Monday, March 2, 2020

1977 Topps, Phil Neikro

Card No. 615

I could be mistaken, but I don't think Phil Niekro ever looked like a young man....Beginning around 1973, "Knucksie" pretty much looked like one of my Pop-Pop's poker buddies on each of his baseball cards....Appearances aside, Niekro spun a Hall of Fame career, knuckling his way to 318 wins and 3,342 strikeouts over 24 seasons....He shared a 1964 "Rookie Stars" card with fellow Atlanta neophyte Phil Roof....His final Topps card was in the 1987 set....Led the majors in starts (43), losses (20) and innings pitched (330 1/3) during the '77 campaign.

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