Here's a fun one for the blog, the airbrushed image used for former pitcher Ken Reynolds' 1973 card, a paint-job that ended up being all for nothing:
After
playing his first three Big League seasons with the Philadelphia
Phillies, Reynolds was traded over to the Minnesota Twins on November
30th of 1972.
The
folks at Topps had just enough time to try and get him shown with his
new team so they went ahead and created the airbrushed image you see
here.
Only
problem was that on March 27th of 1973, the Twins went ahead and traded
Reynolds to the Milwaukee Brewers, so the card was already outdated
before the 1973 season even began!
As for his Major League career, the bulk of his playing time were the 1971 and 1972 seasons with the
Phillies, where he was a regular starter, throwing 162.1 and 154.1
innings respectively, winning seven games while losing 24 combined for
those “second-division” teams.
By the time he retired from Big League play after 19 games with the San Diego Padres in 1976, Reynolds ended up with a record of 7-29, with an ERA of 4.46 over 103 appearances and 375.2 innings, with 51 of those appearances starts.
By the time he retired from Big League play after 19 games with the San Diego Padres in 1976, Reynolds ended up with a record of 7-29, with an ERA of 4.46 over 103 appearances and 375.2 innings, with 51 of those appearances starts.