Up on the blog today, thought it'd be fun to look at another 1977 OPC-to-Topps image variation, this one for former All-Star reliever Bill Campbell:
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| OPC Version |
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| Topps Version |
Just two different airbrushed images for the man, for some reason.
Campbell was entering his first season with the Boston Red Sox after a magnificent 1976 season for the Minnesota Twins.
In
1976 all the man did was go 17-5, with a 3.01 earned run average and 20
saves over 78 games, tossing 167.2 innings, ALL in relief!
He
would not disappoint the Boston faithful in 1977 either, as he would go
13-9 with a 2.96 ERA and 31 saves over 69 games, throwing another 140
innings, again entirely out of the bullpen, good for a fifth-place
finish in the Cy Young Award race at season's end, as well as a
tenth-place finish for MVP.
He would go on to pitch five years for the Red Sox, before bouncing
around a bit for the last six seasons of his 15-year career, ending up
with a 83-68 record along with a 3.54 ERA over exactly 700 appearances,
all but nine out of the bullpen.