jose altuve led the league with a .346 average.
avisail garcia was second with a .330 average.
eric hosmer was third with a .318 average.
hanley ramirez had a .242 average on the season.
topps put hanley on the front of the card instead of the indians' jose ramirez, who tied hosmer at .318.
i also noticed that topps referred to andrew miller as a "righty" in the text on the back of his card.
does topps even pay attention to baseball anymore?
I'd love the leader card with Hanley if it's up for grabs
ReplyDeleteSure thing mark. Let's trade.
DeleteI'm no expert on Heritage or even the '69 set but is this one of those paying-homage-to-the-original-set "errors" that I hear about?
ReplyDeleteIt is not listed as a homage variation, and the 1969 version of the card had the right guys on it (Yaz, Cater, and Oliva)
DeleteI had the same thought as Once a Cub, but it sounds like this was just really sloppy proofing by Topps.
DeleteGreat detective work. I never would have caught that.
ReplyDeleteI saw he was on a league leader card, but couldn't figure out why. Now I know!
ReplyDeleteTopps? Pay attention?
ReplyDeleteThey spent the last week pretending that their photographer was "playing along" with Troy Tulowitzki pretending to be a pitcher on photo day...and then sold it for profit.
They've been out of touch for a while.