Driessen, who would eventually be thought highly enough for the Reds to deal future Hall of Famer Tony Perez to the Montreal Expos a few years later, hit .301 in his Major League debut, driving in 47 runs while scoring 49 himself in only 102 games.
In 1977, with Perez now with the Expos, Driessen put together his finest Big League season of his 15-year career, driving in 91 runs while hitting .300, with 31 doubles and 17 home runs along with 75 runs batted in.
He would play all the way through the 1987 season, finishing up with the St. Louis Cardinals, and end up with 1464 career hits with a .267 batting average, hitting 153 homers and driving in 763 runs and stealing 154 bases.
