This is the eleventh 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 1971-1980. This ten year run saw only 27 players spend their only year with the reds (5, 3, 5, 3, 1, 1, 4, 1, 2, and 2, respectively). And since these were the Big Red Machine years, there was way too much star power elsewhere on the team for most of them to earn a card, so my collection only has 8 of em.
Greg Garrett. 2 year career with the Angels then the Reds.
With the Reds: 1971, 8.2 IP in 1 start and 1 relief appearance, 2 K's, 1.04 ERA, 0-1 record.
"Wonderful" Willie Smith. 9 year career with the Tigers (as a pitcher), Angels, Indians, Cubs, then Reds.
With the Reds: 1971, 58 PA in 31 games, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .164 BA.
Ted Uhlaender. 8 year career with the Twins, Indians, then Reds.
With the Reds: 1972, 128 PA in 73 games, 6 RBI, .159 BA.
Larry Stahl. 10 year career with the A's, Mets, Padres, then Reds.
With the Reds: 1972, 127 PA in 76 games, 2 HR, 12 RBI, .225 BA.
Bob Barton. 10 year career with the Giants, Padres, Reds, then Padres again.
With the Reds: 1973, 2 PA in 3 games with a walk.
John Vukovich. 10 year career with the Phillies, Brewers, Reds, then Phillies again. 6-5 as a manager. Member of the Phillies Hall of Fame due to his coaching tenure.
With the Reds: 1975, 46 PA in 31 games, 2 RBI, .221 BA.
Paul "Motormouth" Blair. 17 year career with the Orioles, Yankees, Reds, then Yankees again. 2x All Star, 8x Gold Glove, League Leader triples in 1967.
With the Reds: 1979, 155 PA in 75 games, 2 HR, 15 RBI, .150 BA.
Sheldon Burnside. 3 year career with the Tigers then Reds.
With the Reds: 1980, 4.2 IP in 7 games, 2 K's, 1.93 ERA, 1-0 record.
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Missing from the collection:
1971
Steve Blateric
Buddy Bladford
Al Ferrara
1972
Julian Javier
Sonny Roberto
1973
Ed Crosby
Gene Locklear
Richie Scheinblum
1974
Roger Freed
Mike McQueen
Pat Osburn
1975
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1976
Rich Hinton
1977
Mike Caldwell
Woody Fryman
Joe Hoerner
Angel Torres
1978
Mike Grace
1979
Rafael Santo Domingo
1980
Jay Howell
Go Reds.
Uhlaenders daughter is in this years Winter Olympics. She does the skeleton
ReplyDeleteYeah, i remember hearing about her a few years back.
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