First of all Merry Christmas....The next 4 are in a bundle (I was going for 7 but too hard downloading card images)….The last Traded Card series of the 1972 set…The original player card may have been featured on
the original 72 Topps blog…I’ve referenced the blog for each card…what I will
add is the historical significance of the trade…There two famously big trades here...but let's start with ...
#757 Jose Cardenal
The
Trade: December 3, 1971: Traded by the
Chicago Cubs with Brock Davis and Earl Stephenson to the Milwaukee Brewers for
Jose Cardenal.
Historically
significance: a good trade for the
northsiders but with problems, Cardenal becomes a regular with the Cubs logging
in 821 games and a .291 batting average… …problem it comes during a decline in
the Cubs fortunes… Jose becomes a big fish in a small pond…the trade is even
for both teams, albeit a shorter benefit for Brewers who get the prime of Jim
Colborn’s career…Colborn wins 20 for the Brewers in 1973, which for the Brewers a pitching
feat rarely accomplished.
Next Up #756 Rick Wise for #751 Steve Carlton
Lopsided,
yes…and mystifying in its player for player simplicity… Wise does OK he does
what he typically does wins 16 games in two consecutive seasons…he doesn’t
breakdown…he is a Cardinal rep in the all star game in 1973…he had a long
career ending in 1982…but he is not Carlton who becomes a Philly legend winning
241 games over 15 years…wins 27 games on team that won 59 games, 30 complete
games on a team where next highest number was three … A book was written about
that season... The list of seasonal and career accomplishments are too numerous
to mention…Topps makes much Wise’ hitting a factor in the trade…turned out for
a career Carlton hit .201 for the Phillies, 9 hr, 119 RBI…Wise hit .182 in a
Cardinal uniform.
FOR
Historic Steal #755 Jim Fregosi original card is here
Sometimes
cited as the second biggest one side trade in baseball history…slated to be the
Mets franchise long search for a consistent third baseman trades that transpired
into costly trades….apparently the Mets failed to notice the diminished
production and playing time in 1971… Now the cost: one Nolan Ryan which all pretty much all that
needs to be said, to add insult to there were some add ins pitcher Don Rose,
catcher Frank Estrada and LeRoy Stanton, a serviceable outfielder for Halos …In
reality, Fregosi’s first year with the Mets are almost identical to his last
year in California…Next season he’s on the same track and by early July is
shipped off to Texas…In Texas he does better in a limited role… keep looking
Mets.
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