Card, Baseball
Object number2004.178.724
Manufacturer
The Topps Company, Inc.
Date1972
MediumCardboard; Ink
Credit LineGift of Craig Britcher
DescriptionRectangular cardboard baseball card. Photographic image of a male baseball player standing and looking off into the distance, while holding a baseball glove in his left hand.Dimensions2.5 x 3.5 in. (6.4 x 8.9 cm)InscriptionsOn front: Text across top reads: "PIRATES". Text across bottom reads: "DOCK ELLIS".
On back: "179" text in top left corner. Text across top on left side reads: "DOCK ELLIS / PITTSBURGH PITCHER / HT: 6'3" WT: 195 BORN: 3-11-45 / BATS: BOTH THROWS: RIGHT / HOME: PITTSBURGH, PENN.".
Text across top in center reads: "WHO LED / N.L. IN / TOTAL / BASES / IN 1971?
Upside down text underneath image in right corner reads: "JOE TORRES - 352".
Text through center reads: "The World Champs' leading winner & Strikeout artist in 1971, / Dock started 1st game of the 1971 Series".
Player statistics in a chart printed across lower section.
MarksIn bottom right corner on back: "©T.C.G. PRTD. IN U.S.A.".
Historical Notes1972 Topps Dock Ellis Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Card.
Related person
Dock Phillip Ellis Jr.
(1945 - 2008)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
On View
Not on view
1972
1972
1972
1972
