Thanks Rich. I knew about Wills of course, his absence being the stuff of considerable writing. But Short? Wins 17 games in 1964, makes the AS team and gets MVP votes, then wins 18 games in 1965, and doesn't have a Topps card in either of the ensuing years?
It might explain a minor mystery, though, and maybe is something collectors are pleased that happened. Short was third in 1964 ERA in the National League, so one might think he would be on the LL card in 1965. Instead, Topps chose to show only Koufax and Drysdale, which was always curious to me--why only two guys shown when the other leaders honored three? Then I see the ERA leaders from the AL show only two as well, and leave out Whitey Ford, which makes little sense, unless they were looking for some sort of symmetry in the treatment of the ERA leaders from the two leagues.
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