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1961 Topps #9, Bob Purkey
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Bob Purkey's 1961 Topps card #9 is shown here, both front and back: http://home.triad.rr.com/ovis/images/009-Purkey.jpg http://home.triad.rr.com/ovis/images/009-Purkey-b.jpg Bob had a good case for winning the Cy Young award in 1962, the one that Don Drysdale won. That year he won 23 games to Don's 25, but lost only 4 to Don's 9. He also finished 3rd that year in ERA with a very nice 2.81, with Drysdale finishing right behind him with a 2.83 ERA. Bob is what is called a "junkball" pitcher, with about half of his pitches being knuckleballs, but he had good control. He would allow a lot of hits, but would somehow not allow a lot of runs. In one game in 1960, Bob gave up 11 hits and yet pitched a shutout!! He was voted to the N.L. All-Star team in 1958, 1961, and 1962. He finished 8th in the voting for MVP in 1962. In August 1959, Bob came to bat against the Cubs with the bases loaded, and hit a grand slam, the only home run he would hit all year!! Bob came up with the Pirates in 1954, was traded to the Reds after the '57 season, and played with the Reds through 1964. He was then dealt to St. Louis for the '65 season, and returned to the Pirates for 1966. He had a lifetime ERA of 3.79. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Wade |
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John Wade wrote, in part:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bob Purkey's 1961 Topps card #9 is shown here, both front and back: http://home.triad.rr.com/ovis/images/009-Purkey.jpg http://home.triad.rr.com/ovis/images/009-Purkey-b.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a couple of comments about my series of posts. One is, I don't know why the fronts of these cards are coming out dotted. I know the printing of the time was dot matrix, but the original scan, which is too large, does not look like this. It is only when I reduce the size that these red dots appear. Oh well, I will try to better the quality of the scans as I go along. It's a good thing nobody's reading these posts, huh? /;-) The other thing is about my FTP site. The scans of these cards are not the only things I have posted there, and I know I have a limited amount of space (10mb rings a bell for some reason). My options are to buy more space, or start deleting the oldest photos at some point. I'm not sure which I will do yet, but if anyone wants to keep these images, you may want to right click on the photo, and select "Save Picture As", and then place it in a folder on your hard drive. That's it, carry on... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Wade |
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I'm not sure John. I was going to suggest that you set the scanner on
"descreen, slow speed", but you said that the original scan isn't like that. One is, I don't know why the fronts of these cards are coming out dotted. I know the printing of the time was dot matrix, but the original scan, which is too large, does not look like this. It is only when I reduce the size that these red dots appear. Oh well, I will try to better the quality of the scans as I go along. It's a good thing nobody's reading these posts, huh? /;-) The other thing is about my FTP site. The scans of these cards are not the only things I have posted there, and I know I have a limited amount of space (10mb rings a bell for some reason). My options are to buy more space, or start deleting the oldest photos at some point. I'm not sure which I will do yet, but if anyone wants to keep these images, you may want to right click on the photo, and select "Save Picture As", and then place it in a folder on your hard drive. That's it, carry on... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- John Wade |
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