1987 jeff reardon

in february 1987, jeff reardon was traded from the expos to the twins. here is his 1987 o-pee-chee card:

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

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the terminator was coming off of a pretty decent year in which he saved 35 games for the expos, although his era was a lofty 3.94 and he gave up more home runs (12) than he had in any previous season. he would go on to save 31 games for the twins in 1987 with a career worst (if you don't count his short stint with the yankees in 1994) era of 4.48 while serving up another career worst 14 taters. still, he finished 8th in the al cy young voting and 11th in the league mvp voting and helped the twinkies win their first world championship. in the world series, he appeared in 4 of the 7 games, pitching 4.2 scoreless innings and recording his lone save in the decisive game 7.

voici à vous, 1987 jeff reardon!

1990 jeff reardon

jeff reardon left the minnesota twins after the 1989 season, signing with the red sox as a free agent.  here's his 1990 o-pee-chee card

here's the topps front:

now the o-pee-chee back:

and the topps back:

with the twins, reardon appeared in 4 of the 7 games in the 1987 world series, saving 1, which just happened to be game 7.  he spent not quite 3 years in boston before being traded to the braves for nathan minchey.  he pitched really well for the braves in the nlcs against the pirates, winning 1 game and saving 2 others with a spotless era.  unfortunately, he didn't do so well in the series against toronto, losing game 2 and giving up the walk off hit in game 3.  still, the terminator ranks 7th all-time in saves with 367.

voici à vous, 1990 jeff reardon!