Card, Baseball
Object number2004.178.196
Manufacturer
The Topps Company, Inc.
Date1972
MediumCardboard; Ink
Credit LineGift of Craig Britcher
DescriptionRectangular baseball card featuring a man posing while holding a baseball bat as he is in mid-hit. Player is wearing a white jersey with black and yellow stripes around sleeves, with black long sleeves under short sleeve jersey.DimensionsHeight x Width: 3.5 × 2.5 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm)InscriptionsOn front: Text across top reads: "PIRATES". Text across bottom reads: "MANNY SANGUILLEN".
On back: "60" text in top left corner. Text across top on left side reads: "MANNY SANGUILLEN / PITTSBURGH CATCHER / HT: 6'0" WT: 195 BORN: 3-21-44 / BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT / HOME: PANAMA CITY, PANAMA".
Text across top in center reads: "WHICH POP / ULAR SINGER / IS BUCS / VICE / PRESIDENT?
Upside down text underneath image in right corner reads: "BING CROSBY".
Text through center reads: "One of the hardest men in NL to fan, Manny was loop's b6th leading / hitter in 1971. He's majors' fastest backstop & led 1971 World / Series in Stolen Bases.".
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 Manny Sanguillen Pittsburgh Pirates baseball card.
Related person
Manuel Manuel De Jesus Sanguillén Magan
(born 1944)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Pirates
(founded 1887)
Related person
Bing Crosby
On View
Not on view
1972
1972
1972
1972
