FREE: Vintage Phillies lot with Richie Allen and Larry Hisle

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Here's a nice lot of 4 baseball cards. Three (3) ***** Allen cards (pardon Listia's unnecessary censorship of his name short for Richard) and Larry Hisle.

Topps cards from 1976, 1968, 1969, and a deckle edge.

Cards are in decent shape, but not perfect.. some corner issues.. see photos. The deckle edge has a crease throughout it.

Free US shipping! I always send quickly, usually within 24 hours of receiving winner's Listia-verified address.

More info on Rich Allen:

Richard Allen (born March 8, 1942) played first and third base and outfield and ranked among his sport's top offensive producers of the 1960s and early 1970s. Most notably playing for the Phillies and White Sox, he led the AL in home runs twice, and led both leagues in slugging (the AL twice) and on-base percentage. His .534 career slugging ranks among the highest in an era marked by low averages. He won the 1964 NL Rookie of the Year and 1972 AL MVP.

Before scientific weight training, muscle-building dietary supplements, and anabolic steroids, Allen boasted a powerful and muscular physique along the lines of Mickey Mantle and Jimmie Foxx. Indeed, baseball historian Bill Jenkinson ranks Allen with Foxx and Mantle, and just a notch below Babe Ruth, as the four top long-distance sluggers ever to wield a baseball bat. A segment of MLB Network's Prime 9 concurred with Jenkinson's findings. On that same broadcast, Willie Mays stated that Allen hit a ball harder than any player he had ever seen. Allen, like Babe Ruth, hit with a rather heavy bat. Allen's 40-ouncer bucked the Ted Williams-inspired trend of using a light bat for increased bat speed. Allen combined massive strength and body torque to produce bat speed and drive the ball. 18 of his drives cleared Connie Mack Stadium's 65-foot-high left field Grandstand. Twice Allen cleared that park's 65-foot-high right center field scoreboard: a feat considered virtually impossible for a right-handed hitter.