Carpet o’ Cards: Relievers with 100+ saves during the 1970s, when the modern closer role began to emerge. Fingers tops with 209 for the decade. Sutter saved 105 in 3+ seasons.

Carpet o’ Cards: May Day!

Carpet o’ Cards: Continuing the 1970s theme — pitchers with most wins in the decade. Top 20 from Jim Palmer’s 186 to Paul Splittorff’s 123. Palmer had EIGHT 20-win seasons in the 1970s, 175 complete games, 44 shutouts, 2.58 ERA, 1,559 Ks. Via Stathead.

Carpet o’ Cards: Home run leaders of the 1970s. Stargell’s 296 edged Reggie Jackson 292, Johnny Bench 290. Aaron hit 201 in 7 seasons.

Carpet o’ Cards: Baltimore Orioles sported some great post-Watergate hair in the 1976 SSPC set. Jim Palmer a perennial tonsorial leader but how about Jim Northrup’s late-career perm?

Carpet o’ Cards: Topps Mickey Mantle cards by year, 1952-69.

Carpet o’ Cards: On this date in 1955, after starting Roman Mejias in RF for the first 3 games of the season, the Pittsburgh Pirates put rookie Roberto Clemente in the lineup vs Los Angeles Dodgers. Clemente 1-for-4 in 10-3 loss. Starting lineups that day — no card for CF Earl Smith