Yup, any man who strikes out 13 times in a full season, has one of sports' most hallowed, unbreakable, celebrated records, and married the then-hottest woman on the face of the Earth...I mean, if that is not a player who MUST be represented in a collection, I don't know who is!
Also: 3 MVPs, 2 second place finishes, and a third place.
And MISSED three PRIME years for the war, at ages 28, 29, 30!!! Those are an athlete's prime seasons. I think many forget that. And the toughness of his cards kind of keeps him from really busting out in the hobby-- compared to say Mantle's inclusion as a high number in such a widely collected set,
JOE D WAS THE MAN! STATS.