1977 tippy martinez

tippy martinez saw his facsimile autograph get stacked and his photo cropped slightly differently on his 1977 o-pee-chee card:

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

tippy was solid out of the bullpen in 1977, his first full season with the orioles.  he struck out 29 batters in 41 innings over 50 games, and had an era of 2.70 to go along with his 5 wins and 9 saves.  he gave up only two home runs in '77, but they were both to yankees - cliff johnson and former teammate roy white.

voici à vous, 1977 tippy martinez!