I know what you’re thinking about Joe Lis …
Why do we need to see the baseball cards of a player who collected less than 200 hits in an eight-year big league career?
Because, Skippy, he spent eight years in MLB and collected nearly 200 hits, 32 of them home runs.
That’s a lot better than I did.
Plus, he ended up being a transplanted Hoosier.
Plus, plus, he’s just about the poster boy for terrible 1970s baseball cards.
Here, have a look for yourself …
1970 Topps Joe Lis (#56)
Yes, and Scott Reid, as “1970 ROOKIE STARS PHILLIES”.
1971 Topps Joe Lis (#138)
Yes, and Willie Montanez, as “1971 ROOKIE STARS PHILLIES” — at least they got “P”s this time!
1974 Topps Joe Lis (#659)
Hey, only four years and some gaps to land a solo card!
1975 Topps Joe Lis (#86)
You may think the airbrushing is bad here, but …
1977 Topps Joe Lis (#)
It was all building to this masterpiece …
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