What a card: Rick Sutcliffe led the league in winning percentage in 1984 once he was traded from the Indians to the Cubs and went 16-1 for Chicago.
My observation on the front: How long do you think it took the photographer to set up and shoot this photo? I say 5 minutes, tops.
More opinion from me: This is the second All-Star card in the subset in which the team isn't mentioned anywhere on the card front. This and the Jeff Leonard card would fit right in with all those non-licensed sets.
All-Star Game performance: Sutcliffe didn't play in the 1984 All-Star Game. He had just arrived with the Cubs a month prior and his won-loss record for the season at that point was 8-6. His ERA was probably still over 4.
Legitimate All-Star card or fake All-Star card: Fake. Another dude who wasn't named an All-Star during the season.
My observation on the back: Add the four wins that Sutcliffe won with the Indians that year and he was one of just 3 pitchers to 20 wins that year. Joaquin Andujar and Mike Boddicker were the others.
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1 comment:
I've looked at this card a bunch of times before but never noticed until now how bad the jacket on Sutcliffe is airbrushed.
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