I've got 19,157 Cubs cards from 284 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.
1900s - 1970s: 1060 Topps #560 Ernie Banks All-Star Wow! The RNG gets us off on a great start! Ernie played in both of the All-Star games in 1960. He went 2-4 with a home run and a double in the first game. Two days later, in the second game, he was 1-3. Not a bad showing between the two!
1980s: 1981 Topps #331 Dennis Lamp Lamp was a 7 game winner for Chicago in 1981, but it was on the south side of town. He was traded to the White Sox just before the '81 season started.
2000s: 2003 Bowman Heritage #197 Todd Wellemeyer He made his big-league debut with the Cubs on May 15 in Milwaukee. He pitched a scoreless 17th inning and got the save, the first Cub pitcher to earn a save in his MLB debut.
2010s: 2018 Topps Silver Packs #22 Javier Baez I never notice the weird position the ball is in, right below his chin
That's a gorgeous piece of Ernie vintage.
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