Thursday, June 21, 2018

A MISSING ROOKIE CUP- 1974 JERRY TERRELL

Next up in the on-going “Missing Rookie Cup” thread is former Minnesota Twins Jerry Terrell, who was the Topps All-Star Rookie shortstop for the 1973 season, and should have had the rookie cup on his 1974 card:


Terrell had a nice MLB debut in 1973, batting .265 with 116 hits over 438 at-bats, with 13 stolen bases and 43 runs scored in 124 games played.
Sadly for him that would be the most action he’d see in any of his eight Big League seasons, as he’d become a player “off the bench” over his next four years with Minnesota followed by his three years with the Kansas City Royals.
By the time he retired after the 1980 season, he finished with a .253 career average, with 412 hits in 1626 at-bats over 656 games, all with the Twins and Royals, while also pitching two games, one each in 1979 and 1980, throwing two scoreless innings in total.