#79T Don Heinkel

Heinkel is another guy of whom I've never heard. He did get back to the bigs in 1989, but pitched just 7 games before departing for good. He spent a lot more time in the minors than most of the other rookies we've seen in this set, so he gets less copy on his card.

Still, we did get a mention of "Biology" on the back.

#38T Gary Pettis

Oh laugh! "He even appeared on the verge of becoming a consistent hitter..." What the hell are they talking about? Pettis was a consistent hitter. Consistently awful.

Interesting that they list his position as CF and not just OF. Most baseball cards do not make the distinction.

#17T Ray Knight

CARD

More words you probably never expected to read on the back of a baseball card: "Then the fun began."

STAT

Knight didn't hit more than 2 of his 84 career homers against anybody, except for 4 off of Steve Carlton. Knight's numbers against Carlton were excellent, something that not too many people can say. Of course, Lefty also struck him out 17 times in 87 AB, a pretty nice clip.

CAREER

All you need to know about Knight at this point in his career is that the card back talks entirely about 1986 despite being issued in 1988. Not much to say about 1987 or anything thereafter.

#13T Luis Salazar

CARD

Told ya! Here's Luis Salazar's own card, following his cameo on Bud Black's card. He's got funny looks on his face on both the front and back of the card. Maybe he made that face a lot and finally it froze like that.

Does anybody have any idea how Score ordered the cards in this set? I can't figure it out.

STAT

In 1984, Salazar had one of the worst OBP marks for a 3B with at least 220 AB in a season. It's amazing that his team made it to the World Series despite giving him so much playing time. Graig Nettles, his platoon partner that year, hit just .228 but still hit 20 HR and had an OPS+ of 108.

CAREER

According to the card back, Salazar is one of the most popular players in Padres' team history. Really? Does he sell as many jerseys as Tony Gwynn, Trevor Hoffman, or even Benito Santiago, Ken Caminiti, or Jake Peavy?