Beau Lofgren sent me this Glenallen Hill card from 2000. I’ve heard about this card a lot but I don’t think I have seen it since the year it came out. Hill’s card is pretty ordinary with one obvious exception. Hill has three single column ones.
For the Yankees and the Cubs, Hill banged out 27 homers in an even 300 at-bats. There was no middle ground with Hill either. He only managed to hit nine doubles. The rest of his stats were good but not out of this world (.293 BA/ .336 OBP).
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Totals | 104 | 321 | 300 | 45 | 88 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 58 | 0 | 19 | 76 | .293 | .336 | .600 |
I wouldn’t quite say that its all or nothing with Hill’s 2000 card but his three ones are definitely the main attraction. The 44-7 is a nice addition.
Fun numbers: 66-1, 11-1, 33-1
Stats on APBA cards
A while back there was a discussion on Facebook about the introduction of stats of stats on APBA cards. I had originally thought it was 2002 but I was wrong and this card is proof. The year 2000 may be the first year that APBA put stats on the cards.
To the left is Pedro Martinez’ card from 1999. Note he does not have stats listed on his card.
thanks, Beau!
Wow, I have never seen an APBA card with the red border and the team logo before. If memory serves, the originator of APBA once said that putting stats on the cards was like stamping a person’s I.Q, on their forehead; that the player should be allowed to show you what they can do. I think I agree with that, though I am forever reaching for my reference books to see how many triples Joe Blavotnik hit in 1962, usually right after he has hit one in a game I’m playing.
It’s funny–I can barely remember Glenallen Hill, but I remember players from my childhood as if I had watched them just this morning. That may partly have to do with my team (the Tigers) being really lousy during the 90’s and first half of the 2000s.
Thanks for doing these monster cards, they’re fun.
Very similar stats to what Giancarlo Stanton did last year, only Stanton batted .265 — but they both hit 27 HR’s, Stanton in less AB’s (279) with similar .606 slugging & .346 OBP to make .952 OPS.
I will unfortunately have a hard time keeping Stanton healthy.
I had the 1981 Jeff Leonard ABPA strike year card. He had 5 zeros,and a 7. I drafted as a back-up catcher.I go had a 2 pitcher my infield was still fielding. Leonard was rated as a 5 catcher on the card.To this I can t find him ever catching a game?
I have to say I think OPS is the most useless stat that they have come up with. You can look at the players Slugging or On Base percentage to find out what you need.
Do any of you remember the 1981 Jeff Leonard strike year card? He didn’t many at bats but he had 5 zeros and an eleven on 15. And another interesting item was he had a 5 rating as a catcher! I had Schmidt at 3rd a 6, Hernandez at 1st a 5,Thompson at 2nd base a 8,and Ripken at Short..I could put Leonard in and still field a 1 infield and overall.