Showing posts with label Tom O'Malley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tom O'Malley. Show all posts

Saturday, February 6, 2010

1983 Topps Giants - Part 2 (infielders)

Joe Morgan (#603) didn't play for the Giants in 1983. He and Al Holland were traded to the Philadelphia Phillies after the '82 season for Mark Davis, Mike Krukow, and a minor leaguer.
Joe Pettini (#143) batted .186 in 86 at bats in 1983. It was his last season in the majors. Joe played three more years in AAA before becoming a coach and minor league manager after the 1986 season.
Reggie Smith (#282) didn't play for the Giants in 1983. He played in Japan in 1983 and 1984. He played well in a part-time role  but had to deal with a lot of racially-fueled nonsense and retired after the 1984 season.
Johnnie LeMaster (#154) batted .240 in 141 games as the starting shortstop.
Tom O'Malley (#663) batted .259 with 5 HR and 40 RBI in 135 games as the starting third baseman.
Guy Sularz (#379) batted .100 in 20 at bats in 1983. He batted .316 in 134 games for AAA Phoenix in '83. This was his last season in the majors. After one more season in Phoenix, Sularz was released and hung 'em up.
Duane Kuiper (#767) batted .250 in 72 games as he shared time at second base with Brad Wellman.
Darrell Evans (#448) batted .277 with 30 home runs and 82 RBI. He played 113 games at first base, 32 at third base, and 9 games at shortstop. Evans was an NL All Star and was 0 for 1 in the game.

Others who played in the infield for the Giants but didn't get a 1983 Topps Giants card:

  • Brad Wellman (2B) batted .214 in 82 games.
  • Chris Smith (UT) batted .328 in 67 at bats.
  • Mike Vail (UT) batted .154 in 26 at bats.
  • Rich  Murray (1B) batted .200 in 10 at bats.
  • Wallace Johnson (2B) batted .125 in 8 at bats

Sunday, July 26, 2009

1984 Topps Giants - Part 2

Joel Youngblood played 3B for the Giants and batted .254 with 10 HR in 134 games.



Johnnie LeMaster was the starting shortstop and batted .217 with a .265 OBP in 132 games.



Duane Kuiper batted .200 in 115 at bats (mostly as a pinch hitter).



Dave Bergman didn't play for the Giants in 1984. After the 1983 season he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for Alejandro Sanchez. The Phillies turned around and traded him to the Detroit Tigers before the 1984 season.




Tom O'Malley batted .120 in 13 games. He spent most of the season in AAA Phoenix. Tom had a stint in May, played a few games in July, and then was on the major league team in September.

Joe Pettini didn't play for the Giants in 1984. He started the season on the Phoenix Giants then moved on to AAA Louisville (Cardinals). He didn't play in the majors after 1983.


Darrell Evans didn't play for the Giants in 1984. He signed with the Detroit Tigers as a free agent after the 1983 season.


Brad Wellman batted .226 in 94 games as a utilityman.

Other infielders who didn't get a regular 1984 Topps Giants' card:
  • Al Oliver (1B - batted .298 in 91 games)
  • Manny Trillo (2B - batted .254 in 98 games)
  • Scot Thompson (1B - batted .306 in 245 at bats)
  • Fran Mullins (IF - batted .218 in 110 at bats)
  • Chris Brown (3B - batted .286 in 23 September games)
    Joe Pittman (IF - batted .227 in 22 at bats)