Sunday, March 23, 2025

BACK OF BASEBALL CARD STAT TOURNAMENT HANK AARON (1959) vs ERNIE BANKS (1958)




 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.

 

Hank Aaron 1959 vs. Ernie Banks 1958

Aaron had so many consistent years – I went with his highest batting average year

 

Aaron

Banks

 

AB

629

617

Aaron

RUNS

116

119

Banks

HITS

223

193

Aaron

2B

46

23

Aaron

3B

7

11

Banks

HR

39

47

Banks

RBI

123

129

Banks

BAT

355

313

Aaron

 

 

 

4-4

Hank and Ernie Advance to face the winner of Willie and Barry


THE BRACKETS

 

Hornsby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mantle

Helton

 Hornsby

 

 

 

 

 

 Mantle

Pujols

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cochrane

 Bench

 

 

 

 

 

 Clemente

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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