Mount Rushmore Part 2 - 70's baseball cards

KendallCat

Using the theme for football above was wondering earlier today without having seen the football post. So for the 1970's baseball if you had to pick (4) cards to be on Mt Rushmore who do you put on it? Pretty sure I know 2 of them and probably a 3rd but the 4th might be tough. Fire away - will reveal my choices later.

Darin

73 Schmidt
74 Winfield
75 Brett
78 Murray

orioles93

1972 fisk
1973 schmidt
1975 brett
1979 smith

VitoCo1972

I'd go
71 Thurman Munson
73 Roberto Clemente
75 George Brett
79 Ozzie Smith

slum22

I think the 75 Brett is the number one card of the 70's. After that it gets harder, mainly because I'm not a fan of the multplayer RC's and a lot of great HOFers are on those cards in this decade. So, while I generally think RCs should be on Mt. Rushmores, I will add some non RCs to this decade because of the multiplayer card problem.

75 Brett
78 Murray
71 Munson or Ryan -- I think one card from this set needs to be part of a 70's Rushmore.
74 Schmidt or Winfield -- I think Schmidt was the better player but RC vs 2nd year card makes this race closer. If he was featured on his own RC then Schmidt would be alongside Brett as the two kicks from this decade.

49ersGuy

1975 Brett
1973 Schmidt
1978 Murray
1979 Ozzie

3BoyzTrading

Doesn't matter but now everyone has posted this, I'm a buyer of PSA 9's at 8x the previous price, just cause.

Here is mine though

Brett
Schmidt
Ozzie
Clemente 73

dberk12

71 Munson
73 Schmidt
75 Brett
75 Yount

DanBessette

71 Munson
75 Brett
75 Yount
79 Ozzie

Can we add degree of difficulty by making them OPC versions or 75 minis?

1954

71 Munson
72 Fisk
73 Schmidt
76 Brett

LarkinCollector

I'm sure these won't be the most common picks, but here are mine with rationale...

When I think of 70s baseball, two dominant teams come to mind, the Reds and As, so these two teams must be represented:
76 Bench - probably the best Reds card of the decade
73 Reggie Jackson - just because I like goofy cards and am not as familiar with As cards to pick out a Bench equivalent

79 Ozzie - 75 Brett or Yount could be thrown in here as well, but tried to pick the best solo RC of the decade
70 Nolan - High numbered stars are the beast of collecting early-70s sets, my choice for that representative. Really wanted to go with a 72 high number, but those Traded banners are annoying.

esquiresports

Since it's a Rushmore concept, I will leave off horizontal cards and multi-player cards. That makes choosing much easier. I also like the idea of two Padres, so I will go with:

71 Ryan
74 Winfield
75 Brett
79 Ozzie

craig44

Ill have a go

73 schmidt
75 brett
75 yount
76 Aaron hanks last card

SDSportsFan

I'd go with:

71 Thurmon Munson
74 Hank Aaron
76 George Brett
79 Ozzie Smith

If a player isn't limited to only one card on the list, I'd put the 75 Brett on the list instead of the Ozzie.

Steve

garnettstyle

71 Blyleven
71 Clemente
75 Brett
78 Murray

baz518

73 Schmidt
75 Brett
78 Murray
79 Ozzie

78 Molitor/Trammell is my runner up... was always amazed with more than one star being on the same rookie card (it's why the Bird/Magic RC is my favorite basketball card).

mattyc_collection

75 Brett
73 Schmidt
78 Murray
72 Fisk/Cooper

sdsalezman

1973 Topps Luis Alvarado
1975 Topps Herb Washington
1976 Topps Traded Oscar Gamble
1976 Topps Kurt Bevacqua - Bubble Gum Blowing Champ