Sunday, August 15, 2021

ON-CARD ALL-STAR: 1974 CHRIS SPEIER

On the blog today we go and give San Francisco Giants shortstop Chris Speier a blazing "All-Star" banner on his 1974 base card, as part of my on-going "On-Card All-Star" thread:

 
Speier really started his career in fine form, making the All-Star team three of his first four seasons, even getting some MVP consideration in 1972 after hitting 15 homers with 72 runs batted in with 151 hits at the age of 22.
Though he couldn't keep up the production of his early years in the league, he did eventually put in 19 seasons in the Big Leagues, retiring after the 1989 season with 1759 hits, a .246 batting average and 770 runs scored.
Will always remember that he was a staple of my childhood baseball card packs growing up in the late-70's/early-80's, pulling what seemed to be DOZENS of Chris Speier cards out of packs in 1981 when he was a member of the Montreal Expos.

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