Today on the blog, we take another look at an OPC image variation from its Topps counterpart, this one the 1977 cards for former pitcher Bill Singer:
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Definitely
an improvement over the Topps airbrush edition, with OPC getting their
photos in during Spring Training, giving kids their first cards of
proper players in their Toronto Blue Jays uniforms for their inaugural
season.
Sadly for Bill Singer though, 1977 was a bad year for him, as he’d go 2-8 with
the new organization, posting an ERA at 6.79 over 13 appearances, all
but one of them starts.
Consider
that his 1976 season was not bad, as he combined to go 13-10 with a
3.69 ERA over 36 starts, with four shutouts split between the Texas
Rangers and Minnesota Twins.
It was a quick decline for a guy who was a two-time 20-game winner, once with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the other with the California Angels, along with three 200+ strikeout seasons, with a high of 247 in 1969 while still in L.A.
His MLB career would end with a record of 118-127, along with a nice 3.39 E.R.A. And 1515 K’s in 322 appearances and 2175 innings pitched.
It was a quick decline for a guy who was a two-time 20-game winner, once with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the other with the California Angels, along with three 200+ strikeout seasons, with a high of 247 in 1969 while still in L.A.
His MLB career would end with a record of 118-127, along with a nice 3.39 E.R.A. And 1515 K’s in 322 appearances and 2175 innings pitched.