THE PLAYERS
#115 Gary Nolan
#116 Tucker Ashford
#117 John Montague
#118 Terry Harmon
#119 Denny Martinez
#120 Gary Carter
THE DESIGN
Good: That's a pretty interesting stat they came up with on the back of Martinez's card. 1977 was his rookie year, although it was his second year in the bigs. A search for all pitchers who recorded at least 4 saves and 5 complete games in either their first or second year reveals that Martinez wasn't even the only guy to do it in 1977.
Bad: The commentary on the back of Montague's card is a bit more suspect. It says he saw action as both a starter and reliever in 1977 (translation: he sucked) and points out that he led the AA in shutouts in 1976. I wonder why he wasn't in the majors in 1976? (answer: he sucked.)
THE PHOTOS
Good: The Carter photo here is the iconic one that everyone identifies with. I like it because it's iconic, but I hate most everything else about it. For one, nearly all the red on the Expos uniform is washed out, making him look more like he's wearing a Blue Jays uniform. For two, Carter looks like he's making a lude gesture with his tongue.
Bad: There is a lot to dislike about these photos. Nolan, Ashford, Montague, and Harmon all have shadows across their faces. And Montague is looking so far off to the side....why? They could easily face photographed him more from the front. Harmon looks about 48 years old, by the way, thanks in large part to the shadows. Martinez (who looks so fresh-faced I can hardly believe that this is the same guy) looks like the Yankee Stadium foul pole is coming out of his pants (no jokes, please.)
THE STATS
Gary Nolan hit one homer in his career, a 3-run job in a tie game in the 7th. He pitched a 4-hit shutout that day.
Of Tucker Ashford's 6 career homers, one was a game-ending shot off Mr. Pajamas himself. He also hit one off Oatmeal Ruthven.
From 1975 to 1980, Montague had one of the worst WHIPs in baseball, minimum 400 IP. (For noobs, that's Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched.)
Harmon had 3 career 4-hit games.
El Presidente was one of just 3 pitchers to have at least 2 RBIs as a batter each season from 1986 to 1993.
THE COUNTERS
Hall of Famers: 14
(+1 for Carter)
Deceased: 4
(none)
Future managers: 10
(none)
Fathers and sons of major leaguers: 7
(none)
Loyalty counter: 12
(+1 for Terry Harmon)
Rookies of the Year: 9
(none)
Total all-star appearances: 267
(+1 for Nolan, +4 for Martinez, +11 for Carter)
Total MVP awards: 10
(none)
Total Cy Young awards: 5
(none)
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
1980 Topps Harold Baines
What's that you say? Harold Baines didn't have a card in the 1980 Topps set?
Well he does now, courtesy of an amazing creation by Steve at White Sox Cards.
Well he does now, courtesy of an amazing creation by Steve at White Sox Cards.
PLAY BALL: Game 1, ninth inning
GAME 1
Mudville Nine lead 7-6
TOP OF THE NINTH INNING
Mudville Nine at bat
#101 Sid Monge: ground out (one out)
#102 Matt Alexander: single (runner on first, one out)
#103 Tom Murphy: foul out (runner on first, two outs)
#104 Lee Lacy: fly out (three outs)
0 runs on 1 hit and 0 walks. Mudville Nine lead 7-6
BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING
New York Knights at bat
#105 Reggie Cleveland: K (one out)
#106 Bill Plummer: single (runner on first, one out)
#107 Ed Halicki: ground out (GIDP, three outs)
0 runs on 1 hit and 0 walks.
Mudville Nine win Game 1 by the score of 7-6
Mudville Nine lead 7-6
TOP OF THE NINTH INNING
Mudville Nine at bat
#101 Sid Monge: ground out (one out)
#102 Matt Alexander: single (runner on first, one out)
#103 Tom Murphy: foul out (runner on first, two outs)
#104 Lee Lacy: fly out (three outs)
0 runs on 1 hit and 0 walks. Mudville Nine lead 7-6
BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING
New York Knights at bat
#105 Reggie Cleveland: K (one out)
#106 Bill Plummer: single (runner on first, one out)
#107 Ed Halicki: ground out (GIDP, three outs)
0 runs on 1 hit and 0 walks.
Mudville Nine win Game 1 by the score of 7-6
1978 Topps Cards #109 through #114
THE PLAYERS
#109 Joe Torre
#110 Richie Zisk
#111 Mike Tyson
#112 Houston Astros
#113 Don Carrithers
#114 Paul Blair
Candlestick Marlboro sign sighting #4 on Tyson's card. Zisk is blocking the BRUT sign.
THE DESIGN
Good: There's nice attention to detail on the back of Torre's card. Instead of saying that he "THROWS: RIGHT" it says he "THREW: RIGHT." I'm sure that in 1978, Torre was still capable of throwing, but Topps is subtly noting that he was no longer a player in 1978, just a manager.
Bad: The Zisk card contains a horrible error in design. Do you know what it is? If not, click here and read about halfway down the page. I wonder how much this oversight hurt Zisk's reputation. Had Topps not made the error, lots of kids might have thought of him as a better player.
THE PHOTOS
Good: Well, hmm, this is another pretty unimpressive group. The Astros team photo is my favorite, just to see all those rainbow jerseys line up into one huge rainbow. They should have hired a guy to dress up like a leprachaun or big pot of gold or something.
Bad: Where do I start with the suck? The Zisk photo is a halfways decent airbrush, except that I would have airbrushed out that ridiculous gold chain in the process. Torre's mouth is hanging open in both photos on his card. Mike Tyson needs so badly to brush his hair. And I know that Paul Blair was black, but his face, hair, and cap are ridiculously dark in this photo. You can barely see anything. Don Carrithers, you get a pass.
THE STATS
I don't understand how Joe Torre won the MVP in 1971. He had a great year, sure, but Willie Stargell and especially Hank Aaron had much better years. Incidentally, his MVP doesn't count below since it's his manager card here. Torre was a player/manager in 1977 but not in 1978.
Zisk is one of just 10 guys to have double-digit homers every season from 1973 to 1983.
Tyson owned John Candelaria, hitting 3 of his 27 career homers against him. First came a go-ahead 2-run homer in May 1976. A few months later came an inside-the-park 3-run homer. Then in July 1977 came a grand slam off the Candy Man. Nice.
Carrithers should have been used exclusively as a reliever. Checking out his splits by role, his ERA was nearly a run and a half better as a reliever. He actually walked more guys than he struck out as a starter and allowed more hits than innings pitched, too.
Blair has one of the most recent seasons with at least 12 triples but no more than 8 stolen bases. I sort of discount Jim Rice's appearances on that list since the Red Sox didn't really run much.
THE COUNTERS
Hall of Famers: 13
(none)
Deceased: 4
(none)
Future managers: 10
(none)
Fathers and sons of major leaguers: 7
(none)
Loyalty counter: 12
(none)
Rookies of the Year: 9
(none)
Total all-star appearances: 252
(+2 for Zisk, +2 for Blair)
Total MVP awards: 10
(none)
Total Cy Young awards: 5
(none)
#109 Joe Torre
#110 Richie Zisk
#111 Mike Tyson
#112 Houston Astros
#113 Don Carrithers
#114 Paul Blair
Candlestick Marlboro sign sighting #4 on Tyson's card. Zisk is blocking the BRUT sign.
THE DESIGN
Good: There's nice attention to detail on the back of Torre's card. Instead of saying that he "THROWS: RIGHT" it says he "THREW: RIGHT." I'm sure that in 1978, Torre was still capable of throwing, but Topps is subtly noting that he was no longer a player in 1978, just a manager.
Bad: The Zisk card contains a horrible error in design. Do you know what it is? If not, click here and read about halfway down the page. I wonder how much this oversight hurt Zisk's reputation. Had Topps not made the error, lots of kids might have thought of him as a better player.
THE PHOTOS
Good: Well, hmm, this is another pretty unimpressive group. The Astros team photo is my favorite, just to see all those rainbow jerseys line up into one huge rainbow. They should have hired a guy to dress up like a leprachaun or big pot of gold or something.
Bad: Where do I start with the suck? The Zisk photo is a halfways decent airbrush, except that I would have airbrushed out that ridiculous gold chain in the process. Torre's mouth is hanging open in both photos on his card. Mike Tyson needs so badly to brush his hair. And I know that Paul Blair was black, but his face, hair, and cap are ridiculously dark in this photo. You can barely see anything. Don Carrithers, you get a pass.
