The dreaded headshot. Are there any collectors who actually enjoy them?
Here's a silly little playful undertaking...
• I've always noticed how many of
Ernie Banks' Topps cards focused in on his noggin, so I went on-line and screengrabbed the 'regular' ones
(no All-Stars, etc.) that could be rightfully called headshots. Since there is no actual definition as to what a baseball card headshot is, for these purposes let's say that a minimum of 40-50% of the top-to-bottom active image area has to be taken up by his head
(and hat when shown).
• 'Mr. Cub's' playing career on Topps cards ran from
1954 to 1971, so a total of
18 seasons. Remarkably,
11 of those years saw his cards relegated to cranium-centric shots, or a whopping
61% of the total!! That would seem pretty extreme.
As a career percentage, are there any other Hall-of-Famers whose cards were as 'headstrong' as Ernie's??
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