Cake or gum? 1976 Don Kessinger

Last time it was Topps winning, 8-3. Who will come out on top here?

After 12 seasons with the Cubs, Don Kessinger was traded to St. Louis in October of 1975, and he was airbrushed into his Cardinals uniform on both cards. Looks like a spring training shot in Arizona for his Hostess card, and Candlestick Park for the Topps card.

An excellent fielding shortstop with doubles power who would take a walk, Kessinger was an All-Star for six out of seven seasons from 1968 to 1974. The Cubs traded him to the Cardinals in 1975, and two years later he returned to Chicago when he was traded to the White Sox. In 1979 he was the White Sox player-manager, the last person to do that in the American League. It was an unsuccessful stint, resigning in August with a .434 winning percentage and .200 batting average. Overall in 2,078 games, he hit .252 with 1,931 hits, 254 doubles, 14 HR and 527 RBI. He was later the head baseball coach at Ole Miss for many years, and founded Kessinger Real Estate in Oxford, MS, which is now run by his son Keith, also a former major leaguer.