Continuing new running theme where we check out some Reds rookie cards. Here are the rookie card rules. 1) The player must have played his first major league game with the Reds. 2) The card must have been issued after the player debuted in the majors, whether it be issued late in the debut year or any time the year after. None of this Bowman first year stuff. None of this multiple rookie year stuff. I'm gonna list every player who got his first major league appearance with the Reds and pray that I have his RC.
I'm doing this in groups of a few years every few days. So it should take me about a decade to finish. Rookie year stats are given. Let's roll.
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1975 Rookies
Doug Flynn - 89 games, 143 PA, 1 HR, 20 RBI, .268 BA
Don Werner (no RC) - 7 games, 9 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .125 BA
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1976 Rookies
Santo Alcala - 30 games, 132 IP, 67 K, 4.70 ERA, 11-4 ERA
Manny Sarmiento - 22 games, 43.2 IP, 20 K, 2.06 ERA, 5-1 record
Joel Youngblood - 55 games, 60 IP, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .193 BA
Pay Zachry - 38 games, 204 IP, 143 K, 2.74 ERA, 14-7 record, Rookie of the Year
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1977 Rookies
Dan Dumoulin (no RC) - 5 games, 5.1 IP, 5 K, 13.50 ERA, 0-0 record
Tom Hume - 14 games, 43 IP, 22 K, 7.12 ERA, 3-3 record
Paul Moskau - 20 games, 108 IP, 71 K, 4.00 IP, 6-6 record
Mario Soto - 12 games, 60.2 IP, 44 K, 5.34 ERA, 2-6 record
Angel Torres (no RC) - 5 games, 8.1 IP, 8 K, 2.16 ERA, 0-0 record
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1978 Rookies
Art Defreites (no RC) - 9 games, 21 PA, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .211 BA
Mike Grace (no RC) - 5 games, 3 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 BA
Mike LaCoss - 16 games, 96 IP, 31 K, 4.50 ERA, 4-8 record
Ron Oester - 6 games, 9 PA, 0 HR, 1 RBI, .375 BA
Harry Spilman - 4 games, 4 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .250 BA
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1979 Rookies
Charlie Leibrandt (no RC) - 3 games, 4.1 ERA, 1 K, 0.00 ERA, 0-0 record
Frank Pastore - 30 games, 95.1 IP, 63 K, 4.25 ERA, 6-7 record
Rafael Santo Domingo (no RC) - 7 games, 7 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .167 BA
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Go Reds.