Today's card for the ongoing "1976 Project" is a rookie card for pitcher Paul Reuschel, brother of Rick.
Check out my card:
Reuschel appeared in 28 games for the Cubbies, with a 1-3 record
and five saves, finishing off 18 games with a 3.50 overall earned run
average over 36 innings of work.
I never realized until I was writing up this post that his career
was so short, ending after the 1979 season with the Cleveland Indians.
He just seemed to be around a little longer than that to me.
His brother put in a nice long career. Putting in 19-years and pitching himself to over 200 wins into 1991.
But for Paul, he'd finish with a 16-16 record with a 4.51 ERA, 13
saves and 188 strikeouts over 198 games, all but nine out of the 'pen,
between 1975 and 1979 pitching for the Cubs and Indians.
