Sunday, February 24, 2019

AIRBRUSHING THROUGH THE 1970'S- 1975 DUFFY DYER

Today we look at the airbrushing done to get former catcher Duffy Dyer in the proper uni for the Topps 1975 set, getting him in some Pittsburgh Pirates gear after getting traded from te New York Mets:


On October 22 of 1974, Dyer was traded to the Bucs for Gene Clines after spending the first seven years of his Big League career with the Mets.
As you can see, once the card went into production the saturation of the bright Yellow of the cap was toned down a bit (thankfully).
Not the worst Topps job, but not really a winner either!
Dyer spent 14 seasons in the Major League sun, appearing 722 games while hitting .221 for four teams: Mets, Pirates, Montreal Expos and Detroit Tigers between 1968 and 1981.