What a card: Donnie Moore came to the Angels under the old free agent compensation system. Teams who lost a "Type A" free agent were allowed to pick from a group of unprotected major league players as compensation. Moore was selected by the Angels on Jan. 24, 1985 as compensation for losing Fred Lynn to the Orioles. This was the final year of the compensation system, which lasted just four years.
How'd that go: Fantastic. For both Moore and the Angels. Moore's old team, the Braves, made a mistake leaving Moore unprotected and he set career highs in a bunch of categories in 1985, posting 31 saves and a 1.92 ERA. However, Moore's career would take a fateful turn the following year with the Angels (there have been a lot of references to the 1986 postseason on this blog lately).
Backatya: Moore's save total in 1985 eclipsed his entire career total for the first nine years.
Back-to-back: Moore's Traded card is rather awesome. I don't remember many cards showing the "pitcher-looks-in-for-the-sign" from such close proximity.
Moore's flagship card is No. 699 and was originally blogged on Sept. 5, 2017.
The blog wants to speak now: The Ballgames category is updated.
I'm seeing a lot of these for the first time, and really liking what I see. '85 Traded was one of the years I missed out on. This Moore is phenomenal.
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