What a card: Rick Reuschel signed as a free agent with the Pirates in February, 1985.
How'd that go: Great. The 1985 season was the start of Reuschel's career resurgence. After missing plenty of time in the early '80s due to injury and surgery, Reuschel posted a 14-8 record for the Pirates in '85 with a 2.27 ERA in 26 starts with 138 strikeouts, marking a return to his performance from 1972-80 when he was a regular part of the Cubs' rotation. He also won his first Gold Glove award.
Backatya: There are two completely different thoughts in that paragraph at the bottom and because of that, every time I read "Rick enjoys carpentry," I chuckle inside.
Back-to-back: Those would essentially be the same card if not for Reuschel's pill-box cap.
The flagship card is No. 306 in the set and was originally blogged on July 1, 2014.
The blog wants to speak now: The News category is updated.
He might be in the hall of fame if not for those lost seasons.
ReplyDeleteWhile Rick "Big Daddy" Reuschel was a better than average pitcher (and a great hitter), I always felt his counting stats benefited from pitching during the four man rotation era as well as before the start of relief pitcher specialization.
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