Card, Baseball
Object number2004.178.722
Manufacturer
The Topps Company, Inc.
Date1972
MediumCardboard; Ink
Credit LineGift of Craig Britcher
DescriptionRectangular baseball card featuring a player posing while holding a baseball bat over his right shoulder. Player is wearing a white jersey with black and yellow stripes around short sleeves, with a long sleeve black shirt underneath. He is also wearing a yellow hat with a black brim, with a black Pittsburgh Pirates logo in the center of the hat. Background features stands with spectators in the lower sections of the stands.Dimensions2.5 x 3.5 in. (6.4 x 8.9 cm)InscriptionsTop of the card reads: "PIRATES", and text across the bottom of the card reads: "GENE CLINES". "P" on center of hat.
Text on back of the card: "152" printed in black in top left corner. Text next to this on left side reads: "GENE CLINES / PITTSBURGH OUTFIELD / HT: 5'9" WT: 175 BORN 8-6-46 / BATS: RIGHT THROWS: RIGHT / HOME: RICHMOND, CALIF.". Text next to this on the right side of the card reads: "WHAT / ARE / GENE / CLINES' / HOBBIES?". Upside down text printed below illustration in the right corner reads: "MUSIC AND / RECORD COLLECTING. ".
Text in white center section reads: "One of the fastest men in the majors, Gene had 15 Stolen / Bases last season. He hit pinch-Single in 1st big league at-bat / & had .400 Avg. as pinch-hitter in 1970. Made All-Star teams / in 1st 3 years."
Batting record statistics printed in lower section of card
MarksMaker's mark printed along bottom edge on back reads: "©T.C.G. PRTD. IN U.S.A."
Historical Notes1972 Topps Gene Clines Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Card.
Related person
Eugene Anthony Clines
(1946 - 2022)
On View
Not on view
1972
1972
1972
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