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Originally Posted by tiger8mush
Great idea and nice list!
If I had to be picky I'd consider (perhaps you already did) one of these:
Willie McCovey, Billy Williams, Jim Palmer, Whitey Ford or Bob Feller
over
Ernie Banks or Sandy Koufax.
But probably splitting hairs.
ETA: Likely can't add Feller due to 1956 already being taken by Clemente
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Good suggestions. I agree Feller doesn't really fit. If I decide to go back to 1951 later, he would be one of the three. I really like Ford and he would fit with the MVP/ Cy Young theme, but who do I cut? Spahn is my 4th pitcher, but is Ford better? Or do I cut a position player? Ford was better at run prevention, but Spahn pitched longer and has the higher WAR plus 363 wins. The other 3 have multiple Cy Youngs and Koufax and Gibson both have MVPs + 2 WS MVP. I don't think I could cut Banks who has 2 MVPs as a power hitting SS. I also like McCovey, but not better than Banks and he may not fit into the year theme. Same with Palmer.
I like a lot of your card choices, but there are a few of the head shots that I wouldn't pick. I am thinking about using Jolly's suggestion and there are cards in your list that would work well with that.