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Bob served as a Marine in WW2 and played some competitive ball while stationed on Guam. Of course this was well before the time the U.S. started stationing so many troop there that there was concern the island might tip over

This turns out to be Wally Day. This Wally had 2000 hits and twice walked off games with a steal of home. Had 56 SBs in 1943

#96 Sal "The Barber" Maglie

Beat Whitey Ford in game one of the 1956 World Series against the Yankees and pitched even better in game 5 but his opponent Don Larsen pitched perfect

#97 Eddie Mathews In today's hobby, I'm thinking that this card would grade out as being in very good to excellent condition, what do you think?

Only Brave to play in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta ?

#98 Hector Rodriguez While the 1953 Bowman Color set is considered by many collectors to be "iconic" and "beautiful," in some cases the photography is murky, and this card of Hector Rodriguez's facial features is obscured by the photography. As we continue through this journey through our 53 Bowman Color cards, there are certain cards that can be identified as commonly found blurred.

Never played a MLB game in 1953 or thereafter

363 wins even though he missed 3 years in WW 2 where he participated in the Battle Of The Bulge and won a bronze star and a purple heart. Another hero of that generation

#99 Warren Spahn It's a bit short at the bottom, but I like it nevertheless.

The Society For American Baseball Research says Bill was 0 for 61 as a hitter in 1950

#101 Red Schoendienst

Red played much of his career as a player. coach and manger for the Cardinals but played on two great Braves teams in 57 and 58. He and Musial were close friends and decent men as well as great baseball men

WW 2 vet, 17 year career, 5 time all star, one World Series ring. Not a heavy hitter but great defensive catcher who handled one of the best rotations ever while with Cleveland.... Feller, Lemon, Wynn and Garcia. I am partial to his 59 Topps card

Ding Dong Kell or Ennis The Menace was an original Wiz kid. He eventually became a bowling lane owner on the advise of Stan Musial

#103 Del Ennis Read his input that's included in the book "We Played the Game."

#104 Luke Easter One of the "difficult" cards in the set to find perfectly centered.

Robbed and murdered on March 29, 1979

My last card for now. Headed to Phoenix to watch some Spring Training games and trade outrageous stories with some fellow collectors. Carry on

#106 Ken Raffensberger

1953 Bowman Color #109: Ken Wood

Kenneth L. "Ken" Wood. Outfielder with the Washington Senators in 1952-1953. 223 hits and 34 home runs in 6 MLB seasons. He debuted with the St. Louis Browns in 1948-1951. In 1951 for the Browns, he had 15 home runs and 44 RBI's in 367 plate appearances. He had a strong arm and in 1949 threw two runners out at home plate in the same inning.

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For those of you who have been following our journey through the 1953 Bowman Color Baseball card set, this card marks the end of the low numbers; beginning tomorrow, high numbers 113-160 are spotlighted.

Some years ago, Dean Hanley, founder and owner of Dean's Cards, authored the book "The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955." In his analysis of the 1953 Bowman Color Baseball card set, Hanley observed that cards in the high numbers were no more difficult to obtain than cards from numbers 1-112 based on his store's continual inventory. I suppose if someone wanted to assemble our featured set in one day, regardless of any card's condition and or price, it would be an attainable goal. However, taking into consideration the condition of the available high-number cards 113-160, there is greater difficulty in acquiring the high numbers due to the lack of quality control with centering being the main problem. Do you find this to be true?

#112 Toby Atwell

The Heater From Van Meter

#115 Cloyd Boyer- Three brothers, Cloyd, Ken, and Clete all played in the majors.

2nd of 14 kids, including 2 brothers.