Strange old baseball card

[Merrick]

in the days before DNA testing...

[WeRQ4U]

1. 1951 was a monster year for that guy!!!

28 Wins, 258 Innings Pitched, 148 Strike Outs and a sub-3 ERA. He was a stud.

This was probably the year he did a lot of his child fathering.

[warrens]

2. Notice his K/BB ratio

Must have been the luckiest guy alive. This has to be a joke. If not, it must be worth a fortune. I have a bunch of old 50s cards, I'll see if I have that one.

[WeRQ4U]

3. LOL, I saw that..... one of two things was true.......

Either his team hit for about 10 plus runs per game, or his defense turned 6 double plays a game.

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Or he didn't give up many hits

or scattered them and the walks.

Somewhere along the line he learned control, because in '62 and '63 he was among the AL leaders in fewest walks per nine innings.

Here's his MLB stats: http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rudoldo01.shtml

I'd bet someone at Topps was screwing around (note the misspelling of "prove") and there weren't many of this card issued. But, who knows?

[Merrick]

10. Looks like it's spelled correctly to me

;-)

[Merrick]

5. Here's another one

weird...

[WeRQ4U]

6. That's funny, although it should have read...

In addition to using a teammates hat as a toilet, Dave was released because he was a really shitty pitcher.

[Merrick]

7. And I didnt realize Dave Kingman had killed himself.

odd.

[WeRQ4U]

9. Such a bummer for a baseball card.

Eat your bubble gum and read about how someone offed themselves? That sucks.

[fishwax]

11. he didn't though ... what a weird thing to put on a baseball card

:shrug:

[Kingofalldems]

8. I saw him pitch in the 60's

For the Washington Senators--he was known as the fastest worker in baseball, took just a few seconds between pitches. That card has got to be a fake, although the bio is priceless.