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1973 topps baseball set builder sunday april 6 2014 484 ernie mcanally about this player ernie mcanally pitched in four major league seasons with the montreal expos from 1971 to 1974 mcanally was drafted originally by the new york mets in 1966 but he was selected later by the expos in the expansion draft in 1968 mcanally was in the expos starting rotation for his four seasons his rookie season proved to be his finest with career highs in wins 11 innings pitched 177 2 and complete games 8 in 1975 mcanally s contract was purchased by the cleveland indians he spent the season in the minor leagues before retiring from the game about this card just as the topps cartoon states mcanally just like many other major league baseball players at the time had jobs during the off season posted by tonygillen at 4 06 2014 05 06 00 pm 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels ernie mcanally montreal expos saturday april 5 2014 222 rob gardner about this player rob gardner spent eight seasons in the major leagues bouncing around between six different teams originally signed out of high school by the minnesota twins in 1963 gardner was selected by the new york mets in the 1963 first year draft he made his big league debut in 1965 and spent two seasons with the mets before being traded to the chicago cubs he would later be traded throughout his career to the cleveland indians new york yankees and oakland a s before playing his last game for the milwaukee brewers gardner does hold a distinction for being traded for two of the three alou brothers throughout this career in 1971 gardner was traded from the yankees along with one other player to the a s for felipe alou gardner was traded back to the yankees two months later he would be traded again from the yankees along with a player to be named later who would be rich mckinney to the a s prior to the start of the 1973 season for matty alou about this card just as gardner had bounced around different major league clubs he also bounced around the minors his topps card states that we has pitched in 10 minor league cities gardner will have pitched for 12 different minor league clubs by the end of his professional career gardner had only spent four games with the a s in 1971 hardly enough time for a photograph in an a s uniform posted by tonygillen at 4 05 2014 09 54 00 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels final card felipe alou matty alou oakland a s rich mckinney rob gardner friday april 4 2014 199 bert blyleven about this player bert blyleven pitched in 22 big league seasons with five different teams and two tenures with the minnesota twins for a total of 11 seasons though born in the netherlands blyleven was raised in california he was drafted by the twins in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft and made his major league debut the following year at the age of 19 blyleven known for his wicked curveball had one of his finest seasons in 1973 he led the american league in shutouts pitched his only 20 win season and was named an all star blyleven also pitched the first two of his four career one hit games that season blyleven was selected to the all star team twice 1973 and 1985 he lead the american league three times in shutouts he pitched on two world series winning teams 1979 pittsburgh pirates and 1987 minnesota twins despite never having lead either league in strikeouts blyleven ended his career third all time in strikeouts behind nolan ryan and steve carlton blyleven currently ranks fifth blyleven was elected to the baseball hall of fame in 2011 in the same season the minnesota twins retired number 28 in his honor about this card the back of his topps card calls blyleven one of the finest young pitchers in the american league more than a fine pitcher blyleven would go on to complete a hall of fame career posted by tonygillen at 4 04 2014 10 16 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bert blyleven minnesota twins nolan ryan steve carlton sunday january 19 2014 541 bob bolin about this player bobby bolin pitched in 13 big league seasons and his final four with the boston red sox bolin made his major league debut in 1961 with the san francisco giants and started his career in relief eventually bolin would serve in a combined starter relief role during his tenure with the giants bolin finished 1968 with the national league s second best era with 1 99 bob gibson was first with a record 1 12 era in 1970 bolin was traded to the milwaukee brewers he was traded again that season to the boston red sox and finished his career as a full time reliever in his final season in 1973 bolin led the red sox bullpen with 15 saves about this card comparing all of the red sox cards i have covered so far it looks like bolin s