1973 Topps #50 Roberto Clemente ⭐ 3,000 Career Hits
Roberto Clemente played 18 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates finishing his illustrious career with exactly 3,000 hits.
He won 4 N.L. batting titles (.351 in 1961, .339 in 1964, .329 in 1965, and .357 in 1967).
He won a record-setting 12 Gold Glove Awards.

1973 Topps #26, Pittsburgh Pirates Team ⭐ Roberto Clemente's Last Mainstream Playing Days Team Card
I love team cards.
This one is special to me because it was the last of its kind for me.
Baseball died a little bit for me when Roberto Clemente gave his life trying to improve the lives of his fellow man.
Be Thou At Peace Roberto 🙏

1973 Topps #305, Willie Mays ⭐ MLB Pioneer
Willie played so long in MLB that some forget that he started his professional baseball career in the Negro League with the Birmingham Black Barons.
This is the last Topps base card featuring Willie Mays during his playing days.
I think its a superb card and I'm neither a Mets fan, per se, nor a Mays supercollector.
Though he made an appearance in the 1974 Topps set within a "1973 World Series" subset (card #473), the 1973 base card is recognized as his final standard Topps card.
Collect What You Love.

1973 Topps #615, Rookie 3rd Basemen ⭐ R. Cey - J. Hilton - M. Schmidt
I am glad that I grew up collecting baseball cards in the 1970s.
I pulled this card from a pack as a kid and kept it in a shoebox until a couple years ago when I sent it to PSA.
Collect What You Love.❤

1973 Topps #50, Roberto Clemente ⭐Greatest Humanitarian in all of Sports.
This is the last Manteland Card of the Day for 2025. Thank you to all the great folks on this app that interact with me and who have become my friends.
I’m looking forward to another great year of collecting fun here, in Manteland!
53 years ago, today, on December 31, 1972, Roberto left this world trying to deliver relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Your life was well done, Roberto. Be Thou at Peace.🙏