1974 Topps, Dave Parker

Card No. 252

During his playing days, Dave Parker earned the nickname "The Cobra" and, between you me, that particularly qualifies him as one of the biggest badasses in annals of American sports....Winning an MVP and two batting titles plus breaking the bank for the first million-dollar salary in baseball history helps, also....This is Dave's rookie card....He was featured in every Topps set through 1991....His final card appeared in the '91 Traded series....Dave contributed 4 homers and 29 RBIs over 220 ABs for the Bucs in 1974.

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1974 Topps, Vada Pinson

Card No. 490

A little horizontal flavor from 1974 Topps and 18-year big leaguer Vada Pinson....Vada spent his first 11 years with Cincinnati, putting together a .297 average and 1881 hits....Fell just 243 hits shy of the 3,000 plateau for his career....'74 marked the third and final year Pinson was featured as an Angel on his Topps card....His rookie card appeared in the 1958 set....His last Topps card is in the '76 set....Vada played with Kansas City during the '74 season, batting .276 in 115 games for the Royals.

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