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Monday, January 4, 2021

1980 Kellogg's Baseball Card Backs - #28 - 30

 Time to read the back of more Kellogg's cards from the 1980 set.  Then it is off to remote school for the first week back.  The weeks teaching at home have not been as easy as one would think. 

Sorry about the poor backs.  I scanned them all at once so they might not be clear.  I will need to update that at some point for my files.   

#30 - Andre Thornton



I am old enough to remember his being on the Cubs.  Then I remember him going to Cleveland.  I didn't remember that he was on Montreal in between.  In May of 1976 he was traded to the Expos for Larry Biittner and Steve Renko.  Then Montreal traded him to Cleveland in December.  

I was wondering if he was pictured as an Expo or Indian in 1977.  To my surprise, he's not in the Topps set at all in 1977.



Now to the card back.  Kellogg's wasn't impressed by his average, but he did lead the team in many categories with his 26 homers and 93 RBIs.  The back mentions him being in the Philadelphia and Atlanta organizations before he made it to the majors with the Cubs.  The back of the card didn't add lots of other cool stuff.  



#29 - Davey Lopes


I remember his record-breaking streak of consecutive stolen bases getting its own Topps card for that 38-game streak.  He played a few years with the Cubs late in his career.  




Kellogg's started by saying that Lopes "never considered a long ball threat, really showed home run muscles last year when he tied for the club leadership with 28".  He had only 28 the previous two years combined.  

He moved up to second on the Dodger list of stolen bases, trailing only Maury Wills.  Lopes finished his career with 557 steals, 418 of them with the Dodgers.  He didn't catch Wills who had 490 as a Dodger, but he is 26th all-time in this category (Wills is 20th with 586).



#28 - Ken Singleton



Singleton got into a bunch of Kellogg's sets.  How did he do that?  First, his career went from 1970 to 1984 which fit the Kellogg's window perfectly.  Second, he was a consistent performer who earned MVP votes in seven different seasons.

He was on Kellogg's cards in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982.  Not many guys have more Kellogg's cards than that.  Try your luck with that.  I listed the nine players at the bottom of this post who have more than seven Kellogg's cards from 1970 to 1983.  


Answer - More than seven Kellogg's cards.  

Rod Carew, Pete Rose, Reggie Jackson, Tom Seaver, Jim Palmer, Steve Carlton, Willie Stargell, Nolan Ryan, Lou Brock

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  1. FujiJanuary 4, 2021 at 6:46 AM

    Ken Singleton was one heck of a player who put up some solid numbers during his "Kellogg's" years.

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  2. RunForeKelloggsJanuary 4, 2021 at 4:54 PM

    Jim Kaat, Carl Yastrzemski, Pete Rose, Rusty Staub, Tommy John, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro, Bert Campaneris, Tony Perez, Lou Piniella, Steve Carlton, Jim Palmer, Rudy May, Tug McGraw, Bobby Murcer, Fergie Jenkins, Don Sutton, Woodie Fryman, Jay Johnstone, Rick Monday, Bob Watson, Nolan Ryan, Bill Robinson and Ron Reed all played from at least 1970 to 1983.

    Staub got a proof card in 1970 but he never got into a set. Rudy May, Woodie Fryman, Bill Robinson and Ron Reed are the only ones who didn't get on a Kellogg's card. Staub and Robinson were in the 1968 Topps 3-D set. I was surprised that none of there guys were in a Hostess set either.

    Can you tell I am still avoiding schoolwork?

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