This baseball card is of former Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Elroy Face, who along with Hoyt Wilhelm was a pioneer as a reliever. The “save” statistic didn’t exist in Face’s era, as starting pitchers were expected to finish what they started, and bullpens usually consisted of over-the-hill veterans who were only brought in to mop up hopelessly lost games. Face changed that, as the dominant relief pitcher of the time. He still holds the National League record for career wins in a relief role. “The Baron” was famous for his “forkball”, and in the 1960 World Series saved 3 of the Pirates’ 4 wins (even though the stat wasn’t recognized at the time) in their seven game series win over the Yankees.