Thought it would be fun to go and re-do the 1974
card for former pitcher Sonny Siebert, who put in a nice Major league
career before he hung them up:
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| My re-done version |
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| Original Topps card |
Siebert is one of those pitchers who flies under the radar in my
book as far as good, solid hurlers during the 1960's and 1970's.
Between 1964 and 1972, pitching for the Cleveland Indians and
Boston Red Sox, Siebert would post five seasons of sub-3.00 ERA's, five
seasons of 14 wins or more, all while pitching for sub-par teams.
In
1973 he found himself wrapping up the season as a member of the Texas
Rangers, but was shipped off to the St. Louis Cardinals by seasons end,
which had Topps create the "looking-up" image you see here, with the
non-descript cap.
I figured I'd create a card with him as a Ranger since I'm of the "reflection of previous year" for cards.
He'd
go 8-8 for the Cardinals in 1974, with a 3.84 ERA over 28 games and
133.2 innings of work, with three shutouts and five complete games.
He kind of gets grouped in with the Gary Peters, Joel Horlens and such of the world for me.
Anyway, in 1975 he started the season with the San Diego Padres,
but found himself off to Oakland where he appeared in the final 17 games
of his career, ending up with a 7-6 record with a 3.90 ERA over 23
games before retiring.