On the blog today, thought I would go ahead and give former pitcher Jerry (Gerry) Janeski a do-over on his 1971 Topps card, being that the original was quite a classic as far as "airbrushing" went:
Now, for those of you who don't remember the original, allow me to bestow the pleasure:
Not really much of an attempt by the fine people at Topps on this one to try and "create" anything close to a real cap.
Nevertheless,
decades later it gave me the opportunity to create a revised version
showing Janeski (is it "Gerry" or "Jerry"?), suited up for the team he
played for during the 1970 season, the Chicago White Sox.
Nice
action image that follows what Topps was slowly introducing with the
1971 set, alongside classic cards like Lindy McDaniel, Thurman Munson,
etc.
After coming up as a rookie with the Chicago White Sox in 1970 and
posting a 10-17 record over 35 starts and 205.2 innings pitched, Janeski
was traded in February of ‘71 for former “Bonus Baby” Rick Reichardt.
Janeski would pitch three years in the big leagues, finishing up with a 11-23 record over 62 games, 46 of which were starts, including a 4.73 earned run average, a shutout and a save, with 105 strikeouts over 280 innings.
Janeski would pitch three years in the big leagues, finishing up with a 11-23 record over 62 games, 46 of which were starts, including a 4.73 earned run average, a shutout and a save, with 105 strikeouts over 280 innings.
