Singles in the PC part 3

 Part 1

Part 2

My "Keepers" collection is organized by player.  For some players, like Pete Rose, Rod Carew, Cal Ripken and many others, there are a lot of cards in the collection.  But for a select few players, I have only a single card.  There are many reasons that could be the case. 

I figured that there would only be around 20 or so of these "single Keepers".  But I was off by quite a bit!  Turns out there were 79.  So that's too many for one post.  I will be showing about 20 per post until I get through them.  Alphabetically!

Here are the third group of 20 players in my Keepers that I have a single card of:

Reason I only have one: No other cards of Kent's have caught my eye.  This is, in my opinion, the best looking of his RCs.  And polarizing as he may be, one good RC of the career HR leader among 2b is a worthwhile keep.

Reason I only have one: Well, I feel like I am saying a lot of the same things here. Kruk was a part of the game in the 80s and 90s that I don't want to forget.  But I don't need tons of his cards.  I would consider others though, if the opportunity presented itself.  My favorite Kruk moment, obviously, was him against Randy Johnson in the 1993 All Star game. Probably shortened Kruk's life by a few months!

Reason I only have one: Because I don't have his RC.  Actually, Lopes is a guy I respect a lot.  He was a really smart player, and was an amazing baserunner. Underappreciated.

Reason I only have one: As I have said before, relic cards of retired non HOFers are just cool.

Reason I only have one: Well, if I found more of his cards like this one, I would definitely grab them.  But seriously, I might need to look into finding some more of the Mad Dawg.  I enjoyed Fuji and Elliptical Mans writeups that had Madlock as the best black 3B in MLB history.  Hadn't thought about that, but might be true!

Reason I only have one: Stars from the early part of the 1900s are tough to find vintage of.  So I'm happy to have this 1961 Fleer.  As I scanned this, it struck me that it is in pretty excellent condition for that old of a card.  Not a big money card at all, but might be worth grading someday.

Reason I only have one: I would love more Maz vintage!  But the reason I have this card is two-fold.  One, the same old thing I keep saying about relic cards of non-HOFers.  And two, he's a sweet part of baseball history, which is one of the main reasons I collect.

Reason I only have one: Really, McRae was a very good player.  I've read several posts mentioning that McRae was super solid, or one of their old favorites.  I only remember him as a Royal, so this Reds non-RC is weird, but I really like it. His real RC is from the 68 set and I would love to get my hands on one.  A nice Royals relic card would fit into the collection too.

Reason I only have one: See Sparky Lyle above...

Reason I only have one: Because I haven't found a cheap copy of his 1969 RC.  This 71 is a nice looking card though!

Reason I only have one: Vintage Newks are tough to find!  Heck, 51 Bowman in general aren't growing on trees.  The card is hammered, but I really like it.

Reason I only have one: I don't collect Ohtani, really don't have a connection to him.  So this is the only RC of his that has fallen into my hands.  If I get a better one, or he goes on a tear, I might add more.

Reason I only have one: Yay, another relic from a 60s/70s guy!! No real connection to Parker though.  I do like the look of the card.  Give him some longer sideburns, and that photo on the right kind of looks like Clayton Kershaw.  What do you think?

Reason I only have one: Technically, I do have another card of Parrish, but it is sorted with the Dale Murphys.  If I ever get another copy of that RC, I will put it with this sweet uncirculated auto though!

Reason I only have one: Another vintage guy here.  And a quality ballplayer, even though he is known more for his antics than his skills.  He once said "Probably the best thing that ever happened to me was going nuts. Who ever heard of Jimmy Piersall until that happened?".

Reason I only have one: Here we have another vintage card of a quality, but not HOF level talent.  I'd take any other Podres cards from his playing days, just gotta find them at the right price.

Reason I only have one: I really should have more of JR.  I'm sure there are some nice looking cards of him in those crazy Astros uniforms. Not a lot of effort put into the airbrushing here...

Reason I only have one: See Don Newcombe above... Nice Rizzuto right?

Reason I only have one: Because Aurelio Rodriguez was not much of a memorable player.  But the batboy who posed for this card instead of the real Aurelio certainly makes this card memorable!

Reason I only have one: I don't know really.  A nice early refractor of Jimmy would probably fit the bill. But he's another guy who, while he was really good, never grabbed my attention and held on.

-So who in this list should I definitely have more Keepers of??  

-What's your favorite of these 'singles'?

-Which of these 'singles' should I demote from the Keepers collection?

Bonus question:  Who will be the last player shown in the next post???  Remember, I am showing these alphabetically.  One guess per poster, first to get it get's a 9 card PWE of your team or player(s)! No promises on the quality because I have limited stock.

Next time, #'s 61-79!