After splitting the 1976 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals, Ferguson was traded over to Houston in November for Jerry DaVanon and Larry Dierker.
Not having a chance to get him in that beautiful Astros uniform, the people at Topps went to work and gave us (as in Canada) this gem, a seemingly hand-drawn orange blob of a cap with v-neck piping to cover up what I am assuming is a Dodger uni.
Gotta love it!
As for Ferguson, he had himself a nice 14-year Major League career, really acting as a back-up or platooning catcher, with only two seasons seeing him get as many as 500 plate appearances: 1973 with L.A. and 1977 with Houston.
His 1973 season with the Dodgers got him some MVP consideration, as he hit .263 with 25 homers and 88 runs batted in, along with 87 walks and 84 runs scored. Not bad at all!
For his career, he finished with a .240 average with 122 homers and 445 RBIs, with 719 hits over 3001 at-bats.