I'm dealing with a different 5 & 10 -- baseball card numbers that end with a 5 or 10.
You can tell how good Topps thinks a particular player is by their baseball card numbers. If your card ends in 00, then you are a superstar. End in a 0? You're pretty good. End in a 5? Your are decent.
End in anything else? Well, you are in the major leagues and you have a baseball card.
Here's what I have in mind for today: Take a look at the card numbers that Topps assigned to Billy's cards and see how they thought of him as a ballplayer.
I've also developed a points system for the card numbers. Its kinda arbitrary and if you have a better way to assign points, leave a comment.
The Wrigley Wax Card Number Point Scale
If the card number ends in 00, you get 5 points
If the card number ends in 50, you get 3 points
If the card number ends in 0, you get 2 points
If the card number ends in 5, you get 1 point
Anything else is 0 points.
And now, his card numbers and points:
Year
|
Card #
|
Points
|
1961
|
141
|
0
|
1962
|
288
|
0
|
1963
|
353
|
0
|
1964
|
175
|
1
|
1965
|
220
|
2
|
1966
|
580
|
2
|
1967
|
315
|
1
|
1968
|
37
|
0
|
1969
|
450
|
3
|
1970
|
170
|
2
|
1971
|
350
|
3
|
1972
|
440
|
2
|
1973
|
200
|
5
|
1974
|
110
|
2
|
His first three years he had basic numbers and no points. Despite being the 1961 rookie of the year, Topps was going to make him earn his points.
He did.
From 1964 - 1974, he got at least one point every year except 1968. I should explain one slight diversion... in 1972 his base card was #439 and his In Action card was #440. I went with #440, since Topps was on a run of two cards per player and it wouldn't work out to give the good players base card a 5 and a 10.
His best card numbers were in 1973, 200, 1969, 450, and 1971, 350. For his Cub cards, he ended up with an average of 1.6 points. I think that is a pretty decent number.
Tomorrow, I do the same thing with Ernie Banks and see how these two Cubs sluggers compare with one another.
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