Good day all!
On
the blog today we take a look at the image variation between the 1977
Topps and OPC cards of former Montreal Expos pitcher Chip Lang:
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| OPC Version |
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| Topps Version |
Certainly
one of the rare occasions where the Topps card is better than the OPC
version, with Topps opting for an action shot of the righty instead of a
posed image.
Now, as for the player himself, when I say Chip Lang was a “two-year” MLB pitcher I am stretching it quite a bit,
as Lang appeared in one single game during the 1975 season, his Big
League debut, pitching 1.2 innings and allowing two hits and three walks
for a cool 10.80 earned run average, with two strikeouts.
He’d be back on a Major League mound the following season, appearing in 29 games for Montreal, with two of them starts, going 1-3 with a 4.19 ERA over 62.1 innings of work, striking out 30 but walking 34.
He would go on to play two years in the Minors, for both the Montreal and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations, but never get back to the Big Leagues, finishing up with those 30 appearances in 1975/1976, with a record of 1-3 along with a 4.36 ERA in 64 innings pitched.
He’d be back on a Major League mound the following season, appearing in 29 games for Montreal, with two of them starts, going 1-3 with a 4.19 ERA over 62.1 innings of work, striking out 30 but walking 34.
He would go on to play two years in the Minors, for both the Montreal and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations, but never get back to the Big Leagues, finishing up with those 30 appearances in 1975/1976, with a record of 1-3 along with a 4.36 ERA in 64 innings pitched.
