Sherman Jones
Sherman Jarvis
"Roadblock" Jones
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: February 10, 1935 in Winton, NC
Signed: 1953 by the New York Giants
Acquired: via the Expansion Draft from the Cincinnati Reds, October 1961
Died: February 24, 2007 in Kansas City, KS
Well, he didn't enjoy an overabundance of
success at the big-league level, but … what a great nickname!
"Roadblock" Jones. He's shown here on 1961 Topps, or at least he
would have been if Topps hadn't committed one of its occasional blunders. This
was Sherman's only mainstream baseball card ever produced, and the picture on
the front is actually Eddie Fisher! Just to be fair to poor old Roadblock,
another card is shown below (from 1991 Nobody Beats the WIZ) that, I suppose,
actually has his own picture on it. Following his big-league career, Jones was
a member of the Kansas City Police Department, and later a Kansas State
Representative and Senator.
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This is a list of the cards of this player
that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said
collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed
in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity
prior to my divestiture. The cards
listed in white text are the ones that still remained until that final
deal. Items listed in green I kept out
of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and den. At the bottom and listed in orange text are
cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a
certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the
top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and game-used areas. If an orange card is struck through, it has
also departed the collection. I’m still
accepting donations, should you feel so moved.
Contact me by following this link: NYMHall.
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1991 WIZ Mets |
1961 Topps
#161 (Rookie; actually
Eddie Fisher pictured)
1980 TCMA 1961 Cincinnati Reds World Champions
#038
1991 Nobody Beats the Wiz Mets #206
2015 Topps
Originals Buybacks (1961 Topps #161)
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