Wednesday, December 18, 2013

One and Done: 1987-1989

This is the seventh part of my running theme, unimaginatively dubbed 'One and Done'. Here, I focus on cards of Reds players who, whether it be their only year in the bigs or their only year with the club, found themselves on the Cincinnati roster for only one season, yet long enough to sneak onto a card donning the Cincinnati red. That was a very convoluted sentence that I am choosing not to edit.

Today we're looking at 1987-1989. These three years leading up to the Reds World Series run in 1990 saw 17 players spend a single year on the team (4, 5, and 8, respectively). My collection houses 11 of em. Nice. Let's do it to it.

Terry Francona. 10 year playing career with 5 teams. 13 year managerial career with 3 teams resulting in two World Series (2004, 2007) and a Manger of the Year (2013).

With the Reds: 1987, 219 PA in 102 games, 3 HR, 12 RBI, .227 BA.

Guy Hoffman. 6 year career with 4 teams.

With the Reds: 1987, 158.2 IP in 36 games including 22 starts, 87 K's, 4.37 ERA, 9-10 record.

Jeff Montgomery. 13 year career with 2 teams. Rookie year with the Reds followed by 12 years and 3 All Star appearances (1992, 1993, 1996) with the Royals. League leader in saves in 1993.

With the Reds: 1987, 19.1 IP in 14 games including 1 start, 13 K's, 6.52, 2-2 record.

Randy St. Claire. 9 year career with 5 teams. Current pitching coach for the Marlins.

With the Reds: 1988, 13.2 IP in 10 games, 8 K's, 2.63 ERA, 1-0 record.

Candy Sierra. 1 year career with 2 teams.

With the Reds: 1988, 4 IP in 1 game, 4 K's, 4.50 ERA, 0-0 record.

Leon "Bull" Durham. 10 year career with 3 teams. 2x All star (1982, 1983). Silver Slugger (1982). Current hitting coach for the Toledo Mud Hens.

With the Reds: 1988, 56 PA in 21 games, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .216 BA.

Manny Trillo. 17 year career with 7 teams. 4x All Star (1977, 1981, 1982, 1983). 3x Gold Glove (1979, 1981, 1982). 2x Silver Slugger (1980, 1981).

With the Reds: 1989, 42 PA in 17 games, 8 hits, 3 runs, .205 BA.

Jeff Richardson. 3 year career with 3 teams.

With the Reds: 1989, 140 PA in 53 games, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .168 BA.

Mike Roesler. 2 year career with 2 teams.

With the Reds: 1989, 25 IP in 17 games, 14 K's, 3.96 ERA, 0-1 record.

Tim Leary. 13 year career with 7 teams. Silver Slugger as a pitcher (1988) hitting .269 with 9 RBI and a home run off of Steve Carlton.

With the Reds: 1989, 89.2 IP in 14 starts, 64 K's, 3.71 ERA, 2-7 record.

Kent Tekulve. 16 year career with 3 teams. All Star 1980. 4x League Leader Games Pitched (1978, 1979, 1982, 1987). 3x League Leader Games Finished (1978, 1979, 1983). Killer shades.

With the Reds: 1989, 52 IP in 37 games, 31 K's, 5.02 ERA, 0-3 record.


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Missing from the collection:

1987
Jerry Reuss

1988
Jeff Gray
Ron Roenicke

1989
Mike Griffin
Scotti Madison
Bob Sebra

Go Reds.

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