Showing posts with label Willie Davis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Willie Davis. Show all posts

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Chilly Willie


After closing out last year with a trade that netted me nineteen new 1962 Canadian Post's, I foolishly thought that this year might be the year that I'd make some serious progress on that set. Silly me! 

Turns out that I couldn't have been more wrong if I tried. I started the year with 20 cards for the set, and I'm ending it with 21. That's right, despite my best attempts, I've managed to add all of one card to the set this year. Willie Davis here is that lone addition. 

1962 was Willie's third season in the bigs (second full-time), and he ended up setting what would be career bests in runs (103) and home runs (21) for a Dodgers team that won 102 games; but still finished one game back in the N.L.

It was a pretty disappointing year as far as this set was concerned, but thanks to Sportlots seller champion and the very reasonable price that he attached to this card, I didn't have to finish the year by laying an egg.