Thursday, March 15, 2018
#213 Angels Rookie Stars
Billy
Parker, Art Kusnyer, Tom Silverio This card could be called (besides an airbrushing nightmare) "Best of AAA Salt
Lake City 1971"....nobody is particularly a rookie age here....Parker being age 29
at time and mysteriously starting in age organized ball at age 27.....Kusnyer
started playing 1966, Silverio in 1965 were 25 at the time.....all hit very
well in SLC and collectively their career pinnacle....Parker hit a solid .306
and is the team leader in homers and RBIs....Silverio a fine .339 Kusnyer a
.316 clip....Unfortunately this did not into big league stardom.....Results
were Kusnyer gets 313 at bats over 6 seasons and sputters a .176 BA...Parker a paltry
.222 in 278 plate appearances.....Sliverio 3 hits in 30 at bats....interesting yet inconsequential lot upon further inspection.
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Topps' airbrushers sure were colorblind!
ReplyDeleteIt reminds of the color one get on a plastic model if you did not shake the container of paint. I wonder if Topps/MLB had a policy of requiring a logo on an exposed cap (I say it that way because Topps had many upward profile shots like all the Texas Rangers) unlike other years when a cap would be blacked out or no cap would be worn.
ReplyDeleteIn hindsight, life was better when airbrushing was obvious.
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