Showing posts with label Rich Gale. Show all posts
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Friday, February 12, 2010

1983 Topps Giants - Part 5 (more pitchers)

Fred Breining (#747) was 11-12 with a 3.82 ERA in 32 starts in 1983.
Mike Krukow (#58T) was 11-11 with a 3.95 ERA in 31 starts.
Bill Laskey (#518) was 13-10 with a 4.19 ERA in 25 starts.
Alan Fowlkes (#543) didn't pitch for the Giants in 1983. He spent the 1983 and 1984 seasons with AAA Phoenix and was released during spring training in 1985. Fowlkes signed with the California Angels and pitched in two games before going back to the minors for good.
Gary Lavelle (#791) was 7-4 with 20 saves and a 2.59 ERA in 56 games in 1983.
Rich Gale (#719) didn't pitch for the Giants in 1983. He was traded to the Cincinnati Reds before the 1983 season for Mike Vail.

Others who pitched for the Giants but didn't receive a 1983 Topps Giants card:

  • Mark Davis (6-4, 3.49 in 20 starts)
  • Mark Calvert (1-4, 6.27 in 18 games - 4 starts)
  • Mike Chris (0-0, 8.10 in 7 games)
  • Randy Lerch (1-0, 3.38 in 7 games)
  • Pat Larkin (0-0, 4.35 in 5 games)
  • Brian Kingman (0-0, 7.71 in 3 games)

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

1982 Topps Giants - Part 5 (more pitchers)

Tom Griffin (#777) didn't pitch for the Giants in 1982. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates before the season for Doug Boyland. Griffin pitched in 6 games for the Pirates and was released on May 15. That was it for Griffin's career.

Rich Gale (#38T) was 7-14 with a 4.23 ERA in 33 games (29 starts). Renie Martin (#66T) was 7-10 with a 4.65 ERA in 29 games (25 starts) in 1982.


Greg Minton (#687) was 10-4 with 30 saves and an ERA of 1.88 in 78 games.


Eddie Whitson (#656) didn't pitch for the Giants in 1982. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians before the season for Duane Kuiper.

The Giants made a lot of off-season moves with their pitching staff. Even though Topps caught two of the new pitchers on its traded set, several others didn't get 1982 Topps Giants cards:


Atlee Hammaker (12-8, 4.11 ERA in 29 games - 27 starts)
Alan Fowlkes (4-2, 5.19 ERA in 21 games - 15 starts)
Fred Breining (11-6, 3.08 ERA in 54 games - 9 starts)
Dan Schatzeder (1-4, 7.29 ERA in 13 games - 3 starts)
Mike Chris (0-2, 4.85 ERA in 9 games - 6 starts)
Andy McGaffigan (1-0, 0.00 ERA in 4 games)
Mark Dempsey (0-0, 7.94 ERA in 3 games - 1 start)
Scott Garrelts (0-0, 13.50 ERA in 1 game)