1988 gary pettis

the angels, who had devon white ready to take over in center, traded two-time gold glover gary pettis to the tigers for dan petry in december of 1987.  here's his 1988 o-pee-chee card:

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

funnily enough, both white and pettis won gold gloves in 1988 (and 1989) despite the fact that they both played center.  pettis had a miserable season at the plate, though, hitting only .210 with an on base percentage of just .285!  he improved in both categories for the tigers in 1989, but left as a free agent in november of that year.

voici à vous, 1988 gary pettis!

1990 gary pettis

gary pettis had already won four gold gloves by the time he signed with the rangers as a free agent prior to the 1990 season.  here's his 1990 o-pee-chee card

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

he essentially replaced cecil espy in an outfield that also included ruben sierra and juan gonzalez.  pettis promptly won another gold glove in his first year with texas, although it would be the last of his career.  he made just 2 errors and had 10 assists with a fielding percentage of .993.  not too bad.  on the other side of the ball, he had a pretty typical gary pettis season.  a lot of steals, a lot of strikeouts, he got on base about a third of the time, and had a batting average in the low-mid .200s.  pettis played a total of two years for the rangers before heading to san diego and then back to detroit to finish his career.

voici à vous, 1990 gary pettis!