Cards from Diamond

by JoeMagennis on December 22, 2009

1968 Topps

Jim Maloney

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Tagged as: 1968, Pitcher, reds

Ron K.

When I was much younger, I couldn't understand why Maloney was never considered for the Hall of Fame. He seemed to win 20 games often, had some no-hitters...Couldn't figure it out.

joemagennis

I never appreciated how he fit into the "names" from that era until I saw some League Leader stats and who he appeared with on the lists. One thing about Jim though, if you do a search of his baseball cards from the sixties, the pose in each one is almost identical. Funny.