Vintage Legends Countdown #48: 1965 Topps Johnny Mize
**In this series, I am counting down my personal favorite cards in the 2010 Topps Vintage Legends insert series from #50 to #1.**
Now don't get me wrong here, but Johnny Mize shouldn't really be in the Vintage Legends set. Yes, he's a grade A Hall of Famer and he lost three seasons to his World War II service but his stats are comparable to Moises Alou, Todd Helton,
2010 Topps Vintage Legends #2 Johnny Mize
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_off_career.shtml
Mize is 54th all time in WAR for position players, in between Jim Thome and Derek Jeter:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/WAR_bat_career.shtml
In Adjusted OPS+ Mize is ranked 16th all time, right above Tris Speaker and just below Stan Musial.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/onbase_plus_slugging_plus_career.shtml
He's tied in OPS+ with Hank Greenberg and - don't take this the wrong way - if you don't think Hank is a legend than you got some baseball learnin' to do. Hank is as legendy as you get.
Plus his nickname was Big Jawn. Don't you wish your nickname was Big Jawn?
And why didn't they include Greenberg by the way?