TRADED- 1976 DARRELL EVANS

Time to add a 1976 “traded” card for former slugger Darrell Evans to the mix, reflecting his trade form the Atlanta Braves to the San Francisco Giants in June of 1976:

Evans and Marty Perez were sent West for a parcel that included Willie Montanez, Jake Brown, Mike Eden and Craig Robinson, with San Fran certainly getting the better part of the deal as Evans would play for them through the 1983 season, making an All-Star team and hitting 20 or more homers three times, with a high of 30 in 1983.
Of course, little did we know he would just keep on bopping and become the first player to hit 40 homers in each league when he’d lead the American league in 1985 at the age of 38 with 40.
In 1987, at the age of 40, he would blast 34 homers with 99 RBI’s and 100 walks for Detroit, easily one of the best age-40 season we’ve seen come along.
By the time he retired, he would hit 414 home runs, while hitting .248 with two all-star game berths in 2687 games and over 10000 plate appearances.