Collectible birthday greetings: Andy Etchebarren

June 20, 2011

This card sticks out in my mind for some reason. Perhaps it’s the Neanderthal unibrow going on.

Etch, who turns 68 today, was17th in American league MVP voting in 1966. His stats: .221 batting average (the lowest for any position player) with 11 home runs and 50 RBIs in 121 games. Slim pickings that year: only Frank Robinson, who won the Triple Crown and was the unanimous selection, and Tony Oliva, batted better than .300. Only five batters hit 30 or more home runs or drove in 100 or more runs.

Among the big name players who finished below Etchebarren: Mickey Mantle, Joe Pepitone, Yaz, and Tony Conigliario.

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