Have an obsession with reading the bios on the back of the cards. Sometimes I even compare the info of players from one year with another year. Most of the time they’re consistent.
However, for two of the shortest players of the game, Albie Pearson and Freddie Patek, I was bemused by their listed heights. The more egregious of the two has Patek coming in at 5’6” on his rookie card, and shrinking down to 5’4” on his 1975 card (he also loses 5 lbs, but I digress).
Good ‘ole Albie fares a little better, as he only loses 1’ from his 1959 RC (but loses a whopping 19 lbs) by the time 1966 rolls around!
Anyone else find such discrepancies during your years of collecting?
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