Saturday, January 5, 2019

AIRBRUSHING THROUGH THE 1970'S: 1975 TOM BUSKEY

Today we take a look at the airbrushing on the 1975 Tom Buskey card, who went from the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians during the 1974 season as part of the trade that brought Chris Chambliss and Dick Tidrow to the Bronx:


What makes this so interesting is that Buskey went on to appear in 51 games for the Indians in 1974, yet Topps couldn’t seem to get an image of him in a Cleveland uni for the 1975 set?!
Really odd that Chambliss and Tidrow are photographed in their proper uniforms, yet Buskey was airbrushed into Indians garb.
Buskey would go on to appear in 258 games during his eight-year Major League career, all out of the bullpen, finishing up with a record of 21-27, with an ERA at 3.66 over 479.1 innings pitched along with 34 saves.
In 1978 he went to the Toronto Blue Jays as a Free Agent, where he played the last three seasons of his career, retiring after 1980.