What a card: Carlton Fisk struggled through an injury-plagued season in 1984, appearing in just 102 games. The continued battle with injuries prompted him to overhaul his training routine and in '85 he reached career highs in home runs and RBIs at age 37.
My observation on the front: Fisk with the eternal pissed-off look on his baseball cards.
More opinion from me: I'm still not thrilled Fisk spent so much time with the White Sox. I associated Fisk so much with the Red Sox as a youngster that his appearance in a different uniform may have baffled me more than any other team switch.
Something you might know: Fisk hit one of the most memorable home runs in World Series history, his extra-inning shot off the foul pole in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. The highlight has remained in so many fans' minds because the camera remained on Fisk as he bounded down the first base line, waving the ball fair. The cameraman was interviewed years later and he said he kept the camera on Fisk instead of following the ball because he was distracted by a rat near him and couldn't move the camera toward the ball.
Something you might not know: At age 43, Fisk singled in the 1991 All-Star Game, becoming the oldest major leaguer to produce a hit in the All-Star Game.
My observation on the back: Fisk appears on the first card in the set, making me wonder if this is the greatest gap between two cards featuring the same player within the same set.
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I love this card - not sure a player has a higher percentage of awesome cards in their career than Fisk.
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ReplyDeleteBy percentage, Ted Williams and Hank Aaron own the record, as they had the first and last card in the 1954 and 1975 sets respectively. By sheer numbers, I think Fisk has the record here though I'd need to do some difficult research that isn't happening on a Friday afternoon. (sorry, had to fix and egregious typo)
ReplyDelete1992 Topps Dave Winfield Record Breaker is card #5 and his base card is #792.
ReplyDeleteI'm running through all of Carlton Fisk's cards, and I just wrote up his 1985 Topps and came across your article. Cool project you have here.
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