1990 hubie brooks

in december of 1989, hubie brooks signed a free agent contract with the dodgers. here's his 1990 o-pee-chee card:

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

brooks was brought in to replace mike marshall in right field, and he provided the dodgers with a solid season in doing so. he hit 20 home runs and drove in 91 runs in 153 games. after the season, the dodgers traded him to the mets for bob ojeda and replaced him in the lineup with darryl strawberry.

voici à vous, 1990 hubie brooks!

1992 hubie brooks

in what must have seemed like a good idea at the time, the angels traded for hubie brooks in december of 1991.  here's his 1992 o-pee-chee card:

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

i would have thought the halos had learned their lesson regarding the aging veteran after the dave winfield/dave parker fiasco in the 1991 season.  alas, they did not and brooks hit just .216 as the angels' dh in 1992.  they went 70-92 and brooks was on his way to kansas city as a free agent after the season ended.

as an aside, i researched the photo on the 1992 topps/o-pee-chee hubie brooks card and summarized my findings here.

voici à vous, 1992 hubie brooks!

1985 hubie brooks

hubie brooks was traded to the expos in december of 1984.  here is his 1985 o-pee-chee card:

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

after 5 seasons with the mets, hubie was sent to montreal in the gary carter deal.  the expos moved him from third base to shortstop, and he responded with some of his best offensive seasons.  he drove in 100 runs for the only time in his career in 1985, and won silver slugger awards in 1985 and 1986.  in 1987, the expos converted him to a right fielder and kept him there until he joined the dodgers in 1990.

voici à vous, 1985 hubie brooks!

1991 hubie brooks

after the dodgers' acquisition of darryl strawberry in november of 1990, hubie brooks was traded after just one season in la to the mets in the deal that brought bob ojeda to the dodgers.  here's his 1991 o-pee-chee card that captures the transaction in text

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

brooks was drafted several times before he signed with the mets in 1978.  in fact, the expos, royals, white sox (twice) and a's all drafted brooks prior to 1978.  of those 5 teams that coveted him, three would benefit from his services - the mets traded brooks to the expos in 1984 to bring gary carter to the big apple, and he wound up finishing his career with the royals in 1994.  his second stint with the mets would last just one season, as brooks was traded to the angels for dave gallagher in december of 1991.

voici à vous, 1991 hubie brooks!