What a card: Jeff Burroughs arrived with his fifth and final team when he was purchased by the Blue Jays from the A's on December 22, 1984.
How'd that go: Burroughs fared pretty well in his final season, appearing in 86 games with six homers in 191 at-bats for a .257 average, considerably better than the feeble .211 he hit in 1984.
His final at-bat was in Game 7 of the 1985 ALCS, his only postseason appearance. He appeared as a pinch-hitter in the 9th inning with the Blue Jays down 6-1 to the Royals and grounded out to the pitcher.
Backatya: Not much on the back that I didn't address the first time. This does happen to be the third Burroughs card in the '85 set, and the third player in the Traded set with three cards for Topps in '85.
Back-to-back: The original card appeared on Sept. 7, 2012. Topps dropped the "OF" position designation for the Traded card.
The blog wants to speak now: The News category is updated.
At first glance this sure looks like a manager card
ReplyDeleteI was always in awe from his A's card that year. It was the only card I owned that listed the Senators on it.
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