Bobby Avila
Portrait of Bobby Avila, second baseman for the Cleveland Indians. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Bob Avila." Printed on back: "Bob Avila. Second base, Cleveland Indians. Born: Vera Cruz, Mex., June 7, 1926. Height: 5-10. Weight: 175. Bats: right. Throws: right. Bob was the Indians' regular starting 2nd baseman in 1951. In 141 games, with 165 hits for 222 bases. Batted .305. Had 10 home runs, 3 triples, 21 doubles. Drove in 58 tallies. Fielded .982, second best in league. Made only 14 errors in 780 chances. Began in 1948 with Baltimore. No. 167 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."
- Resource ID:
- hr001634
- Subject:
- Avila, Bobby (Roberto Francisco Gonzales), 1924-2004
- Baseball players--Ohio--Cleveland
- Cleveland Indians (Baseball team)
- Baseball cards
- Publisher:
- Haelan Laboratories. Bowman Gum Division
- Date:
- 1952
- Format:
- 1 baseball card : col. ; 3.25 x 2 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Baseball cards-Bowman-1952-Avila, Bobby
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.