1961 Topps Detroit Tigers Team Set 6 - EX/MT
This 1961 Topps Detroit Tigers Team Set contains 31 cards and makes a great gift for any Tigers fan. The 1961 Tigers won 101 games and still finished 2nd, 8 games behind a Yankees club that won 109. Norm Cash led the league with a .361 batting average and 193 hits.
The two Hall-of-Famers in the 1961 Topps Detroit Tigers Team Set are #429 Al Kaline and #490 Jim Bunning. The set also includes fan favorites #95 Norm Cash and #330 Rocky Colavito, plus #46 AL ERA Leaders with Jim Bunning and #50 AL Strikeout Leaders with Jim Bunning. The set features the Rookie cards of #376 Mike Roarke, #439 Phil Regan and #459 Terry Fox. The high number cards are #544 George Thomas and #553 Bill Fischer.
The 1961 Detroit Tigers won 101 games, but the team had the misfortune of reaching this total in the same year that the Yankees had one of their best all-time teams. So the Tigers did not qualify for post season play in this first AL expansion season.
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"The following cards are omitted, in order to keep the cost of this team set reasonable. They can be purchased separately:"#44 AL HR Leaders - Mickey Mantle / Roger Maris / Rocky Colavito / Jim Lemon and #580 All-Star - Al Kaline
Set breakdown by grade:
| Number of Cards in Set | 31 | ||
| Average Grade - Weighted by Value | 5.86 - EX/MT | ||
| Average Grade - Unweighted | 5.45 - EX+ | ||
| Grade Breakdown | |||
| PSA 7 - NM | 1 | ||
| PSA 6 - EX/MT | 1 | ||
| 6 - EX/MT | 17 | ||
| 5 - EX | 6 | ||
| 4 - VG/EX | 6 | ||
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