1961 Topps #517 & 1969 Topps #440 Willie McCovey, HOF, 521 HR, MVP ‘69, 6 X AS

Description: Card condition: I am not a professional grader and I do not know exactly how these cards will grade but they are definitely 2 cards of historical value of one of baseball’s greatest players, Willie McCovey. These cards deserve to be graded and preserved.————- 1961 Topps #517—— Centering: card centering exhibits nice eye appeal on front and back——- Surface: card exhibits strong color and gloss, crease across McCovey’s face, surface wrinkle at bottom of card——— Corners: corners exhibit rounding, wear, dings, creases——- Edges: edges exhibit light chipping——- 1969 Topps #440——-McCovey’s MVP Year—- Surface: surface exhibits creases and wear, staining on the back—— Centering: card is not perfectly centered on the front——- Corners: corners exhibit rounding, wear, dings, creases——- Edges: edges exhibit light chipping————- Cards will ship inside separate penny sleeves slipped into separate top loaders and packed between two pieces of thick cardboard and shipped in a bubble mailer by USPS Ground Advantage with tracking and insurance. Batting average .270——- Hits 2,211—— Home runs 521——- Runs batted in 1,555——- 6× All-Star (1963, 1966, 1968–1971)——— NL MVP (1969)——— NL Rookie of the Year (1959)——- 3× NL home run leader (1963, 1968, 1969)——— 2× NL RBI leader (1968, 1969)——— San Francisco Giants No. 44 retired——- San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame——— Willie Lee McCovey (January 10, 1938 – October 31, 2018), nicknamed "Stretch" and "Willie Mac", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a member of the San Francisco Giants for whom he played for 19 seasons. McCovey also played for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics in the latter part of his MLB career.———- He was a fearsome left-handed power hitter. At the time of his retirement in 1980, McCovey ranked second only to Babe Ruth in career home runs among left-handed batters and seventh overall. As of 2022, he ranks 20th overall on baseball's all-time home run list, tied with Ted Williams and Frank Thomas. He was a six-time All-Star, three-time home run champion, MVP, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986 in his first year of eligibility, only the 16th man so honored, at the time.——— McCovey was known as a dead-pull line drive hitter, causing some teams to employ a shift against him. McCovey was called "the scariest hitter in baseball" by pitcher Bob Gibson, seconded by similarly feared slugger Reggie Jackson. McCovey hit 521 home runs, 231 of them in Candlestick Park, the most in that park by any player. A home run he hit on September 16, 1966, was described as the longest ever hit in that stadium.

Price: 7.5 USD

Location: West Hollywood, California

End Time: 2024-11-29T05:54:27.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.55 USD