Card Number 661: Score Numbers Game, 1996; #9
A very 90s design with the colours and the swirl and the photo composition.
What do I love on a cardback? Factoids and stats! These are golden.
I'm particularly struck by the stat that he could have decided not to hit a ball in his next 859 at bats and still have a career average of .300. I doubt he would have become a Padres legend if he had adopted that tactic. Anyone who saw Tony have a hitless game then saw a rare occasion - he had one hitless game in every 5 or 6 games during 1994. No wonder he attained an average of .394!
Total: 661 cards
Seeing trivia like him swinging and missing only 6% of the time never seizes to amaze me.
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