Thursday, April 29, 2010

1984 dave beard

dave beard was traded by the oakland a's to the seattle mariners in november of 1983. here's his 1984 o-pee-chee variation card
here's the topps front:
now the o-pee-chee back:
and the topps back:
beard was the sometimes closer for billy martin's early 80's teams in oakland. he did make 2 starts for them in 1982, and somewhat surprisingly, he didn't complete either one. in the a's 1981 postseason, beard appeared twice - once in the alds against the royals where he pitched 1.1 perfect innings to earn the save in the game 3 clincher, and once in the alcs against the yankees where he gave up 3 runs in two-thirds of an inning in game 2. beard finished his oakland career with an even 16-16 record. in seattle, he won 3 games and saved 5 before moving on to the white sox for the 1985 season.

voici à vous, 1984 dave beard!

2 comments:

  1. when did he find time to pitch while drumming for ZZTop?


    ...oh... wait, that was his brother Frank Beard.

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  2. their beardlessness is quite ironic, especially in frank's case

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