Thought it was time to finally "re-do" the 1973 Mike Marshall card, which originally had an airbrushed classic showing the Cy Young reliever in a Detroit Tigers uni before the fine folks at Topps airbrushed him into Montreal Expos garb:
For those that need a refresher on the original, here you go:
Found a nice action shot of Marshall that fits nicely into the action photographs Topps used for their 1973 set.
1971 was really the beginning of his incredible run as a
reliever over the next few years, culminating with a Cy Young Award in
1974 with the Dodgers when he appeared in a (still) Major League record
106 games, all in relief.
In those 106 games he went 15-12 with a 2.42 earned run average, 21 saves and 143 strikeouts in 208.1 innings of work!
Incredible…
Later in the decade he had a couple more great years with the Twins
in 1978 and 1979, before eventually retiring in 1981 after a 14-year
career.
Thanks to Marshall’s medical background, having multiple degrees in
medicine, he’s also remembered for allegedly being the person suggesting
to teammate Tommy John to undergo this radically new surgery when Tommy
John’s career was seemingly over.
Of course, John did so and eventually the surgery would end up being so associated with him that it took on his name, “Tommy John Surgery”.
Of course, John did so and eventually the surgery would end up being so associated with him that it took on his name, “Tommy John Surgery”.