THE STATS
I don't understand how Joe Torre won the MVP in 1971. He had a great year, sure, but Willie Stargell and especially Hank Aaron had much better years. Incidentally, his MVP doesn't count below since it's his manager card here. Torre was a player/manager in 1977 but not in 1978.
Zisk is one of just 10 guys to have double-digit homers every season from 1973 to 1983.
Tyson owned John Candelaria, hitting 3 of his 27 career homers against him. First came a go-ahead 2-run homer in May 1976. A few months later came an inside-the-park 3-run homer. Then in July 1977 came a grand slam off the Candy Man. Nice.
Carrithers should have been used exclusively as a reliever. Checking out his splits by role, his ERA was nearly a run and a half better as a reliever. He actually walked more guys than he struck out as a starter and allowed more hits than innings pitched, too.
Blair has one of the most recent seasons with at least 12 triples but no more than 8 stolen bases. I sort of discount Jim Rice's appearances on that list since the Red Sox didn't really run much.
THE COUNTERS
Hall of Famers: 13
(none)
Deceased: 4
(none)
Future managers: 10
(none)
Fathers and sons of major leaguers: 7
(none)
Loyalty counter: 12
(none)
Rookies of the Year: 9
(none)
Total all-star appearances: 252
(+2 for Zisk, +2 for Blair)
Total MVP awards: 10
(none)
Total Cy Young awards: 5
(none)
Thursday, December 4, 2008
PLAY BALL: Game 1, eighth inning
GAME 1
Mudville Nine lead 7-5
TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING
Mudville Nine at bat
#89 Ken Clay: ground out (one out)
#90 Larry Bowa: fly out (two outs)
#91 Oscar Zamora: 2B (runner on second, two outs)
#92 Adrian Devine: fly out (three outs)
0 runs on 1 hit and 0 walks. Mudville Nine lead 7-5
BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING
New York Knights at bat
#93 Bobby Cox (no play)
#94 Chuck Scrivener: 2B (runner on second, no outs)
#95 Jamie Quirk: ground out (runner on second, one out)
#96 Baltimore Orioles (no play)
#97 Stan Bahnsen: single (runners on first and third, one out)
#98 Jim Essian: fly out (one run scores, runner on first, two outs)
#99 Willie Hernandez: BB (runners on first and second, two outs)
#100 George Brett: ground out (three outs)
1 run on 2 hits and 1 walk. Mudville Nine lead 7-6
Mudville Nine lead 7-5
TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING
Mudville Nine at bat
#89 Ken Clay: ground out (one out)
#90 Larry Bowa: fly out (two outs)
#91 Oscar Zamora: 2B (runner on second, two outs)
#92 Adrian Devine: fly out (three outs)
0 runs on 1 hit and 0 walks. Mudville Nine lead 7-5
BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING
New York Knights at bat
#93 Bobby Cox (no play)
#94 Chuck Scrivener: 2B (runner on second, no outs)
#95 Jamie Quirk: ground out (runner on second, one out)
#96 Baltimore Orioles (no play)
#97 Stan Bahnsen: single (runners on first and third, one out)
#98 Jim Essian: fly out (one run scores, runner on first, two outs)
#99 Willie Hernandez: BB (runners on first and second, two outs)
#100 George Brett: ground out (three outs)
1 run on 2 hits and 1 walk. Mudville Nine lead 7-6
1978 Topps Cards #103 through #108
THE PLAYERS
#103 Tom Murphy
#104 Lee Lacy
#105 Reggie Cleveland
#106 Bill Plummer
#107 Ed Halicki
#108 Von Joshua
THE DESIGN
Good: Topps did me one better here. I wrote the "STATS" section below before writing this section and I noted that Plummer's best offensive game was a 2-HR job against Steve Carlton. They found a better one, as noted on the back of his card. In fact, holy crap, he never had 4, 5, or 6 RBI's in a game.
Bad: Really? What was so "superb" about this game? I'm not sure I like the copy on the back of Cleveland's card.
THE PHOTOS
Good: First, a little contest. One of these 6 photos immediately struck me as very oddly reminiscent of a certain TV show. Five points to whomever can guess it in the comments. (No random guesses please, just solid theories.)
Three of these photos (Lacy, Plummer, and Halicki) show the player's uniform number, with Joshua giving up just half of his. I love that.
Cleveland joins the shadow club, and Halicki joins the Candlestick park "375 sign" club.
Bad: No horrible photos in this bunch, except maybe for Murphy with a nasty shadow right across his face. I'm not crazy about the glare on Plummer's helmet either.
THE STATS
In 1974, Tom Murphy had one of the best ERA+ figures for a guy with at least 120 IP who finished with a W-L record no better than .500.
Lee Lacy is far and away the leader in most seasons with 3 or 4 triples.
Reggie Cleveland has the 2nd most-recent season with 10 complete games and also 10 games finished.
Another stat from 1974 is this game, Plummer's best on offense where he hit 2 homers off Steve Carlton.
Since 1901, only 11 times has a pitcher qualified for the ERA title with a WHIP of 1.06 or less and not gotten at least 10 wins. Halicki had such a year in 1978, only the 3rd such year since 1917. Curt Schilling makes his second appearance in this post.
Not too often does a guy hit 10 triples but then have as many as 10 caught stealings with as few as 20 stolen bases. Von Joshua did it in 1975.
THE COUNTERS
Hall of Famers: 13
(none)
Deceased: 4
(none)
Future managers: 10
(+1 for Plummer)
Fathers and sons of major leaguers: 7
(none)
Loyalty counter: 12
(none)
Rookies of the Year: 9
(none)
Total all-star appearances: 248
(none)
Total MVP awards: 10
(none)
Total Cy Young awards: 5
(none)
#103 Tom Murphy
#104 Lee Lacy
#105 Reggie Cleveland
#106 Bill Plummer
#107 Ed Halicki
#108 Von Joshua
THE DESIGN
Good: Topps did me one better here. I wrote the "STATS" section below before writing this section and I noted that Plummer's best offensive game was a 2-HR job against Steve Carlton. They found a better one, as noted on the back of his card. In fact, holy crap, he never had 4, 5, or 6 RBI's in a game.
Bad: Really? What was so "superb" about this game? I'm not sure I like the copy on the back of Cleveland's card.
THE PHOTOS
Good: First, a little contest. One of these 6 photos immediately struck me as very oddly reminiscent of a certain TV show. Five points to whomever can guess it in the comments. (No random guesses please, just solid theories.)
Three of these photos (Lacy, Plummer, and Halicki) show the player's uniform number, with Joshua giving up just half of his. I love that.
Cleveland joins the shadow club, and Halicki joins the Candlestick park "375 sign" club.
Bad: No horrible photos in this bunch, except maybe for Murphy with a nasty shadow right across his face. I'm not crazy about the glare on Plummer's helmet either.
THE STATS
In 1974, Tom Murphy had one of the best ERA+ figures for a guy with at least 120 IP who finished with a W-L record no better than .500.
Lee Lacy is far and away the leader in most seasons with 3 or 4 triples.
Reggie Cleveland has the 2nd most-recent season with 10 complete games and also 10 games finished.
Another stat from 1974 is this game, Plummer's best on offense where he hit 2 homers off Steve Carlton.
Since 1901, only 11 times has a pitcher qualified for the ERA title with a WHIP of 1.06 or less and not gotten at least 10 wins. Halicki had such a year in 1978, only the 3rd such year since 1917. Curt Schilling makes his second appearance in this post.
Not too often does a guy hit 10 triples but then have as many as 10 caught stealings with as few as 20 stolen bases. Von Joshua did it in 1975.
