1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Yogi Berra

1959 Season Highlights 

-May 24: Accounts for three RBI's with a round-tripper in a 9-0 win over the Orioles.

-June 3: Three-run homer beats Detroit.

-June 19: Drives in the 1,200th run of his career.

-July 25: 9th-inning two-run homer beats the Tigers.

-August 3: Blasts a two-run homer in the second All-Star Game to give the American League a 5-3 win.

"In 1947, Yogi became the first player to ever pinch-hit a homer in a World Series."

-1960 Topps No. 576

HOMER BY YOGI BERRA PUTS YANKS IN 1ST PLACE

New York, September 16, 1955 - "Trailing by one-half game, the New York Yankees today met the Boston Red Sox in a 'do-or-die' attempt to recapture the league lead and win the American League Pennant.

At the end of the eighth inning, Boston trailed by 2-0. In the top of the ninth, the Red Sox rallied and scored three runs to go ahead, 3-2. It looked like it was over for the New York Yankees.

In the last of the ninth, Hank Bauer hit a homer, tieing the score, 3-3. Yogi came to bat with the stands in an uproar. Always happy to swing at the first pitch, he swung at the first ball ... and how! The ball sailed into the right field stands, and the Yankees won, 4-3."

-1960 Nu-Cards Baseball Hi-Lites No. 28

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Luis Arroyo

"In the minors, Luis hurled two no-hitters. Then a sore arm kept him out of baseball in 1952 and '53. His arm healed, Luis' 16 wins earned him a promotion to the Cardinals."

-1956 Topps No. 64

"When Luis joined the Pirates last season and posted wins over the Dodgers, Phillies and Cardinals, the Pirates tabbed him for big things in 1957.

Luis has been in baseball since 1948 and in his sophomore year won 21 games for Greensboro. His 228 strikeouts placed him as one of the minor league whiff aces. After traveling in the St. Louis farm system for seven years he got his chance in '55 with the Cards and in '56 came to the Pirates."

-1957 Topps No. 394