What a card: Bill Campbell came to the Cardinals in a trade on April 6, 1985. The Phillies sent Campbell and shortstop Ivan DeJesus to the Cardinals for pitcher David Rucker.
How'd that go: Campbell pitched pretty well in his only season for St. Louis in 1985. He also made his only trip to the postseason that year, appearing in three games apiece in the NLCS and the World Series.
Backatya: Campbell was averaging about a team a year at this point. In 1986 he'd be with the Tigers. It's hard for me to think of him as anything other than a Twin or a Red Sock when he was at the height of his success (but I know the 9 million people whose first card set was 1987 Topps will say, "I know him as a Tiger!")
Back-to-back: I like both of these cards. The Cardinals card is sharp just because I'm not used to seeing a nice action shot like that on early Traded cards.
The original card was blogged on Sept. 3, 2013.
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