THE COUNTERS
Hall of Famers: 13
(none)
Deceased: 4
(none)
Future managers: 10
(+1 for Plummer)
Fathers and sons of major leaguers: 7
(none)
Loyalty counter: 12
(none)
Rookies of the Year: 9
(none)
Total all-star appearances: 248
(none)
Total MVP awards: 10
(none)
Total Cy Young awards: 5
(none)
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
PLAY BALL: Game 1, seventh inning
GAME 1
Mudville Nine lead 7-5
TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING
Mudville Nine at bat
#74 Checklist 1-121 (no play)
#75 Dick Ruthven: foul out (one out)
#76 Steve Ontiveros: 2B (runner on second, one out)
#77 Ed Kirkpatrick: fly out (runner on second, two outs)
#78 Pablo Torrealba: rules card (no play)
#79 Darrell Johnson (no play)
#80 Ken Griffey: single (runners on first and third, two outs)
#81 Pete Redfern: ground out (three outs)
0 runs on 2 hits and 0 walks. Mudville Nine lead 7-5
BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING
New York Knights at bat
#82 San Francisco Giants (no play)
#83 Bob Montgomery: BB (runner on first, no outs)
#84 Kent Tekulve: fly out (runner on first, one out)
#85 Ron Fairly: BB (runners on first and second, one out)
#86 Dave Tomlin: K (runners on first and second, two outs)
#87 John Lowenstein: single (bases loaded, two outs)
#88 Mike Phillips: K (three outs)
0 runs on 1 hit and 2 walks. Mudville Nine lead 7-5
Mudville Nine lead 7-5
TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING
Mudville Nine at bat
#74 Checklist 1-121 (no play)
#75 Dick Ruthven: foul out (one out)
#76 Steve Ontiveros: 2B (runner on second, one out)
#77 Ed Kirkpatrick: fly out (runner on second, two outs)
#78 Pablo Torrealba: rules card (no play)
#79 Darrell Johnson (no play)
#80 Ken Griffey: single (runners on first and third, two outs)
#81 Pete Redfern: ground out (three outs)
0 runs on 2 hits and 0 walks. Mudville Nine lead 7-5
BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING
New York Knights at bat
#82 San Francisco Giants (no play)
#83 Bob Montgomery: BB (runner on first, no outs)
#84 Kent Tekulve: fly out (runner on first, one out)
#85 Ron Fairly: BB (runners on first and second, one out)
#86 Dave Tomlin: K (runners on first and second, two outs)
#87 John Lowenstein: single (bases loaded, two outs)
#88 Mike Phillips: K (three outs)
0 runs on 1 hit and 2 walks. Mudville Nine lead 7-5
1978 Topps Cards #97 through #102
THE PLAYERS
#97 Stan Bahnsen
#98 Jim Essian
#99 Willie Hernandez
#100 George Brett
#101 Sid Monge
#102 Matt Alexander
THE DESIGN
Good: The cool design feature to notice is the All-Star shield on Brett's card. We've seen one already in this set, but here it's worth noting that Topps elimianted the baseball from the cards of the guys on the All-Star team and instead put their position inside the shield. Back in 1978, shields were still cool.
Bad: Naughty, naught. The "P" inside the baseball on Bahnsen's card is way off center, almost on the stitches.
THE PHOTOS
Good: Essian's card is pretty cool. I really like the flags in the background--can anybody identify what those flags are for? I also really like the nearly full-body shadow on Alexander's card, plus the shadow of the batting cage.
Bad: Unfortunately, there's a lot to hate in this group. The three head shots on the left are all bad, with goofy expressions from all three guys. Those pajamas Bahnsen is wearing are ridiculous (although not the photographer's fault.) The Alexander photo is horrible, with so much overexposure that the logo on his cap isn't visible and his uniform looks lime green.
I also, perhaps surprisingly, hate the Brett card. I'm not a fan of players appearing without a cap or helmet, such as Tony Perez early in this set. I also don't like that Brett's got a huge wad of what is likely tobacco in his cheek. I know that the 1970s were not a time of addiction awareness and I can't really fault Topps for showing this photo, but to me it just doesn't stand up over time. I hate the card.
THE STATS
Bahnsen is the second most-recent Yankee to strike out the side in his major league debut.
I check most players' HR logs and Jim Essian's is unusual. It's rare to find a guy who has at least 2 homers more against one guy than against anybody else. In other words, players with fewer than 50 career HR usually have 1 against a bunch of guys and 2 against a few pitchers. In Essian's case, he had 3 off Paul Thormodsgard and 1 off everybody else. The same is true for guys with lots of homers. Reggie Jackson, for example, had 8 off Wilbur Wood, 7 against two guys, 6 against a handful of guys, etc.
Sid Monge has the 11th most-recent season with no more than 4 game starts and at least 2 complete games. Back on Sammy Stewart's page on the 88 Topps Cards blog, I noted how 3 guys did it in 1980.
Matt Alexander had only 36 career hits but did have two 3-hit games.
THE COUNTERS
Hall of Famers: 13
(+1 for Brett)
Deceased: 4
(none)
Future managers: 9
(+1 for Essian)
Fathers and sons of major leaguers: 7
(none)
Loyalty counter: 12
(+1 for Brett)
Rookies of the Year: 9
(+1 for Bahnsen)
Total all-star appearances: 248
(+3 for Hernandez, +13 for Brett, +1 for Monge)
Total MVP awards: 10
(+1 for Hernandez, +1 for Brett)
Total Cy Young awards: 5
(+1 for Hernandez)
#97 Stan Bahnsen
#98 Jim Essian
#99 Willie Hernandez
#100 George Brett
#101 Sid Monge
#102 Matt Alexander
THE DESIGN
Good: The cool design feature to notice is the All-Star shield on Brett's card. We've seen one already in this set, but here it's worth noting that Topps elimianted the baseball from the cards of the guys on the All-Star team and instead put their position inside the shield. Back in 1978, shields were still cool.
Bad: Naughty, naught. The "P" inside the baseball on Bahnsen's card is way off center, almost on the stitches.
THE PHOTOS
Good: Essian's card is pretty cool. I really like the flags in the background--can anybody identify what those flags are for? I also really like the nearly full-body shadow on Alexander's card, plus the shadow of the batting cage.
Bad: Unfortunately, there's a lot to hate in this group. The three head shots on the left are all bad, with goofy expressions from all three guys. Those pajamas Bahnsen is wearing are ridiculous (although not the photographer's fault.) The Alexander photo is horrible, with so much overexposure that the logo on his cap isn't visible and his uniform looks lime green.
I also, perhaps surprisingly, hate the Brett card. I'm not a fan of players appearing without a cap or helmet, such as Tony Perez early in this set. I also don't like that Brett's got a huge wad of what is likely tobacco in his cheek. I know that the 1970s were not a time of addiction awareness and I can't really fault Topps for showing this photo, but to me it just doesn't stand up over time. I hate the card.
THE STATS
Bahnsen is the second most-recent Yankee to strike out the side in his major league debut.
I check most players' HR logs and Jim Essian's is unusual. It's rare to find a guy who has at least 2 homers more against one guy than against anybody else. In other words, players with fewer than 50 career HR usually have 1 against a bunch of guys and 2 against a few pitchers. In Essian's case, he had 3 off Paul Thormodsgard and 1 off everybody else. The same is true for guys with lots of homers. Reggie Jackson, for example, had 8 off Wilbur Wood, 7 against two guys, 6 against a handful of guys, etc.
Sid Monge has the 11th most-recent season with no more than 4 game starts and at least 2 complete games. Back on Sammy Stewart's page on the 88 Topps Cards blog, I noted how 3 guys did it in 1980.
Matt Alexander had only 36 career hits but did have two 3-hit games.
THE COUNTERS
Hall of Famers: 13
(+1 for Brett)
Deceased: 4
(none)
Future managers: 9
(+1 for Essian)
Fathers and sons of major leaguers: 7
(none)
Loyalty counter: 12
(+1 for Brett)
Rookies of the Year: 9
(+1 for Bahnsen)
Total all-star appearances: 248
(+3 for Hernandez, +13 for Brett, +1 for Monge)
Total MVP awards: 10
(+1 for Hernandez, +1 for Brett)
Total Cy Young awards: 5
(+1 for Hernandez)
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
The wantlists
My next blog is going to be about 1971 and 1973 Topps. Why? You'll have to wait and find out.
I've posted wantlists here and here as I try to collect the entire sets. If you have any cards you want to trade, please let me know. If you're interested in specific 1971 or 1973 Topps cards yourself, please let me know as I've already got a bunch of doubles. I will also gladly accept gifts of cards from these sets in exchange for a hearty thank-you and link to your blog posted on my blog.
Either way, email me at 78topps at gmail dot com with trade inquiries.
I've posted wantlists here and here as I try to collect the entire sets. If you have any cards you want to trade, please let me know. If you're interested in specific 1971 or 1973 Topps cards yourself, please let me know as I've already got a bunch of doubles. I will also gladly accept gifts of cards from these sets in exchange for a hearty thank-you and link to your blog posted on my blog.
