Sunday, October 8, 2017

Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 15,090 Cubs cards from 122 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.




1900s - 1970s: 1961 Post #194 Don Cardwell  I knew that Cardwell pitched a no-hitter in his first appearance as a Cub and the card makes mention of that, too.  I didn't realize that the rest of his 1960 season wasn't very good, 9-16 with an ERA of 4.37




1980s: 1988 Star '88 #6 Andre Dawson  This is an odd looking card.  I can't decide if it was doctored or not.  The hat and jersey don't look quite right.



1990s: 1995 Conlon #1407 Claude Passeau  Since this card was issued there has been one more World Series one-hitter.  Cub pitchers have accounted for two of the five.



2000s: 2006 Upper Deck #101 Rich Hill  Did anyone in 2006 expect that Rich Hill would have signed a contract ten years later worth more than $45 million?



2010s: 2014 Topps #561 Welington Castillo  I always wondered where the extra L in Welington's name went.  Turns out that Willson Contreras stole it.


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