This is the first player in the series that is actually shown in action on his regular Topps card of the set, but since he made such a splash in the Major Leagues during the 1974 season, I figured he should be a part of this set.
All the man did in 1974 was appear in a STILL record 106 games, posting a record of 15-12 with a league-leading 21 saves sporting a 2.42 earned run average and 143 strikeouts over 208.1 innings pitched, ALL out of the bullpen!
This performance helped the Dodgers reach the World Series, where they would eventually lose to the three-peat Oakland A’s.
Nevertheless, one of the great pitching performances of the era, giving new meaning to the term “workhorse”.
