OPC IMAGE VARIATIONS: 1977 JESSE JEFFERSON

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On the blog today, we take a look at the image variations between Jesse Jefferson's 1977 Topps and OPC cards:

 

OPC version

Topps version

As usual, the OPC version shows an updated posed image of the player in the Toronto Blue Jays uniform as opposed to the Topps, which was per the usual, an airbrushed image.

Jefferson was drafted by the Blue Jays from the Chicago White Sox in the Expansion Draft, for whom he pitched in 1976 and part of the 1975 season.
In the first season of Major League play for Toronto, he pitched pretty well, posting an earned run average of 4.31 with eight complete games over 33 starts, with 217 innings pitched.
Of course, as with any club just starting out, he wouldn’t get any support as evidenced by his final record of 9-17.
He would put together a nine-year career in the Big Leagues, finishing with a record of 29-81 along with an E.R.A. of 4.81 over 237 appearances, 144 of those starts, with four shutouts and 522 strikeouts in 1085.1 innings pitched.

FOR FUN-ANOTHER 1977 REDO FOR JESSE JEFFERSON

Came across this nice photo of former pitcher Jesse Jefferson suited up for the Chicago White Sox and figured it would be fun to “re-do” his 1977 card yet again, showing him with his 1976 team.
I already did a re-do of sorts a couple of years ago when I redesigned his airbrushed 1977 original as issued by Topps with an actual photo of him as a Toronto Blue Jay.
So here, in order, is the White Sox version for today, the original by Topps,  and the re-done Blue Jay version I created a few years back:

Jefferson was drafted by the Blue Jays from the Chicago White Sox in the Expansion Draft, for whom he pitched in 1976 and part of the 1975 season.
In the first season of Major League play for Toronto, he pitched pretty well, posting an earned run average of 4.31 with eight complete games over 33 starts, with 217 innings pitched.
Of course, as with any club just starting out, he wouldn’t get any support as evidenced by his final record of 9-17.
He would put together a nine-year career in the Big Leagues, finishing with a record of 29-81 along with an E.R.A. of 4.81 over 237 appearances, 144 of those starts, with four shutouts and 522 strikeouts in 1085.1 innings pitched.

1977 BLUE JAYS REDONE- JESSE JEFFERSON

Time to go a “re-do” a 1977 Topps expansion card, this time we’ll tackle Jesse Jefferson of the Toronto Blue Jays:

Re-done version

Topps original

Jefferson was drafted by the new club away from the Chicago White Sox, for whom he pitched in 1976 and part of the 1975 season.
In the first season of Major League play, he pitched pretty well for an upstart team, posting an earned run average of 4.31 with eight complete games over 33 starts, with 217 innings pitched.
Of course, as with any club just starting out, he wouldn’t get any support as evidenced by his final record of 9-17.
He would put together a nine-year career in the Big Leagues, finishing with a record of 29-81 along with an E.R.A. of 4.81 over 237 appearances, 144 of those starts, with four shutouts and 522 strikeouts in 1085.1 innings pitched.