Thursday, May 28, 2015

5 & 10 Ernie

It's Mr. Cub's turn.  How many points did he score on the Wrigley Wax Card Number point scale?

Here's the 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.


Here are all of Ernie's Topps cards.

And here is how he did:

Year
    Card #
    Points
1954
94
0
1955
28
0
1956
15
1
1957
55
1
1958
310
2
1959
350
3
1960
10
2
1961
350
3
1962
25
1
1963
380
2
1964
55
1
1965
510
2
1966
110
2
1967
215
1
1968
355
1
1969
20
2
1970
630
2
1971
525
1

Ernie started earning points by his third year and never went without a point the rest of his career.  That's pretty impressive. However, despite back-to-back MVPs, he never got a 00 card.  That hurt his average, which is 1.5.

And Ernie and Billy head-to-head?

Billy topped Ernie by a very slight margin, 1.64 to 1.5.  It was a 00 number for Billy in 1973 that put Billy on top.

But you also have to recognize Ernie's impressive 16-year point scoring run.

Call it a draw??

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