Sunday, March 16, 2025

BACK OF THE BASEBALL CARD STAT TOURNAMENT MICKEY MANTLE (1956) v. ALBERT PUJOLS (2006)





 Until about 1980 there were 8 basic stats on the back of baseball cards.  In 1976 I created a tournament among the TSN all-time all-stars – I picked what years I thought were the best years for Ruth(1927) Williams (1941) Cobb (1911) etc… and had them compete. I remember who won - Rogers Hornsby 1922 -I decided to recreate the tournament and expand it to see if Rogers Hornsby 1922 season will still win.

A Great Matchup

Albert Pujols 2006 vs. Mickey Mantle 1956

 

 

Pujols

Mantle

 

AB

535

533

Pujols

RUNS

119

132

Mantle

HITS

177

188

Mantle

2B

33

22

Pujols

3B

1

5

Mantle

HR

49

52

Mantle

RBI

137

130

Pujols

BAT

331

353

Mantle

 

 

 

Mantle 5-3

 

Mickey takes down Albert

 It was hard to pick Pujols greatest year because he was so consistent


THE BRACKETS

 

Hornsby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mantle

Helton

 Hornsby

 

 

 

 

 

 Mantle

Pujols

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cochrane

 Bench

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brett

Bench

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clemente

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cobb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaron

Musial

 Cobb

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gehrig

 Gehrig

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mays

Suzuki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rose

Sosa

 Ruth

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stargell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traynor

 Carew

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson

Carew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Killebrew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Williams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yaz

Ramirez

 Ramirez

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cabrera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wagner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McCovey

Robinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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