"The Flying Dutchman" had a .329 career average and was know as an amazing fielder. He hit over .300 17 times in 21 years.
Kellogg's called him a " bow-legged, thick-framed man". At some point in his career he played every position except catcher. He won eight batting titles.
The card mentioned that Stan Musial recently bettered lots of Wagner's records. Recently was at least seven years before the 1970 cards were produced and two more years until the Kellogg's set was issued.
He is mentioned as a "gentle giant" and to make sure we know that he was "bow-legged" it is mentioned a second time in the paragraph.
Dang. .300 17 times in 21 years. That's impressive.
ReplyDeleteYes, but your guy Tony did his last 19 years in a row in a 20-year career. In Tony's first year he needed just two more hits to have hit .300 in all 20 seasons.
ReplyDeleteYeah... that guy was definitely one of the best contact hitters of his generation.
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