Nifty little gift in the mail -- a pack of 1983 Donruss (getting close to finishing the set) and a 1949 Leaf card of the Brooklyn Dodgers' Gene Hermanski!
People forget what a BEAST he was as a pitcher. Inducted into the HOF in 1972. Check out these stats:
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Career Highlights
300 Career Wins: Wynn won exactly 300 games, a rare milestone for pitchers. He reached this in his final season, 1963, with the Cleveland Indians.
Cy Young Award Winner (1959): He won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in baseball while playing for the Chicago White Sox.
9× All-Star (1947, 1955–1960, 1962): A consistent All-Star, particularly dominant in the 1950s.
1954 World Series Appearance: Wynn was a key part of the dominant 1954 Cleveland Indians team that won 111 games (though they lost the World Series to the New York Giants).
Pitched in Four Different Decades: One of the few pitchers to appear in games during four different decades (1930s–1960s).