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Wednesday, January 16, 2008Year: 1963 Card: #18 Buc Blasters (Smoky Burgess / Bob Clemente / Bob Skinner / Dick Stuart) Pictured are Smoky Burgess, Dick Stuart, Roberto Clemente and Bob Skinner - all four players part of the Pittsburgh Pirates team that had previously won the World Series in 1960. They are featured, with bats in hand, as the "Buc Blasters", no doubt for their hitting prowess - Smoky Burgess having hit .328 in 1962, Bob Skinner .302 with 20 HR, Clemente .312 (.351 in ’61) and Dick Stuart with a batting average of .301 with 35 HR in 1961. On the defense side of the field, Dick Stuart was actually notoriously known as not being the best fielder. He was nicknamed Dr. Strangeglove and his 29 errors in 1963 still stand as a record for 1st basemen, but fortunately, it’s his hitting that’s in question here. Roberto Clemente was 27 at the time, about a decade before his tragic death. This card ranges from around $75 to $80 ungraded, to over $200 for a PSA 8. |
