Next
up in line for my imagined 1975 “In Action” sub-set is the reigning Cy
Young Award winner at the time this card would have come up, Los Angeles
Dodgers relief pitcher extraordinaire Mike Marshall:
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”.