Randomly ran across a
1968 card on
eBay, and it got me thinking and searching.
The end result is I found another sixty percenter!!!
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Jim Bunning had a
Topps card career ranging from
1957 to
1971, for a total of
15 seasons, with
9 of those years ungloriously featuring
Mr. Sneaky Fastball's noggin.
A crazy
60% of the
Hall of Famer's total!!
A realization: What's wild is,
Banks and
Koufax both had
'mandatory' 1955 and 1956 head shot cards (with Ernie also having a 'mandatory' header in 1954), but all of
Bunning's cards came after those years, so he didn't benefit from forced
headshotophobia.
His close-ups occurred organically.
headshots-jimbunning.jpg
(Editor's note: Although there is no actual definition of what constitutes a true 'headshot,' my general basis is the head/hat should occupy about 50% or more of the 'active area.')