Thursday, September 24, 2020

HOF RC: 1951 Bowman Nellie Fox

I love being able to pick up some well loved vintage Hall of Fame rookie cards at reasonable prices. When I saw this Nellie Fox rookie card at my LCS I couldn't help but grab it. 

It's seen better days, but that is what put it in my price range, so I can't complain. Check out the zipper on his jersey. That is fantastic!


Fox played just 10 games for the A's in 1947 and 1948 and about a half a season in 1949 before finding a becoming the regular second baseman for the Chicago White Sox in 1950. He would spend 14 years with the White Sox and was an all-star for 12 of those seasons. In 10,351 plate appearances he only struck out 216 times. That is just incredible. Four players have struck out more than that in a single season.



3 comments:

  1. wonderful card! I have 66 in my collection, 20% of the set. It's one I'd love to complete but a couple of the big ones will make that impossible. I don't think Nellie gets the attention he deserves. He rarely appears in modern sets that pay tribute to the oldies.

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  2. His strikeout stat is darn impressive. Tony Gwynn struck out twice as much as Fox did... and I rarely ever saw that happen.

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