What a card: George Hendrick came to Pittsburgh in a deal that sent pitcher John Tudor and catcher Brian Harper to the Cardinals on Dec. 12, 1984.
How'd that go: Miserable. Hendrick lasted just 69 games with the Pirates, batted .230, grumbled and was accused of dogging it. The Pirates sent him to the Angels on Aug. 2, 1985, along with other ne'er-do-wells John Candelaria and Al Holland (the Pirates were full of troublemakers at the time) in exchange for Mike Brown, Pat Clements and player-to-be-named-later, Bob Kipper.
Backatya: Hendrick's All-Star Game selection in 1983 was the last of four in his career. He didn't appear in the '83 game.
Back-to-back: Hendrick's Traded card is a bit of a landmark in that it's not only an early backward-cap appearance (Jeff Leonard displays the backward cap twice in the '85 set, so no biggie), but it's a backward pillbox cap. How many times has that appeared on cardboard?
The flagship Hendrick card is No. 60 and was blogged about on June 7, 2012. I also alluded to his Traded card.
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Jogging George Hendrick. I remember reading in a 1982 (circa) Baseball Digest, that Hank Aaron said George was the current player at the time that reminded him most of himself.
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