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??