Definitely not one of Topps best attempts at airbrushing, but not one of the worst either, even though the “neon” red cap color is a bit comical.
House, who made his Big League debut in 1971 as a 24-year-old with Atlanta, was coming off a 1975 season that saw him go 7-7 over 58 appearances, with a 3.18 earned run average as a solid arm out of the bullpen.
He’d put in eight years in the Big Leagues, generally as a reliever who made 289 appearances with only 21 of them starts, finishing up with a career 29-23 record with an ERA at 3.79 and 33 saves between 1971 and 1978.
As a bit of a side-note, I’ll always remember that he was the pitcher in the bullpen on that historic 1974 day, catching Hank Aaron’s 715th home run.
