THE PLAYERS OF THE 1930'S
CARL HUBBELL: King Carl was the National League's dominant pitcher of the 1930's. From 1933-1937 he averaged 23 wins per season and led the league in ERA three times. He was the NL MVP in 1933 and 1936. Hubbell was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1947. There are plenty of cool Hubbell cards out there, but this one is odd. It was a team issue that has a simple photo of Hubbell in his windup. As soon as I saw it, I had to have it!
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JEROME "DIZZY" DEAN: Dizzy Dean was an amazing pitcher with a homespun charm that had a meteoric rise and a short, but brilliant career. From 1933-1936, nobody won more games than Dean. He won 30 games in 1934 on his way to winning the NL MVP. In 1937, he was injured by a line drive, and he was never the same. He still made the Hall of Fame in 1953. This 1936 R311 is a BIG card. It isn't the only Dean card I have, but I love the photo here and I think it is a neat card to own.
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WILLIE KAMM: You say you never heard of Willie Kamm? Well, for about a decade with the White Sox and Indians, Kamm was the slickest fielding third baseman in all of baseball. Using today's sabermetrics, Kamm was routinely at or near the top of the American League in Defensive WAR every year, and was the league leader in third basemen in range and fielding percentage year after year. He wasn't a terrible hitter either. I love this simple W517 card. It isn't fancy. It just shows Kamm looking into the camera.
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