1900s - 1970s: 1978 Grand Slam #30 Larry French The 1978 Grand Slam set was a one and done set put out by collector Jack Wallin. It is made of of players from the '30 and '40s. French was a starting pitcher on the Cubs pennant winning teams of 1935 and 1938.
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Five Random Cubs Cards
I've got 14,684 Cubs cards from 120 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.
1900s - 1970s: 1978 Grand Slam #30 Larry French The 1978 Grand Slam set was a one and done set put out by collector Jack Wallin. It is made of of players from the '30 and '40s. French was a starting pitcher on the Cubs pennant winning teams of 1935 and 1938.
1980s: 1987 Purina Collectors Edition #15 Ryne Sandberg This is one of many logoless cards from the late '80s. The players seemed to be more than willing to let companies make cards. I wonder how much more the companies would have had to pay MLB for the logo rights?
1990s: 1991 Vineline Dave Smith The Cubs issued these cards in nine-card panels. I've never cut the panels into smaller cards, so this is just a digital version of Smith's individual card. Smith pitched in 31 games for the 1991 Cubs and was bad. His record was 0-6 and his ERA was 6.00. Those are not numbers you'd like to see from a closer.
2000s: 2006 Rookie of the Week #24 Ryne Sandberg The best thing Topps did with this card is to list Ryno as a third baseman, since that is the position he played as a rookie.
2010s: 2013 Topps #209 David DeJesus This card is one of 17 Cubs players in the 2013 base set. Only one of those players is still with the team, Anthony Rizzo.
1900s - 1970s: 1978 Grand Slam #30 Larry French The 1978 Grand Slam set was a one and done set put out by collector Jack Wallin. It is made of of players from the '30 and '40s. French was a starting pitcher on the Cubs pennant winning teams of 1935 and 1938.
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