Good day everyone.
Felt
like adding Tommy Harper to my long-running 1975 "In-Action" sub-set
today, giving the former two-way threat another card in the colorful
1975 set:
An All-Star in 1970 for the Milwaukee Brewers in their first season,
Harper became an early member of the 30-homer/30-steals club when he hit
31 taters and swiped 38 bases, just one season removed from leading the
American League with 73 steals for the one-year Seattle Pilots
franchise in 1969.
He’d also lead the league with 54 steals while with the Boston Red Sox in 1973, while also hitting 17 homers and hitting .281 with 92 runs scored.
He’d also lead the league with 54 steals while with the Boston Red Sox in 1973, while also hitting 17 homers and hitting .281 with 92 runs scored.
Harper was traded to the Angels for Bob Heise before the 1975 season, and ended up playing only
89 games with them before moving on to the Oakland A’s later in the
year.
He then went on to play for the Baltimore Orioles in 1976 for what turned out to be the
last 46 games of his 15-year career, beginning in 1962 with the Cincinnati Reds.
By
the time he retired, Harper finished with 146 homers and 408
stolen bases, with a .257 batting average and 1609 hits in 6269 at-bats
over 1810 games, with one All-Star nod, leading the league twice in
stolen bases and runs scored with 126 in 1965 while with the Reds.
