Two weeks ago when I featured 1930 Chuck Klein as Monster Card of the week, Steve Coe commented on Facebook that “I like hack wilsons 1930 card better”. I thought, “Well, I’ll show him, I’ll post the time I did Hack’s 1930 card.”
As it turns out, I never did one on Hack Wilson so the eggs’ on my face. I featured him on an article I did about me helping my friend Brando with his 1930 replay but I never posted an article about him on a Monday. So here it is. Thanks to Steve for indirectly suggesting Hack.
Any baseball history fan worth his salt knows about Hack Wilson. Hack is of course best known for holding the single season NL record for homeruns until the steroid era with 56 and for still holding the record for rbis with 190.
In 1930, he joined the the rest of the National League hit parade. He batted .356 with 208 hits in 155 games and 709 plate appearances. Unlike most of today’s sluggers, he struck out less than he walked (84 to 105).
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 Totals | 155 | 709 | 585 | 146 | 208 | 35 | 6 | 56 | 191 | 3 | 105 | 84 | .356 | .454 | .723 |
I agree with Steve Coe’s sentiment. While it doesn’t have a gaudy 51-7 like Klein, Wilson’s 1930 card is one of the best. With power numbers of 1-1-5-5-6, it’s one of the most powerful hitting cards of all time. What puts it over the top is that Wilson did this playing almost every game.
Wilson’s also has hit numbers 7-7-8-8-8-9-9. APBA put the last 9 at 61 and placed 14s at 42 and 64 which would be the “normal” progression. Speaking of 14s, Wilson’s 1930 card has five of them (and only three 13s).
Fun numbers: 22-5, 44-6, 61-9
Okay, this is me being difficult. Last week, I featured Roger Maris’ 1961 card and today, I started thinking about the two. Both were sluggers who played 12 seasons, both had one career season that put them on the map. Wilson hit significantly better than Maris (.307 to .260) but that could easily be attributed to the eras they played. Looking at their overall stats, they are comparable. Wilson has a slight edge in rbis though Maris was a superior fielder. Yet, Wilson is in the Hall of Fame and Maris is not.
Discuss.
Manny Machado is a 6?! The fact that he’s naturally a SS makes this more amazing! Yes, Scott Rolen was the last 6 I believe, but there has been more 6’s in the past than people realized sometimes people make it like there has only been like 4 or 5 ever. It’s more around 10 from everything I gathered.
Oh man, I posted on the wrong one.