Here is his card from the 1991 All-Star set.
Normally this card seems to show both images at once as can be seen above. When I moved it around I got the images shown below.
Most of the cards can be tilted so that just one image shows. I had a challenge with this card and then I gave up.
Here is what the back of the card mentioned.
He didn't win his first game until age 25. That's not standard for 300-game winners. Not many win their last games at age 44 either.
He had two no-hitters, was named to 14 All-Star teams.
Not on the card -
He did military service for three seasons - 1943 - 1945. He was awarded a Purple Heart.
Baseball-reference.com lists him with 17 All-Star team appearances and I thought I got a count of 18 when I checked the Sean Lahman database, which still isn't functioning on my Macbook.
Where does 17 come from? In three different seasons, Spahn was on the roster for both All-Star Games that were played that year - 1959, 1961 and 1962. There were also two All-Star Games in 1960.
Baseball-reference.com places a star next to the year whenever a player has been an all-star. So, it shows 14 for Spahn. That's the mistake that Kellogg's must have made here, even though the site didn't exist before the year 2000.
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