Happy Birthday Terry Mulholland!

• Terry Mulholland turns 49 today.
• Mulholland started his career with the Giants. Here are his stats with the Giants organization:
• 1984: First round draft pick of the SF Giants 
• was 6-2 with a 2.04 ERA in 12 starts for two teams (Everett and Fresno)
• 1985: 9-8, 2.90 ERA in 26 starts for AA Shreveport
• 1986: 
• 8-5, 4.46 ERA in 17 starts for AAA Phoenix
• 1-7, 4.94 ERA in 15 games (10 starts) for San Francisco
• 1987: 7-12, 5.07 ERA in 37 games (29 starts) for AAA Phoenix
• 1988: 
• 7-3, 3.58 ERA in 19 games (14 starts) for AAA Phoenix
• 2-1, 3.72 ERA in 9 games (6 starts) for San Francisco
• 1989: 
• 4-5, 2.99 ERA in 13 games (10 starts) for AAA Phoenix
• 0-0, 4.09 ERA in 5 games (1 start) for San Francisco
• Terry was traded (with Dennis Cook and Charlie Hayes) to the Philadelphia Phillies for Steve Bedrosian and a player to be named later (Rick Parker) on 18 June 1989
• I hadn't realized that Terry had pitched for so long in the majors. His career went from 1986-2006 -- that's 20 seasons!
• Happy Birthday Terry!

1989 Topps Giants - Part 4 (pitchers)

Rick Reuschel (#65) was 17-8 with a 2.94 ERA in 32 starts and was the ace of the Giants' staff.

Steve Bedrosian (#8T) was 1-4 with 17 saves and a 2.65 ERA in 40 games in 1989.

Jeff Brantley (#14T) was 7-1 with a 4.07 ERA in 59 games (1 start) for the Giants in 1989.

Terry Mulholland (#41) was 0-0 with a 4.09 ERA in 5 games (1 start) for the Giants in 1989. He didn't pitch until May 25 and then was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies on June 18 with Charlie Hayes and Dennis Cook for Steve Bedrosian and Rick Parker.

Mike Krukow(#125) was 4-3 with a 3.98 ERA in 8 starts in 1989. On June 30 Mike had arthoscopic rotator cuff surgery after spending three seasons going to and from the disabled list with what was thought to be bursitis in his pitching arm. He tried to come back in 1990 but retired during spring training.

Joe Price (#217) was 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA in 7 games (1 start). He was released on May 1 and signed with the Boston Red Sox a week later.

Trevor Wilson (#783) was 4-3 with a 4.35 ERA in 14 games (4 starts). He was 7-7 with a 3.20 ERA in 20 starts for the AAA Phoenix Firebirds. He had one stint with the Giants from late June to early August and then came back when the rosters expanded in September.

1987 Topps Giants - Part 5 (more pitchers)

Atlee Hammaker was 10-10 with an ERA of 3.58 in 31 games (27 starts). He pitched for the Giants from 1982 until his release on August 12, 1990.

Greg Minton was 1-0 with one save and a 3.47 ERA in 15 appearances. He was released by the Giants on May 28 after a long career (1975-1987) with the club. Greg was signed by the California Angels and he pitched there until his retirement after the 1990 season.

Mike Krukow was 5-6 with a 4.80 ERA in 30 games (28 starts). Krukow was the winning pitcher in game 4 of the NLCS. Mike pitched for the Giants from 1983 until he retired in June of the 1989 season.

Terry Mulholland didn't pitch for the Giants in 1987. He was 7-12 with a 5.07 ERA for AAA Phoenix.

Roger Mason was 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA in five starts in 1987. He was 5-1 in 10 starts with AAA Phoenix.

Scott Garrelts was 11-7 with 12 saves and a 3.22 ERA in 1987. He spent his entire major league career (1982-1991) with the Giants.

Kelly Downs was 12-9 with 1 save and had an ERA of 3.63 in 41 games (28 starts). He pitched for the Giants from 1986-1992 and finished his career with the Oakland A's in 1993.

Jeff Robinson was 6-8 with 10 saves and a 2.79 ERA in 63 games. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rick Reuschel on August 21. Why was the name section of his card red while the rest of the Giants were orange?