Milwaukee Brewer third baseman Roy Howell has a pretty standard APBA hitting card for a .238 hitter until you look at it a little more closely, that is.
Smack dab in the middle of his card he has a inappropriately placed 35-7. I’m pretty sure this was considered a card error by the APBA Company and regardless, most APBA fans I know consider it as such.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Totals | 76 | 273 | 244 | 37 | 58 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 23 | 39 | .238 | .306 | .373 |
Also, not so much ‘weird’ but a trend among this particular style of APBA card was the occasional bold emphasis of the font on the red numbers on certain rows. It’s slight but it is noticeable.
You’ll see it here on the ‘27-7’ on Howell’s 52. I’ve seen it on countless cards from this style of card. I’m sure it’s just a printing thing and those more familiar with the process could probably speak to it better than I.
wow, i looked at that quick and assumed it was a 33-7!!
i’d never noticed the bold before but will now be lookin’ is there anything worse than rolling a 66-0 then rolling a 65? UGH.
as for howell i rem. those days when, as a blue jays fan, he was def. a yankee-killer!!
The Zack book says it’s a card error – APBA said it should be 35-27-4. (Zack highlights the Sparky Lyle card from that set.)
Howell is now managing the AAA Tacoma Rainiers. The 35-7 would come in handy!
nice one lol