Andre will never be mentioned in the same conversation along with baseball's greats. Now at the end of his career he still has that fire in his eyes. Due to this quirky numbering, the set only runs through card 399, but actually contains 400 cards.
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305, thus Pinnacle numbered both of their 300 Series subset cards as 305. At that time, both Paul Molitor and Jeff Bagwell had identical career batting averages of.
Numbering for the 300 Series subset was based on player's career batting average. While he spent longer with the Expos than Cubs (11 seasons versus six), he hit 174 home runs with the Baby Bears, only 50 fewer than he did in five more seasons with Montreal.ġ996 Pinnacle - Andre Dawson #86 - The 1996 Pinnacle baseball card set consisted of 400 baseball cards. He also won the National League MVP award that season, despite the Cubs finishing last in the NL East, the first player from a last-place team to win that honor. He had undeniably his best year in 1987, his first season with the Cubs, hitting 49 homers and driving in 137 runs. He was known for his excellence in right field, winning eight Golden Gloves.He will be only the second Expo in the Hall, along with catcher Gary Carter.ĭespite his own preference to represent the Cubs, Andre "The Hawk" Dawson will be wearing a Montreal Expos cap in the Hall of Fame.This will certainly come as a disappointment to Cubs fans, who argue that the Hawk played his best baseball as a North Sider.
The eight-time All-Star outfielder was 44 votes short last year. He was the only player honored, as Bert Blyleven fell five votes short and Roberto Alomar finished eight shy.ĭawson received 420 of 539 votes in results announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, 15 more than the 75 percent necessary to gain election. Andre Dawson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his ninth try.
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