The listing, Willie McCovey - Post Cereal Top 500 Hall of Fame Club has ended.
As it says on the card, McCovey was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986 with a record of 521 Career Home Runs! This card has been in plastic since it came out of the cereal box in 2002.
Willie McCovey
Willie Lee McCovey (Stretch, Mac or Big Mac)
Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 198 lb.
Born: January 10, 1938 in Mobile, AL
High School: Central (Mobile, AL)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1959
Teams (by GP): Giants/Padres/Athletics 1959-1980
Final Game: July 6, 1980
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1986 (346/425 ballots).
Preferred Bat: Blond Hillerich & Bradsby K55
His # was "44".
2001 Set
In 2001, Post baseball cards revived with a release of 30 cards, issued in nine of their cereals:
Like most collectible producers, they aimed these cards at both children and to those who remember the nostalgia of the cards from their own youth. Eighteen of the 30 cards featured contemporary players: The other eight cards were all from the Hall of Fame,
Ernie Banks
Jimmie Foxx
Reggie Jackson
Harmon Killebrew
Willie McCovey
Frank Robinson
Babe Ruth
Mike Schmidt
These cards were packaged in Raisin Bran, Cinna-Cluster Raisin Bran, and Honey Bunches of Oats cereal boxes