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The A's really missed Gus's booming base hits last season when he was sidelined with an injury. The loss was tremendous since they were counting on "Ozark Ike" to repeat his '53 performance when he poled 42 Round Trippers. Gus broke into the Majors with Chicago in '49 and hit .318 his first year. Traded to the A's in '51, he led the A.L. with 33 Homers and 129 R.B.I.'s.
A total of 15 different brands were used on the backs of the 1909 T206 Set cards (American Beauty, Broadleaf, Carolina Brights, Cycle, Drum, El Principle de Gales, Hindu, Lenox, Old Mill, Piedmont, Polar Bear, Sovereign, Sweet Caporal, Tolstoi, and Uzit) - but there are nearly 40 different backs with several of those brands having more than one variation.
Rich has upped his Homer & RBI highs each of the past few seasons. In 1972 he ranked third on the Pirates in Doubles, third in RBI's and second to Willie Stargell in Homers. Rich is a fine clutch performer and had several key hits for the Bucs in 1972.
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