Tuesday, June 23, 2015

#425 - Mike Hargrove


What a card: Mike Hargrove was entering his final major league season as a player when this card was issued. He recorded 352 at-bats in 1984, which was the fewest for Hargrove in a nonstrike season since he started his MLB career in 1974.

My observation on the front: I'm pretty certain this is a posed shot.

More opinion from me: I liked Hargrove a lot as a kid, but it's all due to his 1976 Topps card.

Something you might know: Hargrove was the AL Rookie of the Year in 1974, but is probably known more now for managing the Indians, Orioles and Mariners between 1991-2007.

Something you might not know: Hargrove is ranked 76th all-time in on-base percentage. To put that in a little perspective, only active players Joey Votto (22nd), Albert Pujols (53rd), Miguel Cabrera (63rd) and Joe Mauer (70th) rate higher.


My observation on the back: Hargrove started the 1979 season with the Padres, but was traded to the Indians in mid-season. I remember being annoyed that I would never see Hargrove in a Padres uniform on a baseball card.

The blog wants to speak now: The Ballgames category is updated.

3 comments:

jacobmrley said...

But he did get a Padres card, if you ate copious amounts of snack cakes, you'd know this...

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Images/Cards/Baseball/59891/59891-50Fr.jpg

night owl said...

Must. Have. Card. It better not be one of them short-prints.

Billy Suter said...

Here's another one!

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Images/Cards/Baseball/76250/76250-12Fr.jpg