'59 Topps Friday Cards 340-349: Hoyt Wilhelm and the Great Knuckleball That Got Him to Cooperstown

We built the iconic 1959 Topps baseball set, and in this series, we’re going through every card to talk about the players, teams and people who made up major league baseball in 1959. Today, we’ll cover cards 340 through 349 in the set. Our featured player this week is Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm, who pitched until he was almost 50 and remains one of the most dominant relievers in baseball history, thanks to his nearly unhittable knuckleball. We also discuss former Rookies of the Year Roy Sievers and Gil McDougald plus All-Stars like Billy Hoeft, Bob Buhl, Ray Jablonski and more.

Today's episode was written by Jake T. O'Donnell and Abby O'Donnell.

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Here is our source material for today's episode:

Roy Sievers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/roy-s...

Gil McDougald
https://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/gil-m...

Bob Buhl
https://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bob-b...

Ted Lepcio
https://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ted-l...

Hoyt Wilhelm
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/hoyt-...
https://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...

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