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

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