Seriously! Has there been a player from this era that was more "shafted" than Dave Stieb?
Topps
did him wrong yet again by leaving him out of the "All-Star" mix, even
though he was the starting pitcher for the American League for the
second straight year.
So today we go and give him his rightful All-Star card in the 1985 set:
He was such a work-horse in the 1980s!
Stieb
would lead the A.L. in WAR three seasons in a row from 1982-1984, and
would make seven All-Star teams, while getting Cy Young attention four
times.
He
would post 15+ wins six times, with a high of 18 in 1990, when he
finally spun a no-hitter after a few near-misses in the ninth-inning.
By
the time he retired he finished with a record of 176-137 over 443
games, with 30 shutouts and 1669 strikeouts, completing 103 of this
starts.
I dreaded any time Stieb was starting against the Yankees, as he seemed to have their number every single time.
Such a great pitcher any team would have been lucky to have on their roster!