Either way, email me at 78topps at gmail dot com with trade inquiries.
1978 Topps Cards #91 through #96
THE PLAYERS
#91 Oscar Zamora
#92 Adrian Devine
#93 Bobby Cox manager
#94 Chuck Scrivener
#95 Jamie Quirk
#96 Baltimore Orioles
BRUT sign sighting #3 on Jamie Quirk's card. It's also directly behind Adrian Devine and not visible.
THE DESIGN
Good: Topps gets good marks for consistency. The back of Devine's card not only again mentions a low-place finish in the Fireman of the Year award, but also mentions our old friend Steve Foucault again.
I guess they also smelled a rat with Jamie Quirk, ignoring anything they might have said about his 3 years in the majors and instead pulling out a stat from his minor league days.
Bad: The Zamora card is extremely odd. First of all, the guy did not play in the big leagues in 1977. He didn't even play in the minors in 1977. He wasn't a star player prior to then. Why in the world did Topps include his card in this set? I can't see any possible rationale where they thought it made sense. Can anybody come up with a plausible explanation? Furthermore, he signed with the Astros on November 17, 1977. I'm shocked that they were able to include him in this set as an Astro, even though the photo is obviously airbrushed. Back in the 70s, did cards come out right at the end of the calendar year like they do now? If so, I can't imagine how they had enough time to prepare the Zamora card. (We'll get to the photo on the Zamora card below...)
THE PHOTOS
Good: Quirk continues the streak of very nice Brewers cards. I don't know why, but it seems that Topps really wanted to make the Brewers look good in this set. Thier cards are all poses so far, but they are great posed shots. Quirk's bat going right into the foreground of the card is awesome.
I also really like that Bobby Cox has the same pose and expression in both his photos...he just looks a lot older. Younger readers of this blog will probably be shocked to realize that Cox was manager of the Braves in the late 70s and early 80s before returning as manager in 1990, a position he still holds today.
Bad: The Orioles team card is perfectly nice except for the added photo on the left of an extra guy. I'll let Kevin comment on who this is and why it might be there. Had it been me, I would have simply left that guy off, or at least tried to get a photo of him with a black background so it blended a little better.
Nice random fat guy in the background of Scrivener's card.
And at last we come back to that Zamora card. Clearly this was airbrushed, and probably hastily too after he signed with the Astros in very late 1977. I've already talked about how odd the mere inclusion of his card in this set was. However, the airbrushing itself is weird too. I swear it looks like his face has been significantly airbrushed. I also wonder whether Zamora's left eye was naturally closed up as in the photo, or if they chose a terrible photo to use for the airbrushing. All around, this is a horrible and very puzzling card. I give it two big "WTFs" way up.
THE STATS
For whatever it's worth (and it's not worth much) there have been only 9 seasons in history where a pitcher finished 31 games and saved 10 of them. Oddly, Zamora did it in both of his first two seasons and is the only guy to do it more than once.
Devine had two stints with the Braves and two stints with the Rangers. He was traded twice between the teams in two memorable exchanges:
December 8, 1977: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Texas Rangers with Tommy Boggs and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves. The Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
Bobby Cox hit 9 career homers, but a whopping two-thirds of them either tied the game or put the Yankees ahead.
Scrivener's best career game came in 1976 when he had 3 hits, including a homer, against the Indians.
Speaking of trades, look at this crappy pair that the Brewers made:
THE COUNTERS
All counters are zero for this set except for Scrivener being with the Tigers for his entire career.
Hall of Famers: 12
(none)
Deceased: 4
(none)
Future managers: 8
(none)
Fathers and sons of major leaguers: 7
(none)
Loyalty counter: 11
(+1 for Scrivener)
Rookies of the Year: 8
(none)
Total all-star appearances: 231
(This is the first set of cards without any All-Star appearances. Of course, if we were counting Cox's appearances as manager or the appearances of the individual Orioles on the team card, then there'd be plenty.)
Total MVP awards: 9
(none)
Total Cy Young awards: 4
(none)
#91 Oscar Zamora
#92 Adrian Devine
#93 Bobby Cox manager
#94 Chuck Scrivener
#95 Jamie Quirk
#96 Baltimore Orioles
BRUT sign sighting #3 on Jamie Quirk's card. It's also directly behind Adrian Devine and not visible.
THE DESIGN
Good: Topps gets good marks for consistency. The back of Devine's card not only again mentions a low-place finish in the Fireman of the Year award, but also mentions our old friend Steve Foucault again.
I guess they also smelled a rat with Jamie Quirk, ignoring anything they might have said about his 3 years in the majors and instead pulling out a stat from his minor league days.
Bad: The Zamora card is extremely odd. First of all, the guy did not play in the big leagues in 1977. He didn't even play in the minors in 1977. He wasn't a star player prior to then. Why in the world did Topps include his card in this set? I can't see any possible rationale where they thought it made sense. Can anybody come up with a plausible explanation? Furthermore, he signed with the Astros on November 17, 1977. I'm shocked that they were able to include him in this set as an Astro, even though the photo is obviously airbrushed. Back in the 70s, did cards come out right at the end of the calendar year like they do now? If so, I can't imagine how they had enough time to prepare the Zamora card. (We'll get to the photo on the Zamora card below...)
THE PHOTOS
Good: Quirk continues the streak of very nice Brewers cards. I don't know why, but it seems that Topps really wanted to make the Brewers look good in this set. Thier cards are all poses so far, but they are great posed shots. Quirk's bat going right into the foreground of the card is awesome.
I also really like that Bobby Cox has the same pose and expression in both his photos...he just looks a lot older. Younger readers of this blog will probably be shocked to realize that Cox was manager of the Braves in the late 70s and early 80s before returning as manager in 1990, a position he still holds today.
Bad: The Orioles team card is perfectly nice except for the added photo on the left of an extra guy. I'll let Kevin comment on who this is and why it might be there. Had it been me, I would have simply left that guy off, or at least tried to get a photo of him with a black background so it blended a little better.
Nice random fat guy in the background of Scrivener's card.
And at last we come back to that Zamora card. Clearly this was airbrushed, and probably hastily too after he signed with the Astros in very late 1977. I've already talked about how odd the mere inclusion of his card in this set was. However, the airbrushing itself is weird too. I swear it looks like his face has been significantly airbrushed. I also wonder whether Zamora's left eye was naturally closed up as in the photo, or if they chose a terrible photo to use for the airbrushing. All around, this is a horrible and very puzzling card. I give it two big "WTFs" way up.
THE STATS
For whatever it's worth (and it's not worth much) there have been only 9 seasons in history where a pitcher finished 31 games and saved 10 of them. Oddly, Zamora did it in both of his first two seasons and is the only guy to do it more than once.
Devine had two stints with the Braves and two stints with the Rangers. He was traded twice between the teams in two memorable exchanges:
December 8, 1977: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Texas Rangers with Tommy Boggs and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves. The Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
December 6, 1979: Traded by the Atlanta Braves with Pepe Frias to the Texas Rangers for Doyle Alexander, Larvell Blanks, and $50,000.
It's amazing how many of these guys we've already seen on this blog, including Montanez, Matlack, Blanks, as well as Alexander's 1973 Topps card. I also like that there were two Milners involved in that first trade.Bobby Cox hit 9 career homers, but a whopping two-thirds of them either tied the game or put the Yankees ahead.
Scrivener's best career game came in 1976 when he had 3 hits, including a homer, against the Indians.
Speaking of trades, look at this crappy pair that the Brewers made:
December 6, 1976: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with a player to be named later and Jim Wohlford to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jim Colborn and Darrell Porter. The Kansas City Royals sent Bob McClure (March 15, 1977) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
August 3, 1978: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for Gerry Ako (minors) and cash.
That's how they acquired Jamie Quirk from the Royals and then sent him back there. All they did was lose Darrell Porter in the meantime, for essentially nothing.THE COUNTERS
All counters are zero for this set except for Scrivener being with the Tigers for his entire career.
Hall of Famers: 12
(none)
Deceased: 4
(none)
Future managers: 8
(none)
Fathers and sons of major leaguers: 7
(none)
Loyalty counter: 11
(+1 for Scrivener)
Rookies of the Year: 8
(none)
Total all-star appearances: 231
(This is the first set of cards without any All-Star appearances. Of course, if we were counting Cox's appearances as manager or the appearances of the individual Orioles on the team card, then there'd be plenty.)
