Pack Break: 2009 Topps Updates & Highlights
Written by Steve on February 3rd, 2010
2009 Topps Updates & Highlights:
- #UH125 Fernando Martinez (Rookie)
- #UH30 J.A. Happ
- #UH278 Gaby Sanchez (Rookie)
- #UH140 Jack Wilson
- #UH128 Chone Figgins (All-Star)
- #UH181 Zach Duke (All-Star)
- Legends of the Game #LGU8 Rogers Hornsby
- Topps Town #TTT64 Jorge Posada
- #UH322 Sean Marshall
- #UH310 Scott Richmond
“In 1929, in his first season with the Chicago Cubs, Hornsby pulled off the rare feat of averaging one run scored per game played – 156 of each. Only one National League player (Chuck Klein, with 158 the very next season) has crossed the dish more often since. It was the fifth and last League title in that category for “Rajah,” who retired in 1937 with 1,579.”
Hornsby died of a heart attack in 1963 and is buried in Hornsby Bend cemetery near Austin, Texas.