1962 Topps baseball card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of former New York Yankee second baseman Bobby Richardson. Playing on a power-hitting Yankee dynasty in the 1950s and ’60s, he was a superb defensive infielder who won 5 Gold Gloves as a fielder and was an eight time All Star. Richardson hit only 34 career home runs, yet had a knack for coming through with clutch hits for the Yanks. He won the World Series MVP Award in 1960, despite the fact New York lost the Series in seven games to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He made perhaps his most famous defensive play in game seven of the 1962 World Series, when he snatched a line drive off the bat of San Francisco’s Willie McCovey, robbing the Giants’ slugger of a game winning hit and clinching the Series for the Yankees. Richardson, a deeply religous born-again Christian, officiated at the funeral of former teammate Mickey Mantle.
Margaret
April 23, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Bobby Richardson is one of my favorite all time players because he did play the game well without a lot of fanfare and as a teammate of The Mick 🙂