Pick me a Player #7 - Harmon Killebrew

  I have 137 different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards.  The players are listed at the end of this post.  In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another blog post.  Then on that post, the first commenter can pick another player and when I get around to it, I will post 5 cards of that player, and so on. 

So who will be my first commenter/player picker on this post???  Additional comments are welcome, but only the first one will be the player featured on the next post.

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The Seventh player picked to be featured in this series was picked by Crocodile of Crocodile Sports Cards, and is......

Harmon Killebrew!!

He's generally underappreciated outside of Minnesota and Idaho, but in those 2 states, there are an awful lot of Killebrew fans!  A good guy and incredibly powerful for his frame, Killebrew is one I think of as a niche collection, where I mostly want his playing days stuff.

Cards of Harmon Killebrew that I would like to add to my keepers:

1. 1968 Topps #490 (Killebrew, Mays and Mantle)!!!

2. 1955 Topps, duh, the RC

3. 1964 Topps, I always liked the set

My uncles sort of collected through the late 50's to mid 60's.  When I went through their incredibly beat up collection for them a few years ago, I found 3 Killebrew autographs, likely gotten in person by my grandpa.  They lived in Idaho at the time.  The autos were on the 58, 59 and 64 Topps cards.  Pretty cool.

OK, on to the five cards I selected...no particular order.

1. 2017 Topps Tribute Green #/99

Strange color scheme, but I still like this card.

2. 1972 Topps

Killebrew is looking kind of old here, but I bet that bat could still knock the photographer out if he kept swinging.

3. 1971 Topps

The distant gaze....  You saw this on a lot of cards in this period.

4. 1962 Topps #316

This card is very cool to me.  Well presented.  I also quite like the Super Special Star cards from 80's Fleer where they showed a player's swing in several frames, like 'Schmidt-In-Action'.

5. 1959 Topps

No longer looking old, Harmon looks like a ballplayer in his prime here.  I don't even care that it is off centered!

So what player is next??  First commenter gets to pick a player that is not crossed off from this list:

Aaron Judge

Adley Rutschman

Adrian Beltre

Al Kaline

Albert Belle

Albert Pujols

Alex Rodriguez

Andre Dawson

Andruw Jones

Babe Ruth

Barry Bonds

Barry Larkin

Bo Bichette

Bo Jackson

Bob Gibson

Bobby Witt Jr.

Boog Powell

Brooks Robinson

Bryce Harper

Buster Posey

Byron Buxton

Cal Ripken Jr.

Carl Yastrzemski

Carlton Fisk

Chase Utley

Chipper Jones

Clayton Kershaw

Cody Bellinger

Corbin Carroll

Corey Seager

Dale Murphy

Darryl Strawberry

Dave Parker

David Ortiz

David Wright

Dennis Eckersley

Derek Jeter

Don Mattingly

Don Mossi

Dwight Gooden

Eddie Murray

Edgar Martinez

Eric Davis

Felix Hernandez

Fernando Tatis Jr.

Francisco Lindor

Frank Thomas

Freddie Freeman

Gary Carter

George Brett

Greg Maddux

Gunnar Henderson

Hank Aaron

Ichiro Suzuki

Ivan Rodriguez

Jacob DeGrom

Jeff Bagwell

Jim Palmer

Jim Rice

Jim Thome

Joe Mauer

Joe Morgan

Joey Votto

John Smoltz

Johnny Bench

Jose Altuve

Jose Canseco

Juan Gonzalez

Juan Soto

Julio Rodriguez

Justin Verlander

Ken Griffey Jr.

Kirby Puckett

Lou Brock

Luis Arraez

Manny Machado

Manny Ramirez

Mariano Rivera

Max Scherzer

Mickey Mantle

Miguel Cabrera

Mike Piazza

Mike Schmidt

Mike Trout

Mookie Betts

Nolan Arenado

Nolan Ryan

Ozzie Smith

Paul Goldschmidt

Paul Molitor

Pedro Martinez

Pete Alonso

Pete Rose

Phil Niekro

Randy Johnson

Reggie Jackson

Rickey Henderson

Roberto Alomar

Roberto Clemente

Robin Yount

Rod Carew

Roger Clemens

Rollie Fingers

Ronald Acuna Jr.

Salvador Perez

Sammy Sosa

Sandy Koufax

Scott Rolen

Shohei Ohtani

Stan Musial

Stephen Strasburg

Steve Carlton

Thurman Munson

Todd Helton

Tom Glavine

Tom Seaver

Vladimir Guerrero

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Wade Boggs

Warren Spahn

Will Clark

Willie Mays

Willie McCovey

Willie Stargell

Xander Bogaerts

Yadier Molina

Yogi Berra

Yordan Alvarez

Zack Greinke

Already picked:

Tony Gwynn - picked by Rod
Ryne Sandberg - picked by Jeff B
Steve Garvey - picked by gcrl
Duke Snider - picked by Rod
Frank Robinson - picked by Nachos Grande
Ted Williams - picked by Matt
Harmon Killebrew - picked by Crocodile