![]() Eddie Yost, known as "The Walking Man", led the AL in walks six times and is 11th on the all-time list with 1,614. In one of the most significant green-tint variations in the '62 set, the other version has a completely different photo of Yost posing with a bat. Like Carreon he is the father of a former big leaguer Cecil and his son Prince are the only father-son combo with a 50-HR season each.Įddie Yost smiles for the camera in a close-up shot. Fielder currently makes a variety of appearances as a Yankees team ambassador. He ended his career with brief stops in Anaheim and Cleveland, and overall in 1,470 MLB games he hit. His biggest hit by far was his RBI double in Game 5 of the World Series, the only run in the Yankees' 1-0 victory that broke a 2-2 tie and set the team up to win the Series. ![]() Fielder was a key part of the first Yankee world championship in 18 years, winning the Babe Ruth Award for most outstanding performance of the postseason, hitting. He led the AL in RBI three years in a row, and was still a productive hitter when the Yankees acquired him during the 1996 season to platoon with struggling 1B Tino Martinez. He played in Japan in 1989, where he refined his power stroke, and after signing with the Tigers for the 1990 season took the US baseball world by storm, becoming the first 50-HR hitter in 13 years. Fielder played for the Blue Jays for parts of four seasons without making much of an impact. He died of cancer on September 2, 1987, six days before his son Mark made his major league debut.Ĭecil Fielder has a much simpler spring training background for his shot. After his career he was a youth baseball instructor in Arizona. Carreon was a semi-regular catcher for the White Sox from 1962 to 1964 and also had brief stops in Cleveland and Baltimore. Two nearly identical poses here, but Camilo Carreon has a nice background with the Yankee Stadium facade and left field bleachers. After his career he was a longtime announcer for ESPN. 182 but did hit five home runs, scored 26 runs and had a 2:1 BB/K ratio (38/19). 271 with 268 HR and 1,133 RBI and 1,650 runs scored, walking 1,865 times compared to 1,015 strikeouts. In 1980 he returned to Houston as a free agent and helped them win their first NL West title, and at the age of 39 in 1983 he helped the Phillies win the NL pennant. 320 with 27 HR and 111 RBI, leading the NL in both OBP and SLG. He really blossomed after being traded to Cincinnati in 1971, with eight straight seasons as an All-Star, five straight Gold Gloves, and was MVP both seasons that the Reds won the World Series (19). ![]() Morgan originally came up with Houston as a 19-year-old in 1963 and had several solid years there. Joe Morgan is considered one of the best second baseman of all time. Probably spring training as I believe Riverfront had turf and I think that is grass behind him. On his Topps card he is in his home jersey, but looking down at the grass, don't know if it is spring training or Riverfront Stadium. Hostess has Joe Morgan striking a batting pose at Shea Stadium.
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