Offered for your consideration is...
Unopened / Factory-Sealed
1961 Jay Publishing Co., Inc.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS
5 X 7 Picture Pack of 12
Near-Half Century Old Vintage Team Set
Jay Publishing Company, Incorporated, produced yearly picture sets in black and white 5" by 7" format for nearly a decade: 1958-65. Mainly distributed at major league ballparks they typically featured the leading players of the team from the previous year. The pictures are blank backed and on thin stock.
Offered is the 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers pack with then-future Hall of Fame pitcher DON DRYSDALE as the top photograph.
Excellent/Near-Mint condition - still factory sealed.
Some of the team's top 1960 players who might be included among the 11 players not showing (with statistics or other information) are:
Walter Alston (manager), Maury Wills (.295 with 50 stolen bases), Frank Howard (23 home runs and Rookie of the Year), Norm Larker (.323 batting average), Johnny Podres (14-12, 3.08 ERA), Sandy Koufax (8-13, 197 strikeouts), Wally Moon (13 home runs, .299), Charlie Neal (547 plate appearances, .256 average), Johnny Roseboro (8 homers, .213 average), Duke Snider (All-time Dodger played 101 games, .243, 14 home runs), Gil Hodgers (All-time Dodger played 101 games, .198, 8 home runs), Jim Gilliam (669 plate appearances, .248 average), Tommy Davis (.276 and 5th in Rookie of Year voting), Stan Williams (14-12, 3.00 ERA, 175 K's), Roger Craig (8-3, 3.27 ERA), Larry Sherry (14-10, 3.79 ERA) and Ed Roebuck (8-3, 2.78)
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