1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Bobby Richardson

1959 Season Highlights

April 15: His 9th inning double drives in winning runs to beat Baltimore, 3-1.

June 21: Has 3-for-3 against Cleveland.

July 14: Singles in only run of game to top Indians, 3-1.

July 25: Bobby hits his first major league homer in 9-8 win over Detroit.

August 23: Has 3-for-4 against Chisox.

September 23: Tops Washington with clutch single.

"Bobby had the best batting average on the Yankees last season."

-1960 Topps No. 405

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Zack Monroe

"Zack will be counted on to shoulder much of the load in the Yankees' assault on the 1960 pennant. A fast-baller with lots of baseball sense,  he started in baseball in 1952 and went to Binghamton after two years of military service. In 1956 he won 16 games and had 172 strikeouts at Binghamton and the following year posted the same number of victories at Denver."

-1960 Topps No. 329

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Gil McDougald

1959 Highlights

June 4: Joins in general thumping of Tigers with three hits in 14-3 triumph.

June 26: Gil's three safeties help down White Sox in 8-4 win.

September 10: Drives three runs across plate in 12-1 slaughter of K.C.

September 11: Continues hard hitting ways following day by gathering three safeties in 9-3 victory over Detroit.

"In the 1951 World Series Gil hit a grand slam homer."

-1960 Topps No. 247

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Roger Maris

"Roger broke in with Fargo in 1953. In 1954, at Keokuk, he belted 32 homers and drove in 111 runs. His consistently high batting marks won him rapid promotions. Before joining Cleveland, Roger had a .303 minor league average. After hitting .293 at Indianapolis, he joined the Tribe."

-1958 Topps No. 47

"After playing in 51 contests for the Indians in 1958, Roger was traded to the Athletics. Roger saw action in 99 ball games and upped his average 22 points over his Cleveland performance. For the A's he drove in 53 runs, belted 19 homers and scored 61 times. Roger was the No. 2  RBI man for the A's last year."

-1959 Topps No. 202

1959 Season Highlights

May 10: Has two home runs and five RBIs against Detroit.

June 22: After being out for 30 days Roger hits two doubles against Yankees.

July 11: Drives in three runs against Chisox.

July 23: Hits home run, double and single against Orioles.

July 27: Blasts grand slam homer to beat Washington 7-6.

December 13: Roger is traded to Yankees.

"Roger his 28 homers for K.C. in 1958."

-1960 Topps No. 377

SPORT MAGAZINE '60 ALL-STAR SELECTION

"Judging from Roger's early season performance, the Yankees made a great trade when they obtained Maris. He was blasting the ball at a .400 clip for the first three weeks of the 1960 campaign and combined with Bill Skowron to drive in a raft of runs.

Roger has averaged over 19 home runs in three seasons in the majors."

1960 Topps No. 565

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Mickey Mantle

1959 Season Highlights

May 30: Mickey goes 4-for-4 against Nationals.

June 3: His 9th inning homer beats Detroit.

June 13: Tops Tigers with two-run homer.

June 17: Hits 450-foot home run against Chicago.

June 18: Homer in 10th beats Chicago.

June 27: Has six RBIs against Kansas City.

July 16: His 10th inning home run tops Cleveland.

September 1: Hits home run, double and three singles in 12-1 win against Kansas City.

"Mickey was the A.L. Most Valuable Player in 1956 and 1957."

-1960 Topps No. 350

SPORT MAGAZINE '60 ALL-STAR SELECTION

"Mickey has been twice the American League's Most Valuable Player. The first time was in 1956 when he won the Homer, Runs Scored, RBI and Batting Crowns. The following year he took the honors when he hit .365.

In seven World Series Mickey has hit 11 homers. In the '53 Series, Mickey hit a grand slam homer."

-1960 Topps No. 563

MICKEY MANTLE HITS LONGEST HOMER

Washington, April 17, 1953 - "The New York Yankees' centerfielder, Mickey Mantle, hit the most amazing home run of his career and anyone else's, too.

Batting against Chuck Stobbs of the Washington Senators in today's opening day of the season, he belted the ball clear out of Griffith Stadium at the most distant point from home plate. It went over a 55-foot wall by five feet at a point 457 feet from home plate. After observing where it hit the ground, it was calculated to have traveled 565 feet on the fly.

The longest previously measured homer was that of Babe Ruth's in Tampa, Florida, which traveled 520 feet."

-1960 Nu-Cards Baseball Hi-Lites No. 22

MANTLE HITS LONGEST HOMER AT STADIUM

New York, May 30, 1956 - "With a Memorial Day crowd at Yankee Stadium gasping, Mickey Mantle, centerfielder of the New York Yankees, came to bat and almost accomplished what no other player had ever done ... hit a fair ball out of the Stadium.

His home run blast hit the right field facade at the very top of the roof, a feat never accomplished by such sluggers as DiMaggio, Foxx, Gehrig and big Babe Ruth himself. It was estimated that it was still rising when it struck the roof, and, if it had not been interrupted, may have reached 600 feet on the fly."

-1960 Nu-Cards Baseball Hi-Lites No. 50

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Duke Maas

"Duke's second year with the Yankees proved to be a big one. He was the No. 2 hurler in terms of wins and was the right-handed counterpart of Whitey Ford.

Before coming to New York, Duke played with the Tigers in 1957. At Detroit he won 10 games and the following season went to K.C. Last year one of his best games was when he blanked Cleveland on six hits. Early in '59, Duke hurled a 4-hitter against the Red Sox."

-1960 Topps No. 421

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Hector Lopez

1959 Season Highlights

-April 4: As an Athletic, Hec drives in four runs to help beat Washington, 7-6.

-May 15: His three-run homer sinks Senators.

-May 23: His double, triple and home run drive in four runs to beat White Sox.

-May 24: Gets four RBI's second day in a row against Chicago in 8-6 win.

-June 9: As a Yankee, Hec scores tying run in 9th, drives in winning run in 13th against Kansas City.

"Hector was the Yankee with the most RBI's last season."

-1960 Topps No. 163