Total MVP awards: 9
(none)
Total Cy Young awards: 4
(none)
Monday, December 1, 2008
1973 Topps wantlist
Cards I need are in black.
Cards I already have are in grey
Cards I have but could use an upgrade are in blue
Email me at 78topps at gmail dot com to discuss trades.
(I happen to have a lot of the cards from 1 to 100)
Cards I already have are in grey
Cards I have but could use an upgrade are in blue
Email me at 78topps at gmail dot com to discuss trades.
(I happen to have a lot of the cards from 1 to 100)
249/660 (37.7% complete) |
39 replacements needed |
1 Aaron/Ruth/Mays |
2 Rich Hebner -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
3 Jim Lonborg -- Philadelphia Phillies |
4 John Milner -- New York Mets |
5 Ed Brinkman -- Detroit Tigers |
6 Mac Scarce -- Philadelphia Phillies |
7 Rangers Team -- Texas Rangers |
8 Tom Hall -- Cincinnati Reds |
9 Johnny Oates -- Baltimore Orioles |
10 Don Sutton -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
11 Chris Chambliss -- Cleveland Indians |
12 Padres Mgr/Coaches -- San Diego Padres |
13 George Hendrick -- Oakland Athletics |
14 Sonny Siebert -- Boston Red Sox |
15 Ralph Garr -- Atlanta Braves |
16 Steve Braun -- Minnesota Twins |
17 Fred Gladding -- Houston Astros |
18 Leroy Stanton -- California Angels |
19 Tim Foli -- Montreal Expos |
20 Stan Bahnsen -- Chicago White Sox |
21 Randy Hundley -- Chicago Cubs |
22 Ted Abernathy -- Kansas City Royals |
23 Dave Kingman -- San Francisco Giants |
24 Al Santorini -- St. Louis Cardinals |
25 Roy White -- New York Yankees |
26 Pirates Team -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
27 Bill Gogolewski -- Texas Rangers |
28 Hal McRae -- Cincinnati Reds |
29 Tony Taylor -- Detroit Tigers |
30 Tug McGraw -- New York Mets |
31 Buddy Bell -- Cleveland Indians |
32 Fred Norman -- San Diego Padres |
33 Jim Breazeale -- Atlanta Braves |
34 Pat Dobson -- Baltimore Orioles |
35 Willie Davis -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
36 Steve Barber -- California Angels |
37 Bill Robinson -- Philadelphia Phillies |
38 Mike Epstein -- Oakland Athletics |
39 Dave Roberts -- Houston Astros |
40 Reggie Smith -- Boston Red Sox |
41 Tom Walker -- Montreal Expos |
42 Mike Andrews -- Chicago White Sox |
43 Randy Moffitt -- San Francisco Giants |
44 Rick Monday -- Chicago Cubs |
45 Ellie Rodriguez -- Milwaukee Brewers |
46 Lindy McDaniel -- New York Yankees |
47 Luis Melendez -- St. Louis Cardinals |
48 Paul Splittorff -- Kansas City Royals |
49 Twins Mgr/Coaches -- Minnesota Twins |
50 Roberto Clemente -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
51 Check Seelbach -- Detroit Tigers |
52 Denis Menke -- Cincinnati Reds |
53 Steve Dunning -- Cleveland Indians |
54 Checklist 1-132 |
55 John Matlack -- New York Mets |
56 Merv Rettenmund -- Baltimore Orioles |
57 Derrel Thomas -- San Diego Padres |
58 Mike Paul -- Texas Rangers |
59 Steve Yeager -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
60 Ken Holtzman -- Oakland Athletics |
61 Williams/Carew LL |
62 Bench/Allen LL |
63 Bench/Allen LL |
64 Brock/Campaneris |
65 Carlton/Tiant LL |
66 Carlton/Perry/Wood |
67 Carlton/Ryan LL |
68 Carroll/Lyle |
69 Phil Gagliano -- Boston Red Sox |
70 Milt Pappas -- Chicago Cubs |
71 Johnny Briggs -- Milwaukee Brewers |
72 Ron Reed -- Atlanta Braves |
73 Ed Herrmann -- Chicago White Sox |
74 Billy Champion -- Milwaukee Brewers |
75 Vada Pinson -- California Angels |
76 Doug Rader -- Houston Astros |
77 Mike Torrez -- Montreal Expos |
78 Richie Scheinblum -- Kansas City Royals |
79 Jim Willoughby -- San Francisco Giants |
80 Tony Oliva -- Minnesota Twins |
81 Cubs Mgr/Coaches -- Chicago Cubs |
82 Fritz Peterson -- New York Yankees |
83 Leron Lee -- San Diego Padres |
84 Rollie Fingers -- Oakland Athletics |
85 Ted Simmons -- St. Louis Cardinals |
86 Tom McCraw -- Cleveland Indians |
87 Ken Boswell -- New York Mets |
88 Mickey Stanley -- Detroit Tigers |
89 Jack Billingham -- Cincinnati Reds |
90 Brooks Robinson -- Baltimore Orioles |
91 Dodgers Team -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
92 Jerry Bell -- Milwaukee Brewers |
93 Jesus Alou -- Houston Astros |
94 Dick Billings -- Texas Rangers |
95 Steve Blass -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
96 Doug Griffin -- Boston Red Sox |
97 Willie Montanez -- Philadelphia Phillies |
98 Dick Woodson -- Minnesota Twins |
99 Carl Taylor -- Kansas City Royals |
100 Hank Aaron -- Atlanta Braves |
101 Ken Henderson -- San Francisco Giants |
102 Rudy May -- California Angels |
103 Celerino Sanchez -- New York Yankees |
104 Reggie Cleveland -- St. Louis Cardinals |
105 Carlos May -- Chicago White Sox |
106 Terry Humphrey -- Montreal Expos |
107 Phil Hennigan -- New York Mets |
108 Bill Russell -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
109 Doyle Alexander -- Baltimore Orioles |
110 Bob Watson -- Houston Astros |
111 Dave Nelson -- Texas Rangers |
112 Gary Ross -- San Diego Padres |
113 Jerry Grote -- New York Mets |
114 Lynn McGlothen -- Boston Red Sox |
115 Ron Santo -- Chicago Cubs |
116 Yankees Mgr/Coaches -- New York Yankees |
117 Ramon Hernandez -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
118 John Mayberry -- Kansas City Royals |
119 Larry Bowa -- Philadelphia Phillies |
120 Joe Coleman -- Detroit Tigers |
121 Dave Rader -- San Francisco Giants |
122 Jim Strickland -- Minnesota Twins |
123 Sandy Alomar -- California Angels |
124 Jim Hardin -- Atlanta Braves |
125 Ron Fairly -- Montreal Expos |
126 Jim Brewer -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
127 Brewers Team -- Milwaukee Brewers |
128 Ted Sizemore -- St. Louis Cardinals |
129 Terry Forster -- Chicago White Sox |
130 Pete Rose -- Cincinnati Reds |
131 Red Sox Mgr/Coaches -- Boston Red Sox |
132 Matty Alou -- New York Yankees |
133 Dave Roberts -- San Diego Padres |
134 Milt Wilcox -- Cleveland Indians |
135 Lee May -- Houston Astros |
136 Orioles Mgr/Coaches -- Baltimore Orioles |
137 Jim Beauchamp -- New York Mets |
138 Horacio Pina -- Texas Rangers |
139 Carmen Fanzone -- Chicago Cubs |
140 Lou Piniella -- Kansas City Royals |
141 Bruce Kison -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
142 Thurman Munson -- New York Yankees |
143 John Curtis -- Boston Red Sox |
144 Marty Perez -- Atlanta Braves |
145 Bobby Bonds -- San Francisco Giants |
146 Woodie Fryman -- Detroit Tigers |
147 Mike Anderson -- Philadelphia Phillies |
148 Dave Goltz -- Minnesota Twins |
149 Ron Hunt -- Montreal Expos |
150 Wilbur Wood -- Chicago White Sox |
151 Wes Parker -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
152 Dave May -- Milwaukee Brewers |
153 Al Hrabosky -- St. Louis Cardinals |
154 Jeff Torborg -- California Angels |
155 Sal Bando -- Oakland Athletics |
