I have 6 more final cards that I was going to post (Billy Harris, Bob Skinner, Dave Adlesh, Galen Cisco, Hank Bauer, and Lou Johnson), but I am going to skip ahead to the recap, because like my other blogs, this blog is sailing off into the sunset, and 7 more posts just isn't gonna happen.
I posted the final cards recap for the 1966, 1967, and 1968 sets back in 2012, and wanted to get this one completed as well.
The 1969 set includes the final cards for 72 players and 6 managers, all pictured below in order of years of service, from Mickey Mantle's 18 years to Jon Warden's one season.
A few of these guys played their last MLB game in 1968 (Mantle, Nixon, Monbouquette, among others). Others even before that (Gonder in '67, Sheldon in '66), but most of these players wrapped it up in 1969.
Bob Rodgers and Lee Elia would have manager cards in later years.
