1968 Topps NL Home Run Leaders Hank Aaron Willie McCovey Card #5

Description: 1968 Topps NL Home Run Leaders Hank Aaron Willie McCovey Vintage Baseball Card #5 - Original! You are bidding on one (1) vintage original 1968 Topps baseball card of Hall of Famer Hank Aaron of the Atlanta BravesHall of Famer Willie McCovey of the San Francisco GiantsHall of Famer Ron Santo of the Chicago CubsJim Wynn of the Houston Astros Condition: EX (PSA 5 MC)PSA Certification #54891549The vintage original card pictured in the scans is the exact card you will receive. The late Hank Aaron ("Hammerin' Hank") played in 24 All-Star Games, was NL MVP (1957), World Series Champion (1957), was a 3x Gold Glove Award winner, and hit 755 home runs, holding the MLB record for career home runs for 33 years. Aaron batted .305 for his career and holds the MLB records for the most career RBIs (2,297), extra base hits (1,477), and total bases (6,856). Aaron is also in the top five for career hits (3,771) and runs (2,174). He is one of only four players to have at least seventeen seasons with 150 or more hits. Aaron is in second place in home runs (755) and at-bats (12,364), and in third place in games played (3,298). At the time of his retirement in 1976, Aaron held most of the game's key career power hitting records. Aaron hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973, and is one of only two players to hit 30 or more home runs in a season at least fifteen times. The late Willie McCovey was a 6× All-Star (1963, 1966, 1968–1971), NL MVP (1969), NL Rookie of the Year (1959), 3× NL home run leader (1963, 1968, 1969) and a 2× NL RBI leader (1968, 1969). Over a 22-year career between 1959 and 1980 he played 19 seasons with the Giants and three more for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics. McCovey was known as a dead-pull line drive hitter, causing some teams to employ a shift against him. McCovey was 7th on baseball's all-time home run list when he retired. McCovey was called "the scariest hitter in baseball" by pitcher Bob Gibson, seconded by similarly feared slugger Reggie Jackson. McCovey hit 521 home runs, 231 of them in Candlestick Park, the most in that park by any player. A home run he hit on September 16, 1966, was described as the longest ever hit in that stadium. The inlet of San Francisco Bay beyond the right field fence of Oracle Park, historically known as China Basin, has been re-dubbed "McCovey Cove" in his honor. A statue of McCovey was erected across McCovey Cove from the park, and the land on which it stands named McCovey Point. On September 21, 1980, the Giants retired his uniform number 44 and he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986 on the 1st ballot. During his HOF career, McCovey batted .270 with 2,211 hits, 521 home runs and 1,555 RBIs. This card was purchased in the 1980s and has been stored in a smoke-free environment. Please reach out if you have any questions. Thank you!

Price: 99.99 USD

Location: Mooresville, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-11-24T23:48:23.000Z

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