1959 Topps #463 Baseball Thrills Al Kaline
I have a particular fondness for this Topps Subset. I believe it is the first subset of cards other than All-Star cards featured in 1958 and rookies in 1959. There are a couple of other Futures HoFs in the set including Mantle, Mays, and Ernie Banks.
Curiously the Baseball Thrills go back further than the previous season. This one goes back 4 years to the 1955 campaign in which Al Kaline won the batting title at age 20. This is documented on the back of the card in a psuedo-newspaper format which I am a sucker for.
1959 Topps #463 Baseball Thrills Al Kaline (b-side - click to enlarge)
I think this might be the first baseball card set to ever echo the newspaper theme. not sure. probably should verify with Night Owl.
Al Kaline won a batting title at age 20, but then never accomplished the feat again. It isn't that he was a one year wonder, he just didn't repeat the feat. We have covered his career numbers a bit more in depth here.
FTC - Baseball Thrills
The Baseball Thrills Subset of 1959 Topps consists of 9 cards that run from #461-470. Al Kaline is the 3rd card of the set at #463. The card shown above was picked up for $3.50 at a card show in 2011. It has the pencil mark on the back but in otherwise good shape. Current Lobay auction for #463 finished at $2.49 shipped.
I am too busy to add the graded card pricing at this time, but may return to that at some point.
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