EVISIT: MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 DIEGO SEGUI

Good day all!

On the blog today, we revisit another 10-year-old post, this time my "missing" 1976 card for pitcher Diego Segui:

Segui appeared in 33 games for Boston in their American League championship season, posting a 2-5 record with a 4.82 earned run average over 71 innings of work.
He would miss the 1976 season before joining the Seattle Mariners team for their inaugural 1977 year, a forgettable one for Segui as he went 0-7 with a bloated 5.69 ERA in his swan-song.
For his 15-year career he would go 92-111 with a 3.81 ERA over 639 games, 171 of them starts, leading the A.L. in ERA in 1970 with a 2.56 mark when he split the year between starting and relieving for the Oakland A’s.

 

"HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 1970's": SEATTLE MARINERS PLAY THEIR FIRST GAME

Up on the blog today, a card I should have created a long time ago, a "Highlight" card celebrating the Seattle Mariners playing their first game on April 6th, 1977:

The card features the team's very first starter, Diego Segui, who incredibly also started the first game in Seattle Pilots history back in 1969.

Playing in the Kingdome against the California Angels, Segui would get hit hard, leading to a 7-0 loss at the hands of the Halos.

Opposing them that day on the mound, young stud Frank Tanana, who tossed a shutout, striking out nine while giving up a surprising nine hits.

For Seattle, the hitting starts would be Jose Baez, Bill Stein and Craig Reynolds, all who collected two hits apiece, with Stein's hits both being doubles.

The team would go on to post a record of 64-98 in their inaugural season, last in the A.L. West, though drawing 1.33 Million fans out to see them, right in the middle of the pack for the A.L. as far as attendance.

GIMMIE A DO-OVER: 1977 DIEGO SEGUI

Been a while since I re-did one of the 1977 Seattle Mariner or Toronto Blue Jay cards, so today on the blog I post up a "re-do" for starter Diego Segui, who started the first game in Mariner history, as well as the first game in Seattle Pilots history back in 1969:

Re-done version

Original Topp-issued card

Segui closed out a decent 14-year career in 1977 with the expansion Seattle Mariners, appearing in 40 games for the new franchise, going 0-7 with a 5.69 earned run average.
He’d post a 92-111 lifetime record with a 3.81 ERA and 71 saves between 1962 and 1977, even winning the ERA crown in the American League when he finished with a 2.56 mark splitting time as a starter and an arm out of the ‘pen.

Look for Segui as the subject for an upcoming 1978 "Highlights" card celebrating the first game in Mariner history coming up in the next few weeks!

MISSING IN ACTION- 1976 DIEGO SEGUI

Time to add a 1976 “missing” Diego Segui to the 1978 version I created a while back to close out the former pitcher’s career:

Segui appeared in 33 games for Boston in their American League championship season, posting a 2-5 record with a 4.82 earned run average over 71 innings of work.
He would miss the 1976 season before joining the Seattle Mariners team for their inaugural 1977 year, a forgettable one for Segui as he went 0-7 with a bloated 5.69 ERA in his swan-song.
For his 15-year career he would go 92-111 with a 3.81 ERA over 639 games, 171 of them starts, leading the A.L. in ERA in 1970 with a 2.56 mark when he split the year between starting and relieving for the Oakland A’s.

MISSING IN ACTION-1978 DIEGO SEGUI

Let’s go and give long-time pitcher Diego Segui a card in the 1978 Topps set, both a “missing” and “Career Capping” creation:

Segui closed out a decent 14-year career in 1977 with the expansion Seattle Mariners, appearing in 40 games for the new franchise, going 0-7 with a 5.69 earned run average.
He’d post a 92-111 lifetime record with a 3.81 ERA and 71 saves between 1962 and 1977, even winning the ERA crown in the American League when he finished with a 2.56 mark splitting time as a starter and an arm out of the ‘pen.