At some point it must be difficult to find things to say for Kellogg's. This must be true with Seaver and Carew, who are both regulars in the Kellogg's sets.
#27 - Tom Seaver
Seaver has a birthday in a couple of days.
They certainly had something to write about this year on Seaver's card. He was traded mid-season in what Kellogg's called a controversial trade. He ended up 21-6 anyway.
He is now the #10 pitcher on the all-time strikeout list.
Not on the card - the Mets didn't get any stars for Seaver, they also traded Dave Kingman that day and their team was poor for a few years following these deals.
Oddity on the card - check out the 1968 stats under BB. The number isn't aligned with the other numbers in that column.
#26 - Larry Bowa
It's always great to see the older Phillies logo.
Bowa has a string of defensive records. He has a "magic glove". He created a record by making only nine errors in over 150 games at shortstop.
Not on the card - he won how many Gold Gloves? Only two. Bowa played from 1970 - 1985. Ozzie Smith won all of them from 1980 - 1982. Here are the winners from the 1970s.
1970 - Don Kessinger
1971 - Bud Harrelson
1972 - Larry Bowa
1973 - Roger Metzger
1974 - Dave Concepcion
1975 - Dave Concepcion
1976 - Dave Concepcion
1977 - Dave Concepcion
1978 - Larry Bowa
1979 - Dave Concepcion
Shortstop has always been a key position in baseball and Kellogg's recognized that. All the Gold Glove winners got into a Kellogg's set except Roger Metzger.
#25 - Eddie Murray
Murray had a great rookie season and he missed only one game on his way to Rookie of the Year honors.
I like that the card mentions his high school by name - Locke High.
Murray was mostly used as a DH.
Not on the card - in his career he played DH 573 times, 1B 2,413 times along with six games at 3B and three games in the outfield.
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