1991 charlie hough

charlie hough signed a free agent contract with the white sox in december of 1990. here is his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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hough left texas as the franchise's winningest pitcher, with 139 career victories. he wound up winning 9 for the chisox in 1991 while losing 10. he made 29 starts, and for the first time since 1983, hough appeared in a game as a reliever. in fact, hough, who began his career as a reliever with the dodgers, made two relief appearances in 1991, and they turned out to be the last two of his career. after a second year in chicago, hough joined the marlins, and was their inagural opening day starter when he beat the dodgers 6-3. in other news, this is the last of the 1991 o-pee-chee variations. we're down to 1977 and 1992.

voici à vous, 1991 charlie hough!

1991 darryl strawberry

in november of 1990, darryl strawberry signed a free agent deal with the dodgers. here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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strawberry enjoyed his last good season as a big leaguer with the dodgers in 1991. he hit 28 homers and drove in 99 runs while making the all-star team for the final time. injuries and personal issues derailed his career to various degrees over the following seasons, although he was able to be a part of two of the yankee world championship teams of the late 1990's.

voici à vous, 1991 darryl strawberry!

1991 dwight evans

dwight evans was a lifelong red sox (sock?) until he was released by boston after the 1990 season. he then signed as a free agent with the orioles. here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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note to topps:  the umpire is not airbrushed out in this fantastic card from the 1991 set, a la that manny ramirez stadium club card from a few years ago. 

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the orioles put evans back in right field (he had been boston's dh in 1990), and he hit .270 with 6 outfield assists in return. he also hit the final 6 home runs of his career, including a pinch-hit grand slam against the a's in july. evans re-upped with the orioles for another season, but was released by the team in spring training of 1992.

voici à vous, 1991 dwight evans!

1991 greg smith

greg smith was traded by the cubs to the dodgers for jose vizcaino in december of 1990. here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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smith would appear in only 5 games for the dodgers in 1991, going hitless with a sacrifice in 3 plate appearances. smith spent the next 4 seasons entirely as a minor leaguer in the tiger, cub, brewer, oriole and reds' organizations, while the dodgers eventually reacquired vizcaino.

voici à vous, 1991 greg smith!

1991 marty barrett

marty barrett joined the padres as a free agent in january of 1991. here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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nice double play card, by the way. unfortunately, barrett only appeared in 12 games for the pads, hitting .188 with a double, a homer, and 3 rbi before he was released by the club in june of 1991. at least his home run was dramatic - it was a game-tying, three-run, pinch-hit job against dave righetti and the giants in the bottom of the ninth of a game in april. the padres lost the game in 10 innings, however.
 
voici à vous, 1991 marty barrett!

1991 bud black

bud black signed a free agent contract with the giants in november of 1990 after spending the last half of the previous season in toronto. here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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black made 34 starts for the giants in 1991, losing a league high 16 games. he won 12 games against those losses, and his first 3 wins as a giant were shutouts - a 4-hitter and two 5-hitters.

voici à vous, 1991 bud black!

1991 roberto alomar

roberto alomar was traded in december of 1990 with joe carter from the padres to the blue jays for tony fernandez and fred mcgriff. a good ol' blockbuster deal. here's alomar's 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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he was coming off of his first all-star season when the pads dealt him, and alomar proceeded to have 11 more consecutive seasons of that type, starting in 1991. in the all-star game, alomar hit behind his brother sandy in the american league's lineup, but went 0 for 4 in front of his home crowd. overall for the season, alomar hit .295 with 53 steals for toronto, and won his first (of 6 consecutive) gold gloves.  

voici à vous, 1991 roberto alomar!

1991 bob ojeda

bob ojeda became a dodger as a result of the december, 1990 deal that sent hubie brooks back to the mets.  here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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ojeda was 12-9 in his first year in los angeles. his 5th win of the season, a june game in which he threw 7.1 shutout innings against the cardinals to win 1-0, was also the 100th of his career. his best pitched game, however, was a 5-hit shutout against the expos in july.

voici à vous, 1991 bob ojeda!

1991 willie wilson

willie wilson had spent his entire career with the royals until he signed as a free agent with the a's in december of 1990. here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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wilson hit just .238 his first year in oakland, the lowest batting average he had posted since his rookie year of 1978. he also stole 20 bases, which was the lowest full season total of his career. in 1992, the a's moved wilson back to centerfield full time, and he responded by hitting .270 and swiping 28 bases. he also returned to the postseason for the first time since winning the world series with the royals in 1985.

voici à vous, 1991 willie wilson!

1991 barry jones

barry jones was traded from the white sox to the expos in december of 1990.  here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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jones wound up leading the national leagues in games pitched in 1991 with 77 appearances for montreal, saving 13 games along the way. it turned out to be his only season with the expos as they flipped him to the phillies for darrin fletcher in december of 1991.

voici à vous, 1991 barry jones!

1991 pete harnisch

pete harnisch was traded (with curt schilling and steve finley) by the orioles to the astros for glenn davis in january of 1991. here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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the astros decided to hold on to harnisch (and deal schilling) after the 1991 season as he won 12 games with a 2.70 era on the year. he also represented the astros in the all-star game in 1991, pitching a scoreless inning of relief in the game. harnisch followed up 1991 with a 9-10 campaign in 1992, but rebounded to win 16 games for houston in 1993.

voici à vous, 1991 pete harnisch!

1991 glenn davis

the orioles finally got their man when they traded for glenn davis in january of 1991.  here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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baltimore had drafted davis in 1979, but he did not sign and eventually joined the astros after the 1981 draft. at the time of the trade, davis' 166 home runs as an astro were only second to jim wynn's career total of 223. as an oriole, he hit just 10 long balls in 1991. of course, he played in only 49 games that year thanks to a nerve injury in his neck that derailed his season from april until august.

voici à vous, 1991 glenn davis!

1991 luis sojo

luis sojo was traded from the blue jays to the angels in december of 1990.  here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card:

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sojo played in a career high 113 games for the angels in 1991, batting .258 with 3 homers and a league-leading 19 sacrifice hits.  who says small ball doesn't play in the american league?  after another season in southern california, sojo was dealt back to the blue jays.  he eventually found his way to new york where he enjoyed the yankees' championship runs in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000, as well as their 2001 loss to the diamondbacks.

voici à vous, 1991 luis sojo!