Let's go and give former longtime pitcher Don McMahon a "Then and
Now" card as part of the 1972 set, his final appearance as a player in a
Topps set:
By the time he retired after the 1974 season, McMahon put together a
wonderful 18-year career that had him appear in 874 games, all but two
out of the bullpen, with 152 saves and a nice 2.96 earned run average
over 1310.2 innings.
Playing for seven organizations between 1957 and 1974 he was a
valuable arm off the bench, posting ten seasons of sub-3.00 ERA, with
five of them coming in under 2.00, and in 1957 with the Milwaukee Braves
and in 1968 with the Detroit Tigers, he was a
World Champion for good measure.
To be honest, McMahon should have had a card in both the 1973 and
1974 Topps sets. I already created on for the 1973 omission, but look
for my 1974 and possibly 1975 "Career Capper" in the near future!