156 Cesar Geronimo -- Cincinnati Reds |
157 Denny Riddleberger -- Cleveland Indians |
158 Astros Team -- Houston Astros |
159 Clarence Gaston -- San Diego Padres |
160 Jim Palmer -- Baltimore Orioles |
161 Ted Martinez -- New York Mets |
162 Pete Broberg -- Texas Rangers |
163 Vic Davalillo -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
164 Monty Montgomery -- Kansas City Royals |
165 Luis Aparicio -- Boston Red Sox |
166 Terry Harmon -- Philadelphia Phillies |
167 Steve Stone -- San Francisco Giants |
168 Jim Northrup -- Detroit Tigers |
169 Ron Schueler -- Atlanta Braves |
170 Harmon Killebrew -- Minnesota Twins |
171 Bernie Carbo -- St. Louis Cardinals |
172 Steve Kline -- New York Yankees |
173 Hal Breeden -- Montreal Expos |
174 Rich Gossage -- Chicago White Sox |
175 Frank Robinson -- California Angels |
176 Chuck Taylor -- Milwaukee Brewers |
177 Bill Plummer -- Cincinnati Reds |
178 Don Rose -- California Angels |
179 A's Mgr/Coaches -- Oakland Athletics |
180 Fergie Jenkins -- Chicago Cubs |
181 Jack Brohamer -- Cleveland Indians |
182 Mike Caldwell -- San Diego Padres |
183 Don Buford -- Baltimore Orioles |
184 Jerry Koosman -- New York Mets |
185 Jim Wynn -- Houston Astros |
186 Bill Fahey -- Texas Rangers |
187 Luke Walker -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
188 Cookie Rojas -- Kansas City Royals |
189 Greg Luzinski -- Philadelphia Phillies |
190 Bob Gibson -- St. Louis Cardinals |
191 Tigers Team -- Detroit Tigers |
192 Pat Jarvis -- Atlanta Braves |
193 Carlton Fisk -- Boston Red Sox |
194 Jorge Orta -- Chicago White Sox |
195 Clay Carroll -- Cincinnati Reds |
196 Ken McMullen -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
197 Ed Goodson -- San Francisco Giants |
198 Horace Clarke -- New York Yankees |
199 Bert Blyleven -- Minnesota Twins |
200 Billy Williams -- Chicago Cubs |
201 AL Playoffs |
202 NL Playoffs |
203 World Series Game 1 |
204 World Series Game 2 |
205 World Series Game 3 |
206 World Series Game 4 |
207 World Series Game 5 |
208 World Series Game 6 |
209 World Series Game 7 |
210 World Series Summary |
211 Balor Moore -- Montreal Expos |
212 Joe Lahoud -- Milwaukee Brewers |
213 Steve Garvey -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
214 Dave Hamilton -- Oakland Athletics |
215 Dusty Baker -- Atlanta Braves |
216 Toby Harrah -- Texas Rangers |
217 Don Wilson -- Houston Astros |
218 Aurelio Rodriguez -- Detroit Tigers |
219 Cardinals Team -- St. Louis Cardinals |
220 Nolan Ryan -- California Angels |
221 Fred Kendall -- San Diego Padres |
222 Rob Gardner -- Oakland Athletics |
223 Bud Harrelson -- New York Mets |
224 Bill Lee -- Boston Red Sox |
225 Al Oliver -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
226 Ray Fosse -- Cleveland Indians |
227 Wayne Twitchell -- Philadelphia Phillies |
228 Bobby Darwin -- Minnesota Twins |
229 Roric Harrison -- Baltimore Orioles |
230 Joe Morgan -- Cincinnati Reds |
231 Bill Parsons -- Milwaukee Brewers |
232 Ken Singleton -- Montreal Expos |
233 Ed Kirkpatrick -- Kansas City Royals |
234 Bill North -- Oakland Athletics |
235 Jim Hunter -- Oakland Athletics |
236 Tito Fuentes -- San Francisco Giants |
237 Braves Coaches -- Atlanta Braves |
238 Tony Muser -- Chicago White Sox |
239 Pete Richert -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
240 Bobby Murcer -- New York Yankees |
241 Dwain Anderson -- St. Louis Cardinals |
242 George Culver -- Houston Astros |
243 Angels Team -- California Angels |
244 Ed Acosta -- San Diego Padres |
245 Carl Yastrzemski -- Boston Red Sox |
246 Ken Sanders -- Philadelphia Phillies |
247 Del Unser -- Cleveland Indians |
248 Jerry Johnson -- San Francisco Giants |
249 Larry Biittner -- Texas Rangers |
250 Manny Sanguillen -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
251 Roger Nelson -- Kansas City Royals |
252 Giants Mgr/Coaches -- San Francisco Giants |
253 Mark Belanger -- Baltimore Orioles |
254 Bill Stoneman -- Montreal Expos |
255 Reggie Jackson -- Oakland Athletics |
256 Chris Zachary -- Detroit Tigers |
257 Yogi Berra Mgr -- New York Mets |
258 Tommy John -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
259 Jim Holt -- Minnesota Twins |
260 Gary Nolan -- Cincinnati Reds |
261 Pat Kelly -- Chicago White Sox |
262 Jack Aker -- Chicago Cubs |
263 George Scott -- Milwaukee Brewers |
264 Checklist 133-264 |
265 Gene Michael -- New York Yankees |
266 Mike Lum -- Atlanta Braves |
267 Lloyd Allen -- California Angels |
268 Jerry Morales -- San Diego Padres |
269 Tim McCarver -- St. Louis Cardinals |
270 Luis Tiant -- Boston Red Sox |
271 Tom Hutton -- Philadelphia Phillies |
272 Ed Farmer -- Cleveland Indians |
273 Chris Speier -- San Francisco Giants |
274 Darold Knowles -- Oakland Athletics |
275 Tony Perez -- Cincinnati Reds |
276 Joe Lovitto -- Texas Rangers |
277 Bob Miller -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
278 Orioles Team -- Baltimore Orioles |
279 Mike Strahler -- California Angels |
280 Al Kaline -- Detroit Tigers |
281 Mike Jorgensen -- Montreal Expos |
282 Steve Hovley -- Kansas City Royals |
283 Ray Sadecki -- New York Mets |
284 Glenn Borgmann -- Minnesota Twins |
285 Don Kessinger -- Chicago Cubs |
286 Frank Linzy -- Milwaukee Brewers |
287 Eddie Leon -- Chicago White Sox |
288 Gary Gentry -- Atlanta Braves |
289 Bob Oliver -- California Angels |
290 Cesar Cedeno -- Houston Astros |
291 Rogelio Moret -- Boston Red Sox |
292 Jose Cruz -- St. Louis Cardinals |
293 Bernie Allen -- New York Yankees |
294 Steve Arlin -- San Diego Padres |
295 Bert Campaneris -- Oakland Athletics |
296 Reds Mgr/Coaches -- Cincinnati Reds |
297 Walt Williams -- Cleveland Indians |
298 Ron Bryant -- San Francisco Giants |
299 Ted Ford -- Texas Rangers |
300 Steve Carlton -- Philadelphia Phillies |
301 Billy Grabarkewitz -- California Angels |
302 Terry Crowley -- Baltimore Orioles |
303 Nelson Briles -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
304 Duke Sims -- Detroit Tigers |
305 Willie Mays -- New York Mets |
306 Tom Burgmeier -- Kansas City Royals |
307 Boots Day -- Montreal Expos |
308 Skip Lockwood -- Milwaukee Brewers |
309 Paul Popovich -- Chicago Cubs |
310 Dick Allen -- Chicago White Sox |
311 Joe Decker -- Minnesota Twins |
312 Oscar Brown -- Atlanta Braves |
313 Jim Ray -- Houston Astros |
314 Ron Swoboda -- New York Yankees |
315 John Odom -- Oakland Athletics |
316 Padres Team -- San Diego Padres |
317 Danny Cater -- Boston Red Sox |
318 Jim McGlothlin -- Cincinnati Reds |
319 Jim Spencer -- California Angels |
320 Lou Brock -- St. Louis Cardinals |
321 Rich Hinton -- Texas Rangers |
322 Garry Maddox -- San Francisco Giants |
323 Tigers Coaches -- Detroit Tigers |
324 Al Downing -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
