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I was going through some of my Dad's stuff the other day and I found a few vintage Luis Aparicio cards. This is the second to last card from that stack.
1964 Topps? Looks more like 2013 Topps Heritage to me. This is one of the better pictures Topps chose for Aparicio. It's another nice posed shot but you can see a little more of his body on this one. The previous years almost all featured head-shots.
1964 would be the last year Lil Luis would lead the league in stolen bases. It was his ninth consecutive year of swiping more bags than any other American League player. He also won another Gold Glove and was an All-Star.
I was going through some of my Dad's stuff the other day and I found a few vintage Luis Aparicio cards. I'll post each of them over the next few days.
I like the 1962 Topps All-Star design but the picture on this Aparicio card is a little boring. Most of the other cards in the set are better.
I mentioned yesterday that Lil Luis was named to the All-Star team in 1962 for the fifth straight year. He would go on to make five more All-Star teams before retiring after the 1973 season.
I was going through some of my Dad's stuff the other day and I found a few vintage Luis Aparicio cards. I'll post each of them over the next few days.
Ah 1962 Topps. The original "woody" design. It's a classic which was reinvented in 1987.
In 1962 Lil Luis won his fifth consecutive Gold Glove award, was named to his fifth consecutive All-Star team, and led the league in stolen bases for the seventh time in his career. It would also be his last year in Chicago for awhile.
I was going through some of my Dad's stuff the other day and I found a few vintage Luis Aparicio cards. I'll post each of them over the next few days.
It's kind of funny to me that a lot of these old sets like 1961 Topps don't feel that old thanks to Topps Heritage. The 2010 Topps Heritage set included an autographed reprint of this original Luis Aparicio card.
1961 was another solid year for Lil Luis. He was named to another All-Star team, he won another Gold Glove award, and he led the AL in stolen bases. He also finished twelfth in the AL MVP voting.
I was going through some of my Dad's stuff the other day and I found a few vintage Luis Aparicio cards. I'll post each of them over the next few days.
Yesterday I mentioned that the 1958 Topps design is my favorite base design. The 1960 All-Star set features my favorite All-Star design.
In 1960, Lil Luis made his second All-Star team. He also won his second Gold Glove award and led the AL in stolen bases for the fifth straight year.
I was going through some of my Dad's stuff the other day and I found a few vintage Luis Aparicio cards. I'll post each of them over the next few days.
My favorite is this one from the 1958 Topps set. I guess it's not much of a surprise since 58 is probably my favorite all-time Topps design.
1958 was Lil Luis's third big league season. He led the league in stolen bases. He was an All-Star for the first time and won his first Gold Glove award.
Tony Gwynn Jr signed his 2008 Topps Black Border Parallel card for our 08 Topps collection at a Spring Training practice back in February. He is currently playing for the Dodgers Triple A team in Albuquerque.
I like the black border parallel cards even though I don't have too many of them. This one is numbered 19/57 on the back.
# 588 - Tony Gwynn Jr - Black Border Parallel
