1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Ralph Terry

1959 Season Highlights

April 24: While with Kansas City, hurls 8-hit, 10-1 win over Tigers.

May 26:  Goes to Yankees from K.C.

July 17: Holds Chicago hitless until 8th inning but loses heartbreaker in 9th.

August 16: Relieves for seven innings, limits Red Sox to two runs to win 4-2.

September 10: Scatters four hits to beat K.C. 12-1. Retires 22 men in a row.

"Ralph attended Oklahoma A&M."

-1960 Topps No. 96

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Casey Stengel

"He managed the Dodgers for three years, the Braves for six seasons. Casey's Yankees have won nine pennants in the last eleven years!

As a player, he hit .393 in three World Series."

-1960 Topps No. 227

YANKS CHAMPS AGAIN!

Casey Stengel Makes It Seven World Championships

Milwaukee, October 9, 1958 - Casey Stengel, one of the great managers of all time, today guided the Yankees to a 6 to 2 victory over the Braves, and another World Championship.

In his 10 years as manager, the New York Yankees have taken nine pennants and seven World Championships. For five straight years, 1949 through 1953, they took the World Series.

Casey is famous for his 'two-platoon' system, which describes the way he uses substitutes to get the best advantage of any game or situation. He is uncanny in the way he relieves tiring pitchers, and nobody uses pinch hitters as successfully as Casey. Stengel, a real leader of men, is popular with his players, the press, and the public alike."

-1960 Nu-Cards Baseball Hi-Lites No. 61

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Bill Stafford

This young man is ready to win in the major leagues. Manager Stengel has enough confidence in Bill to give him a few starts during the Yankee stretch run to the pennant. His faith in the youngster is justified by an 11-7 record at Richmond, including three shutouts, and a 2.06 ERA with 101 strikeouts in 144 innings- 6.3 K's per nine innings.

Bill has been a top Yankee prospect since posting an identical 11-7 record for Binghamton of the Eastern League in 1958, with a 2.25 ERA and two shutouts. This followed a 5-3 showing with a 0.88 ERA in '57, with the right-hander averaging 6.9 strikeouts per nine innings for St. Petersburg of the Class D Florida State League in his first professional season.

Bill comes to the Bronx from Catskill, New York.

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Bill Skowron

1959 Season Highlights

April 14: Although Bill wears a back brace, he blasts grand slam homer, double and single against Baltimore.

April 18: Has four RBIs against Boston.

April 22: His 14th-inning home run beats Washington.

May 31: Drives three-run homer to top Nats.

June 20: Bill's two home runs and triple drive in five runs against Cleveland.

July 7: Gets two hits in All-Star Game.

"Because of an injury, he was out of action from mid-July to the end of the season."

-1960 Topps No. 370

SPORT MAGAZINE '60 ALL-STAR SELECTION

"It seems that as Bill goes, so go the Yankees. Last year he was injured and out of action most of the season and the Yanks fell apart. This year he is back in form and knocking in clutch runs.

Bill has been a Yankee since 1954. He went 2-for-3 in the 1957 All-Star Game."

-1960 Topps No. 553

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Bill Short

SPORT MAGAZINE 1960 ROOKIE STAR

"Bill looks a little like Whitey Ford and the Yankees are hoping he'll also pitch like the star lefty. Last season he was the outstanding hurler in the International League and was named All-Star Minor League left-hander. He has good control and a fine strikeout record.

Bill spent the last six months in the Army."

-Editors, Sport Magazine, 1960 Topps No. 142

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

1959 Season Highlights

June 18: Hurls three hitless innings to get 5-4 win over Chicago.

June 22: Yields two hits, no runs in five innings to beat Kansas City, 11-6.

July 31: Tops K.C. again with five-inning, 2-hit relief job.

August 5: Starts and whitewashes Detroit on five safeties, 3-0.

August 9: Holds K.C. scoreless in three innings of relief to get 3-2 win.

"In 1952 Bobby's 24 wins for the A's won him the American League MVP award."

-1960 Topps No. 315

1960 Back-O'-The-Card: Billy Shantz

"Wilmer, brother of the Athletics' pitcher Bobby, appeared in 51 games for the Philadelphia team in 1954, hitting .256. He had 42 hits for 60 total bases. These included nine doubles, three triples and one homer, and he batted in 17 runs, scoring 13. With Ottawa in 1953, Billy was in 105 games, hitting .227.

Billy and Bobby look a great deal alike. He didn't have much opportunity to catch his brother in 1954 since Bobby's sore arm prevented him from working for the A's."

-1955 Bowman No. 175