325 Boog Powell -- Baltimore Orioles |
326 Darrell Brandon -- Philadelphia Phillies |
327 John Lowenstein -- Cleveland Indians |
328 Bill Bonham -- Chicago Cubs |
329 Ed Kranepool -- New York Mets |
330 Rod Carew -- Minnesota Twins |
331 Carl Morton -- Montreal Expos |
332 John Felske -- Milwaukee Brewers |
333 Gene Clines -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
334 Freddie Patek -- Kansas City Royals |
335 Bob Tolan -- Cincinnati Reds |
336 Tom Bradley -- San Francisco Giants |
337 Dave Duncan -- Oakland Athletics |
338 Checklist 265-396 |
339 Dick Tidrow -- Cleveland Indians |
340 Nate Colbert -- San Diego Padres |
341 Jim Palmer -- Kid Pixs -- Baltimore Orioles |
342 Sam McDowell -- Kid Pixs -- Oakland Athletics |
343 Bobby Murcer -- Kid Pixs -- New York Yankees |
344 Jim Hunter -- Kid Pixs -- Oakland Athletics |
345 Chris Speier -- Kid Pixs -- San Francisco Giants |
346 Gaylord Perry -- Kid Pixs -- Cleveland Indians |
347 Royals Team -- Kansas City Royals |
348 Rennie Stennett -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
349 Dick McAuliffe -- Detroit Tigers |
350 Tom Seaver -- New York Mets |
351 Jimmy Stewart -- Houston Astros |
352 Don Stanhouse -- Texas Rangers |
353 Steve Brye -- Minnesota Twins |
354 Billy Parker -- California Angels |
355 Mike Marshall -- Montreal Expos |
356 White Sox Mgr/Coache -- Chicago White Sox |
357 Ross Grimsley -- Cincinnati Reds |
358 Jim Nettles -- Minnesota Twins |
359 Cecil Upshaw -- Atlanta Braves |
360 Joe Rudi -- Oakland Athletics |
361 Fran Healy -- San Francisco Giants |
362 Eddie Watt -- Baltimore Orioles |
363 Jackie Hernandez -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
364 Rick Wise -- St. Louis Cardinals |
365 Rico Petrocelli -- Boston Red Sox |
366 Brock Davis -- Milwaukee Brewers |
367 Burt Hooton -- Chicago Cubs |
368 Bill Buckner -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
369 Lerrin LaGrow -- Detroit Tigers |
370 Willie Stargell -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
371 Mike Kekich -- New York Yankees |
372 Oscar Gamble -- Cleveland Indians |
373 Clyde Wright -- California Angels |
374 Darrell Evans -- Atlanta Braves |
375 Larry Dierker -- Houston Astros |
376 Frank Duffy -- Cleveland Indians |
377 Expos Coaches -- Montreal Expos |
378 Lenny Randle -- Texas Rangers |
379 Cy Acosta -- Chicago White Sox |
380 Johnny Bench -- Cincinnati Reds |
381 Vicente Romo -- San Diego Padres |
382 Mike Hegan -- Oakland Athletics |
383 Diego Segui -- St. Louis Cardinals |
384 Don Baylor -- Baltimore Orioles |
385 Jim Perry -- Minnesota Twins |
386 Don Money -- Milwaukee Brewers |
387 Jim Barr -- San Francisco Giants |
388 Ben Oglivie -- Boston Red Sox |
389 Mets Team -- New York Mets |
390 Mickey Lolich -- Detroit Tigers |
391 Lee Lacy -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
392 Dick Drago -- Kansas City Royals |
393 Jose Cardenal -- Chicago Cubs |
394 Sparky Lyle -- New York Yankees |
395 Roger Metzger -- Houston Astros |
396 Grant Jackson -- Baltimore Orioles |
397 Dave Cash -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
398 Rich Hand -- Texas Rangers |
399 George Foster -- Cincinnati Reds |
400 Gaylord Perry -- Cleveland Indians |
401 Clyde Mashore -- Montreal Expos |
402 Jack Hiatt -- California Angels |
403 Sonny Jackson -- Atlanta Braves |
404 Chuck Brinkman -- Chicago White Sox |
405 Cesar Tovar -- Philadelphia Phillies |
406 Paul Lindblad -- Oakland Athletics |
407 Felix Millan -- New York Mets |
408 Jim Colborn -- Milwaukee Brewers |
409 Ivan Murrell -- San Diego Padres |
410 Willie McCovey -- San Francisco Giants |
411 Ray Corbin -- Minnesota Twins |
412 Manny Mota -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
413 Tom Timmermann -- Detroit Tigers |
414 Ken Rudolph -- Chicago Cubs |
415 Marty Pattin -- Boston Red Sox |
416 Paul Schaal -- Kansas City Royals |
417 Scipio Spinks -- St. Louis Cardinals |
418 Bobby Grich -- Baltimore Orioles |
419 Casey Cox -- New York Yankees |
420 Tommie Agee -- Houston Astros |
421 Angels Mgr/Coaches -- California Angels |
422 Bob Robertson -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
423 Johnny Jeter -- Chicago White Sox |
424 Denny Doyle -- Philadelphia Phillies |
425 Alex Johnson -- Cleveland Indians |
426 Dave LaRoche -- Chicago Cubs |
427 Rick Auerbach -- Milwaukee Brewers |
428 Wayne Simpson -- Kansas City Royals |
429 Jim Fairey -- Montreal Expos |
430 Vida Blue -- Oakland Athletics |
431 Gerry Moses -- New York Yankees |
432 Dan Frisella -- Atlanta Braves |
433 Willie Horton -- Detroit Tigers |
434 Giants Team -- San Francisco Giants |
435 Rico Carty -- Texas Rangers |
436 Jim McAndrew -- New York Mets |
437 John Kennedy -- Boston Red Sox |
438 Enzo Hernandez -- San Diego Padres |
439 Eddie Fisher -- Chicago White Sox |
440 Glenn Beckert -- Chicago Cubs |
441 Gail Hopkins -- Kansas City Royals |
442 Dick Dietz -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
443 Danny Thompson -- Minnesota Twins |
444 Ken Brett -- Philadelphia Phillies |
445 Ken Berry -- California Angels |
446 Jerry Reuss -- Houston Astros |
447 Joe Hague -- Cincinnati Reds |
448 John Hiller -- Detroit Tigers |
449 Indians Mgr/Coaches -- Cleveland Indians |
450 Joe Torre -- St. Louis Cardinals |
451 John Vukovich -- Milwaukee Brewers |
452 Paul Casanova -- Atlanta Braves |
453 Checklist 397-528 |
454 Tom Haller -- Philadelphia Phillies |
455 Bill Melton -- Chicago White Sox |
456 Dick Green -- Oakland Athletics |
457 John Strohmayer -- Montreal Expos |
458 Jim Mason -- Texas Rangers |
459 Jimmy Howarth -- San Francisco Giants |
460 Bill Freehan -- Detroit Tigers |
461 Mike Corkins -- San Diego Padres |
462 Ron Blomberg -- New York Yankees |
463 Ken Tatum -- Boston Red Sox |
464 Cubs Team -- Chicago Cubs |
465 Dave Giusti -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
466 Jose Arcia -- Kansas City Royals |
467 Mike Ryan -- Philadelphia Phillies |
468 Tom Griffin -- Houston Astros |
469 Dan Monzon -- Minnesota Twins |
470 Mike Cuellar -- Baltimore Orioles |
471 Ty Cobb LDR |
472 Lou Gehrig LDR -- New York Yankees |
473 Hank Aaron LDR -- Atlanta Braves |
474 Babe Ruth LDR -- New York Yankees |
475 Ty Cobb LDR -- Detroit Tigers |
476 Walter Johnson LDR |
477 Cy Young LDR |
478 Walter Johnson LDR |
479 Hal Lanier -- New York Yankees |
480 Juan Marichal -- San Francisco Giants |
481 White Sox Team -- Chicago White Sox |
482 Rick Reuschel -- Chicago Cubs |
483 Dal Maxvill -- Oakland Athletics |
484 Ernie McAnally -- Montreal Expos |
485 Norm Cash -- Detroit Tigers |
486 Phillies Mgr/Coaches -- Philadelphia Phillies |
487 Bruce Dal Canton -- Kansas City Royals |
488 Dave Campbell -- San Diego Padres |
489 Jeff Burroughs -- Texas Rangers |
