Good day all!
On the blog today, we go ahead and "fix" another Topps All-Star card, this time the American League second baseman in the 1985 set, who Topps originally showed as Damaso Garcia, but SHOULD have been the actual starter, Lou Whitaker:
Whitaker, who should be in the Hall of Fame already, put together another brilliant year in 1984, helping Detroit to their first championship since 1968, hitting .289 with 90 runs scored and 56 RBIs while also taking home a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Award.
The man was as consistent as any franchise could ever hope for in a player, and I just cannot understand why he isn't in the Hall of Fame already.
By the time he retired he finished with 2369 hits, a .276 average, 1386 runs scored and 1084 RBIs, with 244 home runs and 143 stolen bases.
The Rookie of the Year for the A.L. in 1978, he made five straight All-Star teams while picking up three Gold Gloves and four Silver Slugger Awards.
