A MISSING ROOKIE CUP- 1979 DAVE REVERING

We take a big leap forward some five seasons with the “Missing Rookie Cup” series since Topps did well in presenting all winners between 1975 and 1978. So today we have Oakland A’s first baseman Dave Revering, who had himself a nice debut in 1978:

Revering put together an excellent rookie season in ‘78, batting .271 with 16 home runs and 46 runs batted in over 152 games, the first of his MLB career.
He’d actually go on to have another two straight solid seasons for Oakland in 1979 and 1980, batting .288 and .290 respectively, with 19 and 15 homers.
However in 1981 he’d be traded to the New York Yankees for Jim Spencer and Tom Underwood in May, and before you knew it, he’d be out of baseball a season later after playing for no less than three teams: Yanks, Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners.
It’s really something to see a young talent produce for the first three years of his career, then be “done” so quickly.
After a Spring Training with the Detroit Tigers in which the team offered a Minor League assignment in 1983, he decided to retire instead, just 29-years-old.