#87T Bryan Harvey

Here's yet another squinter. What the hell is up with this? The photographs in this set have been uniformly excellent until the last few cards.

Most surprising word on the back? Clearly "Furniture" although I liked "downtown" too.

#28T Chili Davis

CARD

Another rubber bat, and this time it's a swing and a miss. Look carefully and you can see the baseball right behind Chili's ass. This is a Comiskey Park photo, of course.

STAT

Twelve players finished their careers with between 340 and 360 homers, including Johnny Mize, Yogi Berra, Ellis Burks, Dick Allen, George Foster, and Ron Santo. Oh, and Chili Davis.

Well, one caveat, Luis Gonzalez is still active and could move out of this group.

CAREER

Chili Davis is waaaay underrated in my book. He played for 18 seasons and finished with an OPS+ of 120. He did that without ever topping 150 and was never below 108 after his second full season. This guy reminds me of Harold Baines--very solid year after year, just without eye-popping HR and RBI numbers. But he was consistent and reliable, and won 3 World Series titles.

#26T Dan Petry

CARD

The copy on the back of Petry's card is a great example of Score's superior efforts in this area. Read it and you feel like you actually know something about the guy's career.

STAT

From 1981 to 1985:

Petry had the 6th-most innings pitched.

Andhe had the 4th-most wins.

Among guys with 900 IP, he had the 7th-best ERA+.


CAREER

Petry is one of those guys that had a 2-phase career. Up through 1985, he was one of the top starters in baseball, logging lots of innings and lots of wins. Although he benefited a little from playing on strong Tigers teams, his neutralized stats are pretty close to his actual stats. But from 1986 on, likely due mainly to injuries, he wasn't the same guy and he was finished by age 32.