1970 Topps - 69’ AL ERA Leaders - Palmer & Cuellar

I'm a big fan of the 1970 Topps set and I'm a big fan of League Leader cards. Especially when an Oriole is involved, in this case two. 

Cuellar and Palmer each had stellar '69 campaigns. Cuellar going 23-11 with a 2.38 ERA. Palmer with a rare non 20 win season, went 16-4 with a 2.34 ERA. The O's finished 1st in the AL East but lost a heart breaker in five games to the Miracle Mets in the WS. 

Somehow Palmer and Cuellar's season wasn't enough to overtake Dick Bosman who came out of nowhere in ’69 with a 2.19 ERA and a 14-5 win-loss record. The second best of his 10 year career.