Picking up where we left off from "It's All About George" here is page 2 of my George Brett card album.
The Cards:
1978 Topps 100
This is the Topps version of the O-Pee-Chee cards that ended page 1. This was the first card I remember a George Brett card from even though I know I got the 1977 out of a pack.
1979 Kellogg's 50
If you were a Major League superstar in the 1970s you were going to be in every Kellogg's set.
1979 O-Pee-Chee 167
1979 Topps 330
The only difference is the logos on the front. I like the anticipatory fielding stance.
1980 Burger King Pitch Hit and Run 13
This is identical to the Topps issue except for the Burger King logo and "Collector's Series" in the top left corner. I never participate in Pitch. Hit and Run. I did do Punt, Pass and Kick one year.
1980 Kellogg's 9
I like the two diagonal yellow stripes that break up the design.
1980 Topps 450
This is my favorite card from 1980. It just seems to work for me. The stats on the back show that, in 1979, George had 42 doubles, 23 home runs and 20 TRIPLES. Ridiculous!
1981 Donruss 100
1981 Donurss 491
Donruss came on the baseball scene in 1981 with this set on very thin cardboard. It was not my favorite. Card 491 commemorate George's 1980 MVP season during which he chased a .400 average but finished at .390. His second batting title.
The backs show the difference in the types of card stock Topps and O-Pee-Chee used. The OPC cards are much easier to read with the lighter stock. We also see the red back of the Burger King card which easily make it identifiable compared to the Topps. Being a math nerd I did not like Donruss only having one year of stats. This is something I still don't like about card sets that do the same thing.
I'll compose another post about something I found digging around for next time.
1981 Donruss 100
1981 Donurss 491
Donruss came on the baseball scene in 1981 with this set on very thin cardboard. It was not my favorite. Card 491 commemorate George's 1980 MVP season during which he chased a .400 average but finished at .390. His second batting title.
The backs show the difference in the types of card stock Topps and O-Pee-Chee used. The OPC cards are much easier to read with the lighter stock. We also see the red back of the Burger King card which easily make it identifiable compared to the Topps. Being a math nerd I did not like Donruss only having one year of stats. This is something I still don't like about card sets that do the same thing.
I'll compose another post about something I found digging around for next time.
Obviously the pair of Kellogg's stand out the most... but that Burger King card is pretty darn cool too. And so is the 79T and both of those 81D cards. Heck... the whole page is cool.
ReplyDeleteI've got a bunch of pages of his stuff, too. I do think I'm missing one or both of the Kellogg's cards and the '79 OPC here. If you're going in order I do have a couple Hostess cards you're missing--I guess if you didn't get sweet cereal you certainly weren't going to get Twinkies! Of course 1981 is where the number of cards really explodes, with the competition in the card market starting just after his incredible .390 season!
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