Came
across this nice photo of former pitcher Jesse Jefferson suited up for
the Chicago White Sox and figured it would be fun to “re-do” his 1977
card yet again, showing him with his 1976 team.
I already did a re-do of sorts a couple of years ago when I redesigned
his airbrushed 1977 original as issued by Topps with an actual photo of
him as a Toronto Blue Jay.
So here, in order, is the White Sox version for
today, the original by Topps, and the re-done Blue Jay version I created a few years back:
Jefferson was drafted by the Blue Jays from the Chicago White Sox in the
Expansion Draft, for whom he pitched in 1976 and part of the 1975
season.
In the first season of Major League play for Toronto, he pitched pretty
well, posting an earned run average of 4.31 with eight complete games
over 33 starts, with 217 innings pitched.
Of course, as with any club just starting out, he wouldn’t get any support as evidenced by his final record of 9-17.
He would put together a nine-year career in the Big Leagues, finishing
with a record of 29-81 along with an E.R.A. of 4.81 over 237
appearances, 144 of those starts, with four shutouts and 522 strikeouts
in 1085.1 innings pitched.