1973 Topps, Ted Simmons

Card No. 85

Not until I sat down to write this post did I realize that Ted Simmons will become a baseball Hall of Famer during the summer of 2021....Simmons will be part of a Cooperstown class that also includes Derek Jeter, Larry Walker and union rep Marvin Miller....Ted authored more than 2,400 hits and batted .286 over 21 seasons....This is his third Topps card....His rookie card appeared in the 1971 set....His final Topps card came in '88....Ted enjoyed an All-Star campaign in 1973, batting .310 and collecting 91 RBIs.

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1973 Topps, Darrell Evans

Card No. 374

A man who authored 414 home runs throughout his 21-year big league career, Darrell Evans models one of the finest incarnations of the Braves uniform in this 1973 Topps piece....This is Darrell's third Topps card and just his second stand-alone card....Evans shared a "Braves Rookie Stars" card in the 1970 set with fellow Atlanta newcomers Mike McQueen and Rick Kester....Enjoyed a breakout campaign in '73, smashing 41 homers and producing 104 RBIs--both of which stand as single-season highs for his career.

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