On the blog today, the next cards spotlighted in the fun OPC/Topps image variation thread are the 1977 cards for former pitcher Doc Medich:
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Funny OPC edition, as they tried getting him "suited up" with his upcoming team for the 1977 season.
After
a solid full season with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1976, Medich found
himself sent off to the Oakland A's along with five others (including
Tony Armas) in a massive trade that fetched the Pirates Chris Bratton,
Phil Garner and Tommy Helms.
Incredibly
one-sided for the A's when you also account for Rick Langford, Doug
Bair and Mitchell Page as part of the deal heading West!
Medich
opened the 1977 season with Oakland, pitching well by going 10-6 for
them over 26 appearances, all but one of those starts.
He
was then sent to the Seattle Mariners where he appeared in only three
games before finding himself out East with the Mets, where he appeared
in one single game, throwing seven innings, closing out an active if not
eventful year.
A solid starter over his 11 year career, he
came up with the New York Yankees, winning as many as 19 games in 1974
before getting traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Willie Randolph
deal, then the three 1977 clubs mentioned above, then the Texas Rangers
where he pitched between 1978 and 1982, finally closing out his career
with 10 starts at the end of '82 with the Milwaukee Brewers.
By
the time he hung them up, he finished with a record of 124-105 over 312
appearances, with a 3.78 ERA and 16 shutouts in 1996.2 innings, with
955 strikeouts against 624 walks.