Willie, Mickey, and the Duke... Let's see them!

[Rad_Hazard]

Finally got the Willie to finish off the trifecta of my favorite cards of each player. Let's see your Willie, Mickey, and the Duke trios!

[GasHouseGang]

Here are the available 1955 Bowman examples, and the next best thing since they didn't make a 1955 Bowman Snider.

[Casey2296]

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[raulus]

A little unconventional, I grant you, but I don’t have many pieces with Mickey and the Duke…

[ALR-bishop]

[gonefishin]

Unfortunately I sold my 51 set, it contained a PSA 4.5 of Mays and a 3 of Mantle. Oh well, I've got to live with that.

I still have these.

[rugbymarine]

I don't have any Mickey or Duke, but I've been working on acquiring some Mays cards:

[V117collector]

Here are a few cards, sorry no Duke!

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by raulus

A little unconventional, I grant you, but I don’t have many pieces with Mickey and the Duke…

Very cool. Not sure I've seen those before.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Very cool. Not sure I've seen those before.

It's definitely a unusual set from the mid-50s.

Going based on just the PSA pop counts, they are pretty rare, although part of the reason for that is probably because the jumbo PSA holders are relatively new (since 2018 I think), and so therefore there are a lot of jumbo items with very low pop counts.

I'm also guessing that about the only people who collect these items are the player set collectors, which probably means that not many people care to submit them to PSA.

[Vegas Cards]

A trio of favorite cards plus my '57s

[Vegas Cards]

Stole this from another website:

http://www.sportsjunkie.info/Mantle%...s%20Snider.htm

MANTLE vs MAYS vs SNIDER

During the 50’s, there were three All-Star center fielders patrolling that position in the three major league parks in New York. All three, the Yankees’ Mickey Mantle, the Giants’ Willie Mays and the Dodgers’ Edwin "Duke" Snider would make it to the Hall of Fame

Mantle Mays Snider

Years in MLB 18 22 18

BA .298 .302 .295

On Base % .423 .387 .381

BB’s 1733 1464 971

SO’s 1710 1526 1237

SLG % .557 .557 .540

HR’s 536 660 407

RBI’s 1509 1903 1333

Runs 1677 2062 1259

Stolen Bases 153 338 99

Fielding % .982 .981 .985

[GasHouseGang]

A few more.

[Rad_Hazard]

These are all amazing! Keep them coming. The stat comparisons are great as well. These 3 guys were in a league of their own, especially in the 50’s.

[irv]

52's.

[Rad_Hazard]

Those 52’s. Wow!

[GrewUpWithJunkWax]

Just yesterday ran across the Warner Wolf interview with all three:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJeMxtsZcE

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by GrewUpWithJunkWax

Just yesterday ran across the Warner Wolf interview with all three:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJeMxtsZcE

Wow, that's amazing. Loved watching Warner Wolf as a kid.

"Let's go to the videotape."

Remember his interview with Andre the Giant, when he picked up Warner like a ragdoll?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxRUXMwq6Lo

[GasHouseGang]

Some raw versions.

[e6phillips]

Some of my favorites

Some of mine

[ALR-bishop]

[hharm3]

1960 Post Cereal