Thursday, November 19, 2020

JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT- 1975 JACK HEIDEMANN RE-DO

I recently came across this nice image of former infielder Jack Heidemann as a Cleveland Indian and figured, “why not?” to a re-done 1975 card, even though he didn’t finish the 1974 season in Cleveland, but in St. Louis as Topps correctly depicted for their 1975 set:


Heidemann started the 1974 season as an Indian, appearing in 12 games before heading over to St. Louis where he’d finish the season with 47 games as a Redbird.
Overall he hit .247 over 59 games for both teams, collecting 20 hits over 81 at-bats, with ten runs scored and three runs batted in.
He finished his Major League tenure with a .211 batting average, with 231 hits in 1093 at-bats over 426 games, hitting nine home runs and driving in 75, scoring 94 himself between 1969 and 1977.
So this wasn’t a technical “re-do” as I usually define it, but just a filler for those who like a complete run of players with the teams they suited up for.
Enjoy!