Today’s blog post is purely a “just for the heck of it” creation that I normally never do, a card for a player suited up for a team he’d play for that season instead of the previous one, in this case a 1979 Wayne Twitchell card with him as a New York Met:
For some reason even though I was never big on the 1979 set I liked the
New York Mets’ colors that Topps used, so anytime I can go and add to
that I will, so voila!
Twitchell finished 1978 as a member of the Montreal Expos (miss that
team!), and signed with the Mets just as the 1979 season was starting in
April. So Topps understandably had him as a Montreal Expo. In case you
don’t remember, here’s the original card:
He’d go 5-3 for them before finding himself with the Seattle Mariners
for what turned out to be the last four games of his 10-year career,
going 0-2 with a 5.27 ERA in 13.2 innings.
His best season was easily 1973 when he made his only All-Star team
while with the Philadelphia Phillies, going 13-9 with a 2.50 ERA over 34
games, 28 of them starts, with five shutouts and 169 strikeouts, all
career-bests.
By the time he retired, he finished with a record of 48-65 over 282
appearances, with an ERA of 3.98 over 1063 innings, with six shutouts
and two saves.
