1950 Bowman #203, Danny Murtaugh ⭐ 1958 Manager of the Year
On October 23, 1958, Danny Murtaugh was awarded the MLB Manager of the Year, in his first full year a manager of the Bucs.
This 1950 Bowman is a little piece of art.
Who knew that the Bucs played in The Black Forest.😂

1950 Bowman #23, Don Newcombe RC ⭐ MLB Pioneer
On September 29, 1951, Don Newcombe becomes the first black, in The Show, to win twenty games in a season.
Don played in the Negro League for the Newark Eagles.

1950 Bowman #23, Don Newcombe RC.
On September, 1950, at Shibe Park, in a desperate move, Brooklyn Manager Burt Shotton starts 2nd-year pitcher Don Newcombe in both games of a double header.
Newcombe pitched a complete game and was the winning pitcher of the first game, 2 – 0.
He missed pitching complete games in a in both games of doubleheader for the Brooklyn Dodgers by leaving in the 7th inning of the second game, trailing Curt Simmons and the Philadelphia Phillies, 2 – 0. The Dodgers came back and won 3-2, Gil Hodges delivers the key hit a bases-loaded single with 2 outs that scored all three runs.

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1950 Bowman #33, Ralph Kiner.
1952 Topps #67, Allie Reynolds.
A nugget that I learned last night while reading.
In 1953, the MLB player representatives were Ralph Kiner (N.L.) and Allie Reynolds (A.L.).
Both were widely respected as players and ambassadors of the game.