Next up in my on-going "30 Home Run Club" 1978 sub-set is "Boomer" Geaorge Scott, who had a great return year to his original Big League franchise, the Boston Red Sox in 1977:
Scott,
who originally came up to the majors with the Red Sox in 1966 and
played with them through the 1971 season, returned to Beantown and did
NOT disappoint, hitting 33 homers while driving in 95 for a stacked
Boston lineup in 1977.
That production gave him his third All-Star berth, and even gave him some MVP attention by season's end.
He put together an excellent career playing for the Red
Sox, Brewers, Royals and Yankees between 1966 and 1979, slamming 271
home runs with 1051 RBI's, 1992 hits and a .268 batting average.
Defensively all he managed to do was take home eight Gold Gloves
for his work at first base, and though he was only named to three
all-star games, he garnered MVP attention in seven seasons, or half his
career!
And
of course, when we all look back to that great decade of the 1970's,
and we look at some of the "bad-ass" players that graced Major League
teams, "Boomer" undoubtedly comes up alongside Dick Allen, Frank Howard,
etc!
