Here's a card that should have been for Tom Bruno, a pitcher who had a nice 1978 season, but instead was given a spot on one of those horrid black-and-white multi-player rookie cards in the 1979 set:
Bruno's 1978 season was excellent, with 18 appearances and 49.2 innings pitched, posting a record of 4-3 with a sparkling 1.99 earned run average, with three starts and a save thrown in.
I
would think that would merit a dedicated card, especially when he was
already in his third year of Big League ball, starting out with 12 games
for the Kansas City Royals in 1976 before appearing in another 12 games
for the Toronto Blue Jays during their inaugural season of 1977.
He’d finish his career after the 1979 season, posting a record of 2-3
with a 4.23 E.R.A., with 27 strikeouts over 38.1 innings and 27
appearances, ending up with a record of 7-7 with a decent 4.22 E.R.A.,
80 strikeouts and a single save over 69 games and 123.2 innings pitched.
