Portrait of Eddie Joost, shortstop for the Philadelphia Athletics, holding a baseball bat. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Eddie Joost." Printed on back: "Eddie Joost. Shortstop, Philadelphia Athletics. Born: San Francisco, Calif., July 5, 1916. Height: 6 ft. Weight: 175. Bats: right. Throws: right. Batted .289 for 140 games in 1951. Connected for 28 doubles and 19 homers. Drove in 78 runs. Eddie is patient in waiting 'em out. Knows when to swing, and when to let 'em go by. Not easy to pitch to, even when behind in the count. A's regular shortstop since 1947. No. 26 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."