photo was taken at the same time and location most likely spring training with ken tatum john curtis mike garman and john kennedy posted by tonygillen at 1 19 2014 09 38 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bob bolin bob gibson boston red sox john curtis john kennedy ken tatum mike garman saturday january 18 2014 362 eddie watt about this player eddie watt pitched in ten major leagues seasons and the first eight of them with the baltimore orioles watt was signed as an amateur free agent by the orioles and he made his big league debut in 1966 he started 13 games in his rookie season but would continue his career exclusively as a relief pitcher watt was a member of four american league championship orioles teams with three of them being world series winners watt pitched a season each with the philadelphia phillies and the chicago cubs before playing in his final major league game in 1975 watt started the 1976 season on the padres aaa affiliate hawaii islanders he became a player coach in the following year and pitched his last professional game in 1968 he continued to coach in the minor leagues until retiring in 2003 about this card one of the reasons i enjoy the design of the 1973 topps set is because of its simplicity simple portraits attract more attention simply because the design does not overshadow it posted by tonygillen at 1 18 2014 11 20 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baltimore orioles eddie watt tuesday january 14 2014 team checklist pittsburgh pirates about this card the checklist cards are not numbered but there are 24 total posted by tonygillen at 1 14 2014 10 14 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels team checklist pittsburgh pirates saturday january 11 2014 403 sonny jackson about this player sonny jackson played in 12 major league seasons split between the houston astros and atlanta braves jackson made is big league debut with houston in 1963 at the age of 18 after a few years seasoning in the minors jackson was established as the starting shortstop in 1966 while still qualifying as a rookie jackson led the national league in singles 160 and sacrifice hits 27 and established his career high in batting average 292 jackson also set a then record for most stolen bases by a rookie 49 despite his success jackson come in second to tommy helms in rookie of the year voting after five seasons in houston jackson was traded to atlanta although he struggled offensively jackson played seven seasons at shortstop and center fielder for this club jackson played his final major league game in 1974 about this card the glasses that jackson wears made its topps card debut in 1970 posted by tonygillen at 1 11 2014 03 53 00 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels atlanta braves sonny jackson tommy helms older posts home subscribe to posts atom about this blog thank you for checking out the 1973 topps baseball set builder blog i have finally completed this set but plan to continue building this blog i will look at each card and write about the player and the card and offer some thoughts in completing this set if you have a blog you would like added to my listing below please send me an e mail pages home checklist frequently asked questions blog archive 2014 15 april 3 484 ernie mcanally 222 rob gardner 199 bert blyleven january 12 2013 11 december 10 january 1 2012 18 december 3 november 7 october 8 2011 119 november 8 october 8 september 7 august 10 july 6 june 16 may 22 april 21 march 21 2010 37 july 2 june 9 may 9 april 11 march 6 cards by teams atlanta braves baltimore orioles boston red sox california angels chicago cubs chicago white sox cincinnati reds cleveland indians detroit tigers houston astros kansas city royals los angeles dodgers milwaukee brewers minnesota twins montreal expos new york mets new york yankees oakland a s philadelphia phillies pittsburgh pirates san diego padres san francisco giants st louis cardinals texas rangers topps set blog list bdj610 s topps baseball card blog adventures in selling wait not a trade 1 week ago 1972 topps pope leo xiv 1 year ago 1966 topps final card dick bertell 6 years ago 1967 topps collecting the 1967 phillies 6 years ago 1970 topps jim rooker 222 6 years ago 1969 topps frank johnson 227 6 years ago 1963 topps 3rd series checklist 191 6 years ago 1968 topps dick kelley 203 6 years ago 1978 topps 1978 topps baseball 350 steve garvey 8 years ago topps 1971 no 752 dick drago 8 years ago 1980 topps 386 darrell jackson 10 years ago 1974 topps 658 lee lacy 12 years ago 1973 topps photography happy new year 12 years ago baseball 1977 1977 topps baseball 645 jerry reuss 12 years ago 1965 topps 525 eddie bressoud 13 years ago project baseball 1976 1976 topps traded the missing cards 13 years ago 1975 topps 640 harmon killebrew 14 years ago