490 Claude Osteen -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
491 Bob Montgomery -- Boston Red Sox |
492 Pedro Borbon -- Cincinnati Reds |
493 Duffy Dyer -- New York Mets |
494 Rich Morales -- Chicago White Sox |
495 Tommy Helms -- Houston Astros |
496 Ray Lamb -- Cleveland Indians |
497 Cardinals Mgr/Coache -- St. Louis Cardinals |
498 Graig Nettles -- New York Yankees |
499 Bob Moose -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
500 A's Team -- Oakland Athletics |
501 Larry Gura -- Chicago Cubs |
502 Bobby Valentine -- California Angels |
503 Phil Niekro -- Atlanta Braves |
504 Earl Williams -- Baltimore Orioles |
505 Bob Bailey -- Montreal Expos |
506 Bart Johnson -- Chicago White Sox |
507 Darrel Chaney -- Cincinnati Reds |
508 Gates Brown -- Detroit Tigers |
509 Jim Nash -- Philadelphia Phillies |
510 Amos Otis -- Kansas City Royals |
511 Sam McDowell -- San Francisco Giants |
512 Dalton Jones -- Texas Rangers |
513 Dave Marshall -- San Diego Padres |
514 Jerry Kenney -- Cleveland Indians |
515 Andy Messersmith -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
516 Danny Walton -- Minnesota Twins |
517 Pirates Mgr/Coaches -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
518 Bob Veale -- Boston Red Sox |
519 John Edwards -- Houston Astros |
520 Mel Stottlemyre -- New York Yankees |
521 Braves Team -- Atlanta Braves |
522 Leo Cardenas -- California Angels |
523 Wayne Granger -- St. Louis Cardinals |
524 Gene Tenace -- Oakland Athletics |
525 Jim Fregosi -- New York Mets |
526 Ollie Brown -- Milwaukee Brewers |
527 Dan McGinn -- Chicago Cubs |
528 Paul Blair -- Baltimore Orioles |
529 Milt May -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
530 Jim Kaat -- Minnesota Twins |
531 Ron Woods -- Montreal Expos |
532 Steve Mingori -- Cleveland Indians |
533 Larry Stahl -- Cincinnati Reds |
534 Dave Lemonds -- Chicago White Sox |
535 John Callison -- New York Yankees |
536 Phillie Team -- Philadelphia Phillies |
537 Bill Slayback -- Detroit Tigers |
538 Jim Hart -- San Francisco Giants |
539 Tom Murphy -- Kansas City Royals |
540 Cleon Jones -- New York Mets |
541 Bob Bolin -- Boston Red Sox |
542 Pat Corrales -- San Diego Padres |
543 Alan Foster -- California Angels |
544 Von Joshua -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
545 Orlando Cepeda -- Oakland Athletics |
546 Jim York -- Houston Astros |
547 Bobby Heise -- Milwaukee Brewers |
548 Don Durham -- St. Louis Cardinals |
549 Rangers Mgr/Coaches -- Texas Rangers |
550 Dave Johnson -- Atlanta Braves |
551 Mike Kilkenny -- Cleveland Indians |
552 J.C. Martin -- Chicago Cubs |
553 Mickey Scott -- Baltimore Orioles |
554 Dave Concepcion -- Cincinnati Reds |
555 Bill Hands -- Minnesota Twins |
556 Yankees Team -- New York Yankees |
557 Bernie Williams -- San Francisco Giants |
558 Jerry May -- Kansas City Royals |
559 Barry Lersch -- Philadelphia Phillies |
560 Frank Howard -- Detroit Tigers |
561 Jim Geddes -- Chicago White Sox |
562 Wayne Garrett -- New York Mets |
563 Larry Haney -- Oakland Athletics |
564 Mike Thompson -- Texas Rangers |
565 Jim Hickman -- Chicago Cubs |
566 Lew Krausse -- Boston Red Sox |
567 Bob Fenwick -- St. Louis Cardinals |
568 Ray Newman -- Milwaukee Brewers |
569 Walt Alston Mgr -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
570 Bill Singer -- California Angels |
571 Rusty Torres -- Cleveland Indians |
572 Gary Sutherland -- Houston Astros |
573 Fred Beene -- New York Yankees |
574 Bob Didier -- Atlanta Braves |
575 Dock Ellis -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
576 Expos Team -- Montreal Expos |
577 Eric Soderholm -- Minnesota Twins |
578 Ken Wright -- Kansas City Royals |
579 Tom Grieve -- Texas Rangers |
580 Joe Pepitone -- Chicago Cubs |
581 Steve Kealey -- Chicago White Sox |
582 Darrell Porter -- Milwaukee Brewers |
583 Bill Greif -- San Diego Padres |
584 Chris Arnold -- San Francisco Giants |
585 Joe Niekro -- Detroit Tigers |
586 Bill Sudakis -- New York Mets |
587 Rich McKinney -- Oakland Athletics |
588 Checklist 529-660 |
589 Ken Forsch -- Houston Astros |
590 Deron Johnson -- Philadelphia Phillies |
591 Mike Hedlund -- Cleveland Indians |
592 John Boccabella -- Montreal Expos |
593 Royals Mgr/Coaches -- Kansas City Royals |
594 Vic Harris -- Texas Rangers |
595 Don Gullett -- Cincinnati Reds |
596 Red Sox Team -- Boston Red Sox |
597 Mickey Rivers -- California Angels |
598 Phil Roof -- Minnesota Twins |
599 Ed Crosby -- St. Louis Cardinals |
600 Dave McNally -- Baltimore Orioles |
601 Pena/Robls/Stelmaszk |
602 Behney/Garcia/Rau |
603 Hughes/McNulty/Reitz |
604 Jefrson/O'Tool/Strmp |
605 Bourque/Cabel/Marquz |
606 Mathew/Paciork/Roque |
607 Busse/Frias/Guerrero |
608 Busby/Colpart/Medich |
609 Blanks/Garcia/Lopes |
610 Freeman/Hough/Webb |
611 Cogins/Wohlford/Zisk |
612 Lawson/Reynold/Strom |
613 Boone/Ivie/Jutze |
614 Bumbry/Evans/Spikes |
615 Mike Schmidt/Cey |
616 Anglni/Blatric/Garmn |
617 Rich Chiles -- New York Mets |
618 Andy Etchebarren -- Baltimore Orioles |
619 Billy Wilson -- Philadelphia Phillies |
620 Tommy Harper -- Boston Red Sox |
621 Joe Ferguson -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
622 Larry Hisle -- Minnesota Twins |
623 Steve Renko -- Montreal Expos |
624 Astros Mgr/Coaches -- Houston Astros |
625 Angel Mangual -- Oakland Athletics |
626 Bob Barton -- Cincinnati Reds |
627 Luis Alvarado -- Chicago White Sox |
628 Jim Slaton -- Milwaukee Brewers |
629 Indians -- Cleveland Indians |
630 Denny McLain -- Atlanta Braves |
631 Tom Matchick -- Baltimore Orioles |
632 Dick Selma -- Philadelphia Phillies |
633 Ike Brown -- Detroit Tigers |
634 Alan Closter -- New York Yankees |
635 Gene Alley -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
636 Rick Clark -- California Angels |
637 Norm Niller -- Houston Astros |
638 Ken Reynolds -- Minnesota Twins |
639 Willie Crawford -- Los Angeles Dodgers |
640 Dick Bosman -- Texas Rangers |
641 Reds Team -- Cincinnati Reds |
642 Jose Laboy -- Montreal Expos |
643 Al Fitzmorris -- Kansas City Royals |
644 Jack Heidemann -- Cleveland Indians |
645 Bob Locker -- Chicago Cubs |
646 Brewers Mgr/Coaches -- Milwaukee Brewers |
647 George Stone -- New York Mets |
648 Tom Egan -- Chicago White Sox |
649 Rich Folkers -- St. Louis Cardinals |
650 Felipe Alou -- New York Yankees |
651 Don Carrithers -- San Francisco Giants |
652 Ted Kubiak -- Oakland Athletics |
653 Joe Hoerner -- Atlanta Braves |
654 Twins Team -- Minnesota Twins |
655 Clay Kirby -- San Diego Padres |
656 John Ellis -- Cleveland Indians |
657 Bob Johnson -- Pittsburgh Pirates |
658 Elliott Maddox -- Texas Rangers |
659 Jose Pagan -- Philadelphia Phillies |
660 Fred Scherman -- Detroit Tigers |
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