1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Whitey Ford

1959 Season Highlights

April 15: Stops Baltimore on six hits.

April 22: Pitches 14-inning, 1-0 shutout over Washington, posting 15 whiffs.

May 24: 2-hits Baltimore 9-0, Bob Nieman getting both safeties off Whitey.

June 23: Posts 5-hit win over Kansas City.

August 7: Strikes out 10 in beating K.C.

September 1: Scores win over Baltimore, 5-0.

September 25: Wins 8-hitter against Orioles.

"In 1955 Whitey tossed two 1-hitters in a row."

-1960 Topps No. 35

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Ryne Duren

1959 Season Highlights

June 26: Hurls three scoreless relief innings against Cleveland to save win.

July 7: In All-Star Game, pitches three innings. Gives up one hit, no runs and strikes out six National Leaguers.

July 14: His scoreless streak is stopped after 32 straight innings.

August 9: Hurls six shutout innings against Kansas City.

September 1: Blanks Orioles for three innings.

"Ryne has led the Cotton, Central and Texas Leagues in strikeouts."

-1960 Topps No. 204

"Duren is one of the hardest throwing pitchers in the game today. He has blinding speed and is a terrific relief pitcher, especially coming in late in a game for two or three innings.

He bounced around the minors after one season with Baltimore in 1954. He has always had a lot of strikeouts. Ryne started with Wausau, Wisc., in 1949 and has since been with Pine Bluff, Dayton, Anderson, Scranton, San Antonio, Seattle, Vancouver, Kansas City and Denver before joining the Yankees in 1958.

Ryne has very good control. He pitched only in relief last season but had a low earned run average [1.87]."

-1960 Leaf No. 22

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Art Ditmar

1959 Season Highlights

June 16: Beats White Sox with 4-hitter.

July 26: Gives up six hits, no runs to Detroit.

August 23: Stops Chicago with three safeties.

August 28: Spins neat 2-hit shutout against Washington. Also hits home run and single to drive in three runs.

September 3: After hurling no-hitter for seven innings, gives up four safeties to beat Washington. Strikes out seven Nats.

"Art had the best ERA of any Yankee starter last year."

-1960 Topps No. 430

"Ditmar began pitching for a livelihood with Kewanee, Illinois, in the old Central Association in 1948. The parent Philadelphia Athletics moved him up quickly to Savannah and then Ottawa in the International League.

He was with the A's for part of the 1954 season and then moved along with the franchise to Kansas City for 1955 and 1956. He was traded with Bobby Shantz to New York for 1957 and has a 30-20 record with the Yankees in three full seasons.

He had his finest major league season last year, and if he continues to improve will help the Yankees to once more reach the baseball top."

-1960 Leaf No. 78