I didn't find time to do anything with my cards.  I actually spent $0 at the Fanatics show.  Lots of Pokemon and cards from the last two years, neither of which I collect.   I've only had a few online purchases and even fewer updates to my want lists that can be seen on the blog.  Now that coaching has ended I hope to get organized again.

Has anyone seen anything new with Kellogg's cards and related items?