GIMMIE A DO-OVER- 1971 GERRY (OR IS IT "JERRY"?) JANESKI

On the blog today, thought I would go ahead and give former pitcher Jerry (Gerry) Janeski a do-over on his 1971 Topps card, being that the original was quite a classic as far as "airbrushing" went:

 

Now, for those of you who don't remember the original, allow me to bestow the pleasure:

 

Not really much of an attempt by the fine people at Topps on this one to try and "create" anything close to a real cap.

Nevertheless, decades later it gave me the opportunity to create a revised version showing Janeski (is it "Gerry" or "Jerry"?), suited up for the team he played for during the 1970 season, the Chicago White Sox.

Nice action image that follows what Topps was slowly introducing with the 1971 set, alongside classic cards like Lindy McDaniel, Thurman Munson, etc.

After coming up as a rookie with the Chicago White Sox in 1970 and posting a 10-17 record over 35 starts and 205.2 innings pitched, Janeski was traded in February of ‘71 for former “Bonus Baby” Rick Reichardt.
Janeski would pitch three years in the big leagues, finishing up with a 11-23 record over 62 games, 46 of which were starts, including a 4.73 earned run average, a shutout and a save, with 105 strikeouts over 280 innings.

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1972 GERRY JANESKI

Thought I would have a little fun on the blog today and post my "not so missing" 1972 card for former pitcher Gerry Janeski, who played for the Washington Senators in 1971 and got the "Topps treatment" for a 1972 card:

Like so many others moving with the franchise to Texas, becoming the Rangers, I airbrushed all identifying "Senators" markings as Topps would have done and left it at that (Think Hal King, etc).

Janeski appeared in 23 games for the Rangers in their inaugural season, going 1-5 with a 4.96 earned run average over 61.2 innings of work.

After coming up as a rookie with the Chicago White Sox in 1970 and posting a 10-17 record over 35 starts and 205.2 innings pitched, Janeski was traded in February of ‘71 for former “Bonus Baby” Rick Reichardt.
Janeski would pitch three years in the big leagues, finishing up with a 11-23 record over 62 games, 46 of which were starts, including a 4.73 earned run average, a shutout and a save, with 105 strikeouts over 280 innings.

 

AIRBRUSHING 1971- GERRY JANESKI

Let’s look at another airbrushing gem from the early 1970’s, the Gerry Janeski card from the 1971 set:

Awesome. Kind of a hit-and-run jammie as far as paint-jobs go! Love the black outline around the cap!
After coming up as a rookie with the Chicago White Sox in 1970 and posting a 10-17 record over 35 starts and 205.2 innings pitched, Janeski was traded in February of ‘71 for former “Bonus Baby” Rick Reichardt.
So for starters it was impressive that Topps got to him on his new team the way they did, but my question is why did they just paint his cap and leave it at that?
Seems an attempt at the “W” logo for the Senators should have been somewhat easy, no?
Or maybe I’m just flat-out wrong here.
Nevertheless, combined with what seems to be a “blank” uniform, it strikes an odd image for a Major League baseball card.
Janeski would pitch three years in the big leagues, finishing up with a 11-23 record over 62 games, 46 of which were starts, including a 4.73 earned run average, a shutout and a save, with 105 strikeouts over 280